The origins of silk in textiles trace back to China, where the earliest silk textile dates back to around 3630 BC [1]. During the Han Dynasty, silk weaving emerged as a significant export for China [2]. The Silk Road, spanning …
India
Coir
Coir, also known as coconut fibre [1], originates from the seed of the coconut tree. It forms the fibre mass between the outer and inner hard shells [2]. There is brown coconut fibre and white coconut fibre. The brown comes …
New Year’s Resolution: become an environmental hero!
“100 million people in India do not have access to fresh drinking water, and we could cover 85% of India’s daily water needs with the water used to run the country’s cotton farms.”
– Stephen Leahy, International Environmental Journalist, The …
