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Eco-Friendly Clothing Care Tips

GLI Editors — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:24:14 +0000

Caring for your clothing properly is good for your clothes and the environment. Your clothes will last longer and typically less energy will be used in their care. Whether it’s hanging up the clothesline for the first time or buying eco-friendly laundry detergent, following are some tips for taking care of your clothes in an [...]

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GTR: Building an On-Campus Eco-Fashion Business with Factory Green

Sean Daily — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:00:00 +0000

GreenTalk host Sean Daily talks with Daniel Lyons and Jack Short of Factory Green , a purveyor of eco-friendly, fashion-forward apparel, accessories, and apartment wares, provides socially and environmentally aware consumers with an expressive way to live green. Click Play Below,or Transcript Announcer: This program is brought to you by personallifemedia .com. Sean Daily: Hey, everybody this is Sean Daily host of [...]

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Step Lightly with Eco-Friendly Footwear

GLI Editors — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:26:03 +0000

Footwear manufacturing is known as one of the most environmentally unfriendly industries out there. The modern process of tanning leather, in particular, is especially toxic—many tanneries sit firmly upon the EPA’s Superfund list. Until recently, we were not offered a wide range of alternative choices to shoes made with standard processes and corporate-owned manufacturers. Environmentally friendly [...]

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GTR Green Blogger Series: Eco-Chick Starre Vartan

Sean Daily — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:10:24 +0000

GreenTalk Radio host Sean Daily talks with green blogger and ecofashionista Starre Vartan of Eco-Chick.com. Click Play Below,or Sean Daily: Hey everyone, welcome to Green Talk Radio, I’m your host, Sean Daily. Today’s episode is the latest installment in our green blogger series where we interview the most influential bloggers in the [sp] Industry. [...]

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GTR Green Blogger Series: Sara Ost of EcoSalon.com

Sean Daily — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:15:06 +0000

GreenTalk Radio host Sean Daily talks subject with Sara Ost, blogger, founder, and Editor-In-Chief of EcoSalon.com, which covers fashion, wellness, and lifestyle topics for women and garnered 60,000 subscriptions in its first 6 months. Click Play Below,or Transcript Sean Daily: Hey everybody, welcome to another installment of Green Talk Radio. This is Sean Daily, your host. And today we [...]

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Capture Eco-Savvy Style with Recycled Clothing

GLI Editors — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:22:04 +0000

By now we’ve all heard the golden rule for keeping our closets and drawers clutter-free: If you haven’t worn it in a year, throw it out. While this popular advice may do wonders for keeping a wardrobe whittled down to a manageable size, it does nothing to remind consumers that “throwing out” perfectly good clothing [...]

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Sustainable Fashion’s Many Alternative Materials

GLI Editors — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:52:47 +0000

The word “clothing” implies a range of uses, from the purely utilitarian to the inarguably luxurious. Clothing keeps us warm or cool, depending on the circumstance and fabric, and it offers a medium of self-expression. In a culture where image is still everything, consumers need as many choices as possible to achieve their desired effect and comfort level. After all, we [...]

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Stretch the Lifespan of Your Clothing

GLI Editors — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:00:00 +0000

From buying organic to taking care of the clothes you do have, there are many ways to be environmentally conscious, have fun, and be fashionable at the same time. Here are a some eco tips for sharing, selecting, and saving clothes so they stick around for a while: Throw a clothes swapping party with friends. You and [...]

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