Reef Loom Belt
Reef make more than just cool clothing and footwear, they have some great accessories. These types of products often get produced for very little cost and are view more as marketing tools and extra sales items. Fortunately some companies take their responsibilities seriously and look at the construction of these with as uch importance as their regular lines. The Loom belt from Reef is an example.The main part of the belt is made from 100% woven burlap and held together with 100% hemp webbing. Not much else to say about this one as belts are a pretty basic product that perform a very important task. It’s difficult to be active when your jeans are around your ankles, unless you’re talking about…Further details about the Loom belt at the Reef website.
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Rip Curl Planet
Rip Curl’s foray into the eco-friendly market is more a case of dipping their toe in the water rather than a fully fledged effort. Hopefully this will change as they improve their sourcing and manufacturing processes. As they say on their website, organic materials are more expensive and their isn’t the variety of fabrics. That said, they are making an effort through their Planet range which consists of products made with more than 50% eco-friendly materials.
Most of the t-shirts are 100% organic and goes down to 55% organic for the mountainwear technical multi-layer products. The Planet label also covers products in their boardshorts, pants, hoodies, jackets, footwear and accessories lines. These products aren’t separated as a separate line, just incorporated into the other lines and labelled accordingy. So look out for the Planet label when buying your Rip Curl stuff.
The Planet idea also extends to other parts of the Rip Curl business. For example, they actively recycle old wetsuits and event banners turning them into beanbags and they try to make the events they sponsor greener by using recycled paper, reducing the use of disposable plastic and limiting or partially offsetting Carbon Dioxide emissions for their riders and event organisers.
The European Rip Curl website has heaps more information.
RE:VOLVE Apparel
RE:VOLVE Apparel wants to leave a better and more peaceful world for future generations. Part of the way they do this is by donating a portion of their revenues to projects such as the Waterkeeper Alliance and Peace Alliance. The other way they do it is by using only sustainable materials and production processes in the manufacture of their apparel.
What is even better with RE:VOLVE is that they have some really great looking clothes. Many of them have an in your face message on them such as the Start Global Cooling t-shirt and there are less obvious with the Distressed Dove. Thier products are made from 100% organic cotton adhering to the fair trade principles meaning they are caring for the current generation as well as the future ones.
Check out all the apparel for men and women the RE:VOLVE website.
Planet Earth Green Label
Planet Earth Green Label is a collection of apparel including jeans, t-shirts, wovens/knits, shorts hats and other accessories. Products are made from materials such as organic cottons, hemp and in the case of their trunks, there’s even some old recycled plastic (PET) bottles. So next time you down a bottle of your favourite drink think about recycling the container as you might just end up wearing it later.Check out the entire range of clothing at the Planet Earth Green Label website.
