Ethletic Children’s Sneakers by Autonomie Project
Autonomie Project prides itself on being an organic, sweatshop-free vegan business and their footwear range makes for a perfect alternative to all the other shoe producers that use harmful products in their manufacturing processes. Autonomie Project also adheres to the Fair Trade principles, meaning amongst other things, the workers are paid a living wage, definitely no child labor, workers have access to health care, no forced overtime and no harassment or discrimination. Overall, Autonomie project is seeking to be a 100% ethical and eco-friendly business.
They have a range of shoes for adults and also offer the Ehtletic Sneakers in children’s sizes suitable for three years and up. Why not teach your kids from an early age that their carbon footprint is just as important as their actual footprint. Like all the Autonomie Project footwear, the Ethletic Sneakers use 100% Fair Trade certified cotton, FSC certified natural rubber and all dyes are PCP and AZO free. Sweatshop-free labor is used to make the shoes. They are available in six colors.
Further details and to buy online, check out the Autonomie Project website.
Maggies Organics 100% organic printed scarves
Maggies Organics works with numerous partners to produce a range of fashionable organic clothing and accessories. They operate under the Fair Trade principle and require their partners to full disclose working conditions, they make on-site visits, support the worker owned co-op model and generally seek to partner with people rather than just buy their products as the cheapest rate possible. The feel it is not possible to separate the environmental concerns from the social impacts with respect to garment manufacturing.
The Maggies Organics 100% organic cotton scarves come is a variety of colours and prints. Some with socially conscious messages and others with images and all printed with water-based inks. The 100% certified cotton is lightweight so it can be used for more than just the coldest days of the year. The scarves are about 15″ by 87″ in size.
Buy Maggies Organics products online from Mother Nature
Maggies Organics 100% organic toy penguin
Maggies Organics works partners with cooperatives owned by the local workers and this product is an example of the output. It actually satisfies a few of the eco-friendly and socially responsible ideals. The outside is made from 100% organic cotton left-overs and scraps from other products and the filling is post-industrial polyester fibre from mill scraps. They are made in the USA by Opportunity Threads (http://opportunitythreads.com/) a worker owned coo-op in North Carolina.
The penguins are safe for most ages with embroidered eyes and a securely sewn on hat. They don’t contain any small parts that are dangerous for the little ones. They are about 9″ tall.
Buy Maggies Organics products online from Mother Nature
Famous Green Label organic tee
Famous are well known for their surf wax products and whilst not all of their range of products are eco-friendly, some are. They have a range of apparel using American Apparel blanks.
The Famous Green Label t-shirt is a white organic cotton tee. It is made from 100% organic premium spun cotton. The print is down with water-based reactive dyes rather than the traditional screening dyes.
Buy Famous products online at Killer Dana or Pac Sun.
Underlay slippers – an eco-friendly product from Simple Shoes
I’m not a wearer of slippers and just prefer bare feet. Then again, I don’t live in a cool climate so it is not as bad, although a mate of mine takes his shoes off and puts slippers on straight away. Guess who has problems with his feet? No me. That said, if you are looking for a pair of slippers then Simple Shoes offer the Underlay model. Like most of their range they are full of recycled and natural products.
The uppers are felted wool and they are lined in certified organic cotton knit. The outsole is layered natural crepe and all of this is held together with a water based cement. The packaging is just as eco-friendly and with 100% post consumer paper pulp foot forms and box, they are up there with many of the best footwear products.
More details at the Simple Shoes website or buy click for the best pricing on any of the Simple Shoes range including the Underlay Slippers.
Del Forte Sabine organic denim jeans
Del Forte Denim designs a range for the fashion conscious and more importantly the eco conscious. The company is based in Los Angeles where the garments are sewn and finished. No offshore sweatshop labour used to produce these clothes.
The range is made from organic cotton and in addition, Del Forte has partnered with The Sustainable Cotton Project, via a portion of their sale proceeds, to help foster good relationships between the cotton farmers, manufacturers and consumers.
The Del Forte Denim Sabine jeans are an update to their best selling Eugenia jeans and come is ‘Sera’ black over dyed wash. They are a mid-rise slim boot cut. The combines the good bits of each style with the great looks of a straight leg and the flattery of a boot cut.
Further details at the Del Forte Denim website.
SKN organic reusable tote bags
SKN Design (pronounced skin) is a personal home accessory design company. They cover the two ‘s’ words, style and sustainability. As a company they are aware it is not only things like products mode from sustainable resources, it is business processes that also need attention. For example, they use USPS Priority Mail where possible as this is the only US mailing/shipping company to achieve cradle to cradle certification by MBDC.
You probably have plenty of reusable bags around the house, however, if you need ore then consider the SKN organic tote bags. A perfect replacement for the plastic bags that don’t biodegrade and paper bags that aren’t made from recycled materials. Normal grocery bags aren’t currently made from recycled paper because it isn’t strong enough.
The organic cotton bags are made from 100% organic unbleached cotton and strong enough to hold up to 40lbs. They are gusseted to fold flat when not in use. They are easy to maintain and machine washable and drip dry.
Available in five styles with different prints and also a non-organic version.
More details on the SKN website.
J Brand Jeans Love Story in woodstock denim
J Brand jeans Green Label is their newest range, joining the Blue and Black Labels. The denim jeans are made from certified 100% organic cotton. The cotton fields comply with SKAL International standards for textile production. Additionally all washing is done with vegetable dyes.
If you are a celebrity watcher in the US then you might have already seen their jeans on people such as Cameron Diaz, Hilary Duff, Angelina Jolie and Heidi Klum, to name a few.
The Love Story jeans are a slim fit to the knee with a feminine waistband made from 10 ounce lightweight stretch denim. The woodstock colour is only available in their Green Label range. If you like the cut but not the colour, they are also available in the light haight colour.
Full details at the J Brand Jeans website.
Recycle t-shirt by Volcom V.Co-Logical
Volcom are doing a series of V.Co-Logical products made from sustainable materials such as organic cotton and hemp. Prints are made fromm vegetable dyes and organic stains and they use low impact production methods where possible. The range includes, tees, knits, fleece, wovens and a few other miscellaneous items.
The Recycle t-shirt features the well known recycle logo and is made from 100% organic cotton with a low impact screenprint. It is available in blue, natural and vintage black.
You can get more details at the Volcom website where you can purchase online or find a local Volcom dealer.
Palmetto organic t-shirt by Matix Clothing
Another t-shirt from the 100% organic cotton range from MAtix Clothing. The Palmetto t-shirt is available in white, black and sage green.
You can also be part of the polution solution by purchasing products from Matix Clothing. They include a rubbish bag with some of their range rather than the usual wax combs, bottle openers and fin keys. Let face it, you probably have enough of them already. I know I do. Their philosophy is that the environment would be a lot cleaner if everyone picked up just one bag of rubbish and ensured things were disposed of properly rather than just throwing them out of cars, leaving them at the beach or other areas where they end up in rivers and waterways and other nasties.
More information on the Matix Clothing range at the Matix Clothing website.
