The Finnish designer, Marjut Uotila, started the men’s label, DUSTY in order to combine traditional menswear with art-oriented aesthetics and ecological and local Finnish craftspeople. The ‘Ruoste’ AW/10 collection features organic and recycled cotton sweaters, jackets, and accessories, and are available online at Unconventional or click here for a list of stores.
G-Star Raw, organic cotton jacket
G-Star Raw continues to be a leader both in design, and in advocacy. They use sustainable fabrics like organic cotton and they are also at the forefront where socially responsible production methods and labor are concerned. Check out G-Star’s End Poverty 2015 Campaign in affiliation with the UN’s Millennium Goals. Here’s how you can get involved.
End poverty by 2015. This is the historic promise 189 world leaders made at the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000 when they signed onto the Millennium Declaration and agreed to meet the “Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are an eight-point road map with measurable targets and clear deadlines for improving the lives of the world’s poorest people. World leaders have agreed to achieve the MDGs by 2015.
We are looking forward to G-Star’s new collection for AW2010 and hope to report to you from the NYC Runway show next week!
G-Star Raw, organic cotton "alcatraz loose" denim
G-Star Raw, organic cotton "alcatraz loose tapered" denim
Another leader in the denim world is the European line, Kuyichi. Kuichi continues to use hemp, organic cotton, linen, lenpur, spare fabric, tencel, cotton in conversion, recycled poly, recycled cotton, bamboo, natural dyes, and recycled wool. Unfortunately, they do produce some leather, and we have reached out to them to see if they’d be willing to drop it.
Kuyichi, Hemp Shirt and Hemp Denim
Kuyichi, Spare Fabric shirt
Kuyichi, recycled poly jacket, organic cotton denim
Kyuichi, Organic Denim
1. Today, and all this week are National Call-In Days for Downed Farm Animals! The recent Human Society undercover investigation of the cruel treatment of cows at a California slaughter plant has sparked renewed attention to the downer issue, with several Congressional hearings and bills introduced. Now it’s essential that we keep Congress focused on the issue and ensure they take action.
At the California slaughter plant, “downed” animals — those too sick or injured to stand and walk on their own — were prodded with electric shocks, dragged with chains, rammed with forklifts, and subjected to other egregious abuse in efforts to forcibly move them to slaughter. Downed animals may also be left to languish without food, water, or veterinary care, and they are at a higher risk of carrying harmful diseases.
The following bills have already been introduced and others are in the works:
Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act (H.R. 661/S. 394) to ban slaughter of downed livestock and require their immediate humane euthanasia.
Downed Animal Enforcement Act (S. 2770) to ban slaughter of downed livestock and establish stricter penalties for violations of the downer ban and humane slaughter law.
Food Safety Recall Information Act (H.R. 5762) to require release of names of retailers and school districts that purchased meat, poultry, or egg products subject to recall, and ban slaughter of downed livestock.
TAKE ACTION
When you call, you will speak to a staff member who will pass your message along to your legislator. Remember to be polite and professional, and leave your name and address so it is clear that you are a constituent.
• Please call your U.S. Representative.
FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES HERE
You can say:
“Hello, my name is [your name] and I’m calling from [your town] to urge Representative Maloney to do everything possible to enact legislation to protect downed animals — including H.R. 661, the Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act, and H.R. 5762, the Food Safety Recall Information Act. It’s time to ensure that animals unable to stand are humanely euthanized and do not enter the food supply. Thank you.”
• Please call Your Senator
FIND YOUR SENATORS’ CONTACT INFO HERE
You can say:
“Hello, my name is [your name] and I’m calling from [your town] to urge [senator's name] to do everything possible to enact legislation to protect downed animals — including S. 394, the Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act, and S. 2770, the Downed Animal Enforcement Act. It’s time to ensure that animals unable to stand are humanely euthanized and do not enter the food supply. Thank you.”
• HSUS is tracking the impact of your calls, so click here to let us know you called your legislators:
• Finally, please tell all of your friends and family to call their legislators today and throughout this week.
2. Organic Dress Shirts
A lot of you have asked for resources on standard organic dress shirts, so here ye, here ye! These are some styles from Organic and Arbitrage.
(Above: Arbitrage, designed to benefit charity: water, an organization that provides clean, safe drinking water to people in the developing world by constructing freshwater wells. For each shirt purchased, Saks will donate $25 to charity: water.)
