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Clothes for a Change Campaign - Organic Consumers Association
Start blending in certified organic or "transition to organic" cotton in their clothing. Guarantee that they meet independently verified Fair Labor (non-sweatshop) standards. Eliminate all production and export cotton subsidies in the U.S. and convert to Green subsidies for organic and transition to organic cotton production. While the ...
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EJF: Pick Your Cotton Carefully
But this "white gold" too often brings misery. EJF is committed to eradicating child labour and the deadliest pesticides from cotton production and promoting organic alternatives. EJF CAMPAIGNS to raise public awareness to press retailers to only sell "clean cotton" for an EU regulation on forced child labour for cotton ...
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EJF: Debenhams ban Uzbek cotton
I Help? The Issues Partners Reports Film Photos Success Stories Debenhams ban Uzbek cotton Debenhams reaffirm ban on Uzbek cotton 1st February 2008, London EJF is pleased to report that following ... ban on cotton sourced from Uzbekistan. It is another success for EJF's Cotton Campaign which works to bring an end to the human rights and environmental abuses associated with global cotton production. To ...
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SEND THIS LETTER TO FISHER FAMILY NOW!
Further, the cotton in Gap clothes is grown in places like Uzbekistan, where cotton production is causing horrible environmental pollution problems. Donald Fisher ... lose even larger forest areas and benefits--fish, wildlife, water, climate control, timber production--while the Fishers reap multiple profits from forest liquidation and development. The Fishers ...
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GeneWatch UK - Environmental Risks - An overview of the environmental concerns surrounding GM crops
GM cotton with an inbuilt insecticide called Bt. Conventional cotton production often involves many - often 8 or 9 - applications of insecticide and Bt cotton has reduced this. However, ... following plans to prevent insects developing resistance to Bt. Furthermore, some varieties of Bt cotton have been removed from sale in India due to their poor performance. Wildlife: The ...
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Global Warm
Gulf Daily News Elephant seals monitor climate change The Australian more Report: US cotton production expected to drop Pagasa: ‘Julian’ intensifies into storm; 9 areas under ‘Signal 1’ Temperatures, ... Times Another storm on the way; fears over Waikato River levels NZ Herald Report: US cotton production expected to drop The News Tribune Moving On Up Syracuse Spreading the Word Syracuse ...
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Hall County History - Hall County, Georgia
With the Great Depression in the 1930s, Hall County's economy suffered. Cotton production was hampered by infestation of the boll weevil, lumber shipping declined due to the Chestnut ... War II, the area economy recovered. Poultry replaced cotton as the local cash crop, spurring job growth as new industries emerged to support production and processing of chickens and eggs. As row ...
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Picking Cotton Carefully
Conventional cotton awash with hazardous chemicals For over 5 000 years, global cotton production has occurred without the aid of hazardous agrochemicals. Cotton was planted ... enforced cotton slavery In Uzbekistan the use of chemicals in cotton production has gone overboard. It is estimated the between 20kg and 90kg of pesticide is used per hectare of cotton. ...
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Return to Organic Cotton & Avoid the Bt-Cotton Trap
(NPM) of cotton leading to organic production in the third year of uptake. This initiative comes against a historical backdrop of government support for high chemical input cotton production at national ... Rural India introduced me to farmers who have been practising NPM cotton production and had moved on to organic cotton production after two years. By making and applying their own natural ...
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Green Building Insulation Materials - Cellulose Insulation, Cotton Insulation, Foamed-In Insulation,
Cotton InsulationCSI Division: 072116 | Residential Category: Blanket Insulation Cotton insulation is made of all natural fibers. Predominatly cotton insulation comes from post-industrial recycled cotton textiles, such ... fully biodegradeable and recyclable. Sheep's wool uses very little energy in its production into insulation batts (pads) Sheep's wool is naturally resistant to insects ...
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