Important facts on Organic Cotton and Ethics
Organic Cotton
Distressingly, it takes 1/3 lb. of pesticides and fertilizers to grow enough cotton for just one t-shirt and routinely 14 million Americans are consuming water contaminated with pesticides from traditional agricultural farming techniques.
Growing conventional cotton utilizes 25% of the world’s yearly insecticides and more than 10% of pesticides 744 gallons of water. As with many chemicals, pesticides where EPA-approved and registered without much research, today many of these chemicals can be linked to cancer and other diseases. A single drop of the pesticide aldicarb (highly used in cotton crops), absorbed through the skin can kill an adult. Aldicarb is commonly used in cotton production and in 2003 almost 1 million kilos was applied to cotton grown in the USA. Aldicarb is also applied to cotton in 25 other countries worldwide.
Many of this conventional cotton crops hire children as young as 7 years old to pick up the crop and are paid less than $7 a month.
Most of the cotton fabrics are with formaldehyde to reduce wrinkles and bleached with chlorine producing dioxin, a known carcinogen. It is also colored using chemical dyes that contained toxic heavy metals including chrome, copper and zinc. And sadly all this chemicals end up in our waterways, our food, our homes and most importantly our bodies.
Quite the opposite, organic cotton is grown without the use of any harmful chemicals or pesticides. Using techniques and rudiments that have minimum impact on the environment and its inhabitants. Organic crops not only limit their impact and pollution, but also replenish and maintain soil fertility, in the mean time biologically diversity and healthy ecosystem are built for all to enjoy.
Please visit www.ota.com to learn more about Organic Cotton.
Design Ethics
The designs included in the MamaOm Collections mix comfort and functionality without forgetting fashion. Each collection has in mind the needs of childhood and motherhood. For mothers time is a luxury, and they don’t want to spend much time on their looks, for children looking good is not a priority; we provide our clients with pieces that will make them feel and look excellent, without having to take too much time to achieve it.
Trans-seasonal clothing
As global warming becomes more of a reality and less of a book theory, seasons become more unpredictable. In response MamaOm has created collections that can be called season-less, with year round coloring, and possibilities of wearing them at the moment or layering for colder days.
MamaOm is very careful of the fabrics being used, and is aware of the importance of having pieces that can be worn year round. In response
Keep trees growing
MamaOm is proud to offer only recycled and tree-free paper goods (including hangtags, business cards, pamphlets). By doing this old forests are preserved, energy is conserved (fossil fuels and purchased energy), green house gases are reduced, landfill space is not used in vain and the volume of polluted wastewater from paper mills is lessen.
Contemplate that recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees, 2 barrels of oil, 4,100 kilowatts of energy and 3.2 cubic yards of landfill.
Please visit www.tree-nation.com to learn more about replanting efforts and www.printgreener.com to learn about printing green.