Posts Tagged ‘eco-friendly’

Clothing purchases on new items such as jeans, shirts, and shoes, are expected to average $225.47 per child, the single largest back-to-school expense for the year.

The question is: Do our children really need all of this clothing and does it all need to be new, or have we set an expectation that puts unnecessary pressure on our families’ budgets and on the environment?

More and more resources are emerging to help consumers shop for clothing and textile products that are produced in a sustainable and healthful way…in other words, good for the environment, good for the people who grow the materials and make the things we buy, and good for consumer safety and health. This post shares links to two guides that are examples of this – one touches on organic cotton production, the other on child labor.

I’m going to keep going with the button theme. Lately, I have been seeing blue buttons pop up everywhere I look. Turns out that they represent clothing and shoes made using people- and environment-friendly manufacturing processes.

The blue buttons originated in 2006, when Dutch-founded sustainable fashion organization MADE-BY decided to create a symbol that consumers could use to easily tell if a fashion brand is making efforts to use organic cotton and work with sewing factories that have a social code of conduct.

MADE-BY isn’t a clothing company itself, but they work with clothing companies to improve production and then let the public know about it. Learn more about the companies they work with.

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Whether you sew, knit, crochet, or simply like to buy clothing for your children that incorporates organic or other eco-friendly fabrics and yarns, there are a number of options available to you these days.

Children’s pajamas can be eco-friendly and non-toxic, as well as protect your child in the event of fire. Find out what options you have.