textile information
Book: Kate Fletcher (2007) Sustainable Fashion and Textiles - Design Journeys: This book brings together for the first time information about lifecycle sustainability impacts of fashion and textiles, practical alternatives, design concepts and social innovation.
Publication: Guidelines - A handbook on the environment for the textile and fashion industry. The book examines the responsibility and role of the designer and buyer when they consider sustainability in their work. It includes company case studies, the environmental impact of textiles and checklists, which are intended as a tool for the designer and the buyer to include environmental considerations in their daily routines.
Publication: Environmental Impact of Textiles - Examines what effects all phases of textile production and use have on the environment, from growing or making fibers to discarding a product after its useful life has ended.
Website: Eco-textile News - The magazine for sustainable textiles and clothing.
Report: Child Bondage Continues in Indian Cotton Supply Chain. This report, from the India Committee of the Netherlands, details the plight of the 416, 000 mostly female children who are involved in (often bonded) child labour in India's cottonseed fields.
Report: Environmental Justice Foundation's latest report Slave Nation exposes how cotton production in the Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan remains one of the most exploitative enterprises in the world.
Website: Wear Organic - is a project from Pesticide Action Network UK aiming to reduce the problems from pesticides used in cotton, particularly by promoting organic and fair alternatives.
Film: The Dollar a Day Dress - BBC's Panorama travelled the world to create a dollar a day dress - a symbol of how the global garment industry can harm poor countries.
Website: KateFletcher.com - 'the eco textiles and fashion filter with its roots in diversity, creativity and ecological awareness'.
Website: Traid - aims to help the environment both in the UK and abroad by reducing the amount of textile waste sent to landfill and providing a stylish alternative to buying new.
Website: Textile Environment Design Research Centre at Chelsea College of Art and Design: The main aim of TED is to look at the role that the designer can play in creating textiles that have a reduced impact on the environment and to provide a toolbox of designer-centred solutions.
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