ecotip
Wear It Well First Eat Local, Then Dress Local
Buying local isn’t just about food choices. In supporting community businesses and reducing our ecological footprint, fi ber is another important consideration, encompassing farmers that grow cotton and hemp
or raise sheep for wool, fi ber artisans and textile designers.
The U.S. presently imports about 95 percent of Americans’ clothing, reports the Ecology Global Network (
Ecology.com), with most manufactured in countries where sweatshops and human rights abuses are common. Polyester and nylon, the most commonly used synthetic fi bers, are derived from petroleum and processed and dyed using synthetic, often toxic substances. According to a 2010 report by China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection, the textile industry is that country’s third-worst polluter.
TOO LATE TO PREVENT BREAST DISEASE?
We can help you see today, what a mammogram won’t be able to detect for up to 10 years from now!
IMMANUEL’S IMAGE, INC. ________________________________
Breast • Health Screenings • Full Body Imaging No Radiation • No Pain • No Drugs • No Referral Necessary
Safe for women (& men) of all ages who… • Have concerns about radiation exposure • Wish to prevent breast cancer • Have already undergone surgical treatment for breast cancer • Are too young to have a mammogram
Audrey Perryman Fedrick, BS, RDMS, RDCS, CCT Call for an appointment for your Thermogram today!
407-832-5066
We’re Mobile! We’re Certifi ed! Our services are affordable!
ImmanuelsImage@msn.com
18
www.ImageOfGoodHealth.com Central Florida natural awakenings
WHY WAIT UNTIL IT’S
The nonprofi t Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture’s (
cuesa.org) Fibershed program raises public awareness of the issue in Central California. Robin Lynde, a shepherd, weaver and teacher at Meridian Jacobs Farm, in Vacaville, also sells yarn, fl eece, felt, lambskin, hand-woven garments and blankets. “Fiber producers, users and designers may not know that there are sheep 10 miles away from them and they can get that fi ber,” she says.
Fibershed also promotes a Grow Your Jeans program, comprising area sourcing, dyeing and sewing of a limited run of jeans. While textile sustainability in any given region is developing, the organization recommends that residents mend, instead of discard, old clothes, swap clothing or buy used, while resisting marketing pressure to augment wardrobes every season to keep up with trends. Someday, we might be able to visit a nearby fi eld where our clothing is grown.
The Sustainable Cotton Project (
SustainableCotton.org), based in Winters, California, conducts a Cleaner Cotton program that helps conventional growers transition to more sustainable practices using non-GMO varieties and integrated pest management practices to more gently solve ecological challenges. A big part of the challenge is to get the word out. “To get cleaner cotton to a spinner, someone has to request it,” says Executive Director Marcia Gibbs.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48