Sustainable Clothing: What Does It Actually Mean?
The natural resources are responsible for the ecological balance we enjoy. Anything that we use, if it is somehow contributing in maintaining the ecological balance is called sustainability. For instance, if a certain cloth is called sustainable then from the process of farming and its raw material to the actual finished product must be environment-friendly and should not create an imbalance in the existence of human as well as plant life. Can Organic Clothing Mean Sustainable? No, not really. Organic means natural. Clothing that’s made out of natural fibers such as cotton can be termed as organic clothing but not sustainable. According to the Organic Trade Association, cotton plantation consumes 25% of the world’s total insecticides and more than 10% of pesticides and herbicides. So a typical cotton tee is responsible for polluting the field with a ⅓ pound of the chemicals. If we talk about water consumption, cotton literally is drying out the countries who are the...