Friendly fibre; Clothing made from organic fabrics is good for the Earth and your sense of style.(Special Section 5): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press

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Title: Friendly fibre; Clothing made from organic fabrics is good for the Earth and your sense of style.(Special Section 5)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 21, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: F5

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Arsenic in sheep’s clothing: organic arsenic-sulfur compound discovered in sheep urine–is arsenic metabolism more complex than expected?: An article from: Canadian Chemical News

This digital document is an article from Canadian Chemical News, published by Chemical Institute of Canada on May 1, 2004. The length of the article is 539 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Arsenic in sheep’s clothing: organic arsenic-sulfur compound discovered in sheep urine–is arsenic metabolism more complex than expected?
Publication: Canadian Chemical News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2004
Publisher: Chemical Institute of Canada
Volume: 56 Issue: 5 Page: 25(1)

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The Past Condition of Organic Nature

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IN the lecture which I delivered last Monday evening, I endeavoured to
sketch in a very brief manner, but as well as the time at my disposal
would permit, the present condition of organic nature, meaning by
that large title simply an indication of the great, broad, and general
principles which are to be discovered by those who look attentively at
the phenomena of organic nature as at present displayed.

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The Present Condition of Organic Nature

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Of the great thinkers of the nineteenth century, Thomas Henry Huxley,
son of an Ealing schoolmaster, was undoubtedly the most noteworthy. His
researches in biology, his contributions to scientific controversy, his
pungent criticisms of conventional beliefs and thoughts have probably
had greater influence than the work of any other English scientist. And
yet he was a “self-made” intellectualist

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Organic Clothing: Organic Cotton, Organic Baby Products, Cotton, Transgenic plant, Fertilizers, Pesticides, Orthophosphate

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Organic clothing is clothing that is made from materials that are raised or grown without the use of chemicals in the form of pesticides – herbicides or other chemicals[citation needed]. Cotton covers 2.5% of the world’s cultivated land yet uses 16% of the world’s insecticides, more than any other single major crop.There are no laws in the UK with regards to level of compliance with these standards and one item declaring itself as organic may still contain many thousands of inorganic chemicals.Many highstreet retailers market organic clothing ranges that contain many chemicals from dyes to bleaches and other chemicals to aid transportation many thousands of miles from their manufacture in places such as China. It can take almost a 1/3 pound of synthetic fertilizers to grow one pound of raw cotton in the US, and it takes just under one pound of raw cotton to make one t-shirt.

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Sewing Green: 25 Projects Made with Repurposed & Organic Materials

By its nature, do-it-yourself sewing is environmentally friendly. In Sewing Green, Betz White takes stitching to an even higher level of sustainability, presenting 25 projects made from “repurposed” thrift-store and back-of-the-closet finds and organic fabrics.  White’s whimsical yet practical designs include an apron constructed from men’s dress shirts (and a wallet from the shirts’ cuffs!), a soft blanket pieced from secondhand cashmere sweaters, and even a tote bag refashioned from used Tyvek envelopes. Along the way, White dispenses tips on everything from how to deconstruct old garments for reuse in new creations to how to wrap gifts with resusable fabric scraps instead of paper. Inspiring profiles about well-known leaders in the eco-stitching movement are sprinkled throughout, and a complete resources section helps crafters make eco-smart choices. With Sewing Green, today’s sewers will be fashioning handmade heirlooms and sustaining traditions for generations to come.

• ISBN13: 9781584797586
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Rating: (out of 18 reviews)

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Sewing Green: 25 Projects Made with Repurposed & Organic Materials Reviews

Review by S. R. macdonald:

This book Feels good in my hands, feeds my hungrylittlecrafty-eyes, and is also nice to READ. Betz dicussses fabrics and thrift stores. The projects are: aprons mades from men’s shirts (cute!), coasters from wool, (cute and different than other things I have seen), vintage napkins and rings from ruined old tablecloths,lounge pants from old cute sheets, pillows, an adorable draft-buster that looks like a branch, sweater-slippers, a wallet made from a shirt-cuff,a reversible wrap skirt,lunch tote, reusable sandwich wraps,more bags, a pillowcase skirt and MORE! I haven’t sewn anything from this book yet, but have “walked” through a couple of the projects and the instructions seem solid. The patterns need to be enlarged, so I need to go to my copy center to get that done.

This is a beautiful book that inspires me each time I look at it–I just like having it near! If you like to sew, you will probably find a few projects, at least, that you will want to make right away!

Review by Kimberly F. Fraser:

I was lucky enough to be able to attend a Betz White workshop recently where I picked up a copy of Sewing Green. My craft and sewing bookshelf is quite full, I assure you, but Betz’ newest book is unlike any of the titles I already have and is a welcome addition. There are a number of projects I’ve bookmarked to make–the little girl’s pillowcase dress (actually in progress on my sewing table right now!), the felted cashmere throw blanket (I’ve begun scoring and felting thrift shop cashmere sweaters and don’t know why I didn’t think to use them before!), and the baby quilt and coordinating “washies” and stuffed dog projects (for a friend’s baby due in the fall). I found the project instructions and accompanying photos very clear, and think they would be very easy even for the beginning sewer. I also appreciate the very thorough explanations of how to treat recycled and vintage materials before beginning your projects. But one of my very favorite things about this book is the collection of essays sprinkled throughout the chapters on “eco-innovators.” This makes the book perfect for my evening habit of perusing sewing books on the sofa while my husband watches the news. How many craft books out there provide both plenty of inspiration and good reading? Only this one, on my shelf! I recommend Sewing Green highly to anyone interested in finding new sewing inspiration from old materials!

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