Green Living Stores

What does Slow Food have to do with Living Green; a lot.  Slow Food promotes local and regional foods, safeguards biodiversity and helps people to connect with their food in environmentally healthy ways that affect personal and environmental practices.  Go to www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/slow_food/from_plate_to_planet/   to read about what slow food is and how you can access information that will help you create your own Slow Food environment.  Live long and Prosper:  www.NaturalOrganicClothes.com. 

 Looking for ways to bring Green Living to your pantry?  Go to www.localharvest.org to find your local harvest stores.  You have a choice of shopping on line, finding farms and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), or just to learn about the variety and selection available to you to provide your family with healthy food and related organic products.  Green Living products and services are available to you, the discriminating shopper, and the selection is growing.  Now your choices are a computer click away.

Recent expeditions by the United States space program haven’t detected any green men on Mars, but there are definitely many of them on Earth.  Most of the men I know—green ones and otherwise—would love organic T-shirts. 

I don’t know any men that don’t have a bunch of T-shirts (I’d wear them every day myself if I could!), and these eco-friendly designs are fantastic for men or women, with striking depictions of the animal world, Mother Earth, karma, the teachings of Gandhi, or my personal favorite—“Make Pizza, Not War”.

It is amazing how stylish organic dresses can be, and not just because everyone is talking about going green these days.  There are many earth-friendly dresses available in a variety of flattering cuts and colors that go from the weekend to the office to an evening out with ease.  The dresses’ organic fabric is soft and comfortable as well as being fair trade and green!

Some organic dresses are made with dyes that are particularly suitable for chemically sensitive wearers, and many are cut specifically to allow a standard bra to be worn underneath without strap show-through or even include a built-in bra.

Natural Organic Clothes does not just sell vegan clothing—it also offers vegan shoes!  These cruelty-free kicks come in a variety of styles for both men and women, including sandals, flip-flops, all-weather moccasins, and children’s shoes.

Vegan shoes are often constructed of recycled materials or naturally occurring materials such as hemp that will be biodegradable and therefore healthy for the Earth.  They are also not manufactured in any environment that would violate production standards held by the free trade movement.

Fair trade is an organized social movement and approach to commerce that intends to discourage global poverty, working with marginalized populations to further the economic empowerment of those populations.  Fair trade also advocates payment of a fair price as well as favorable social and environmental standards in depressed areas that produce the goods that are to be sold.  Exports from developing countries are the central focus of the fair trade movement, especially coffee, cocoa, sugar, tea, bananas, honey, and cotton (which makes up a large amount of the fair trade clothing available for sale).

Another goal of the fair trade movement is to encourage those they serve to achieve greater equity in international commerce by becoming more active in their own organizations.  Fair trade advocates include a variety of well-known international organizations who concentrate on religious, environmental, social and development aid such as Amnesty International and Oxfam.

The Urban Tee is a classic design that dresses up or down according to your sartorial needs.  Add 100% organic cotton to the mix and you have both style and eco design to dress yourself in total comfort.  www.NaturalOrganicClothes has a selection of Tee Shirts in Organic Cotton, Soy, and Hemp from the casual to the dressy to fill your closet with clothing that contributes to the support of the environment and your personal needs.

Eco friendly clothing represents a return to safe and sustainable practices. Organic cotton is grown with natural fertilizers and is free from toxic chemicals.

Organic farmers rely on crop rotation to replenish and maintain soil fertility. Mechanical cultivation and botanical or biological means are used to control pests and weeds.
 
A field must be pesticide-free for at least three years to be certified organic, and the cotton must be processed according to international organic standards. 

The standards also set strict guidelines for transportation and storage to avoid cross-contamination. In the U.S., cotton labelled as organic has to be certified by an independent agency recognized by the USDA’s National Organic Program.

As pests develop resistance, farmers desperate to keep up yields often resort to more and more applications of expensive pesticides. The chemical treadmill leaves them heavily in debt, and caught in a vicious circle. Facing barren, devastated fields and contaminated water, many small farmers have been forced to abandon their livelihood altogether.

Organic cotton and organic clothing, on the other hand, is not only safer and healthier for farmers, but also encourages just economic systems in the supply chain. It provides an economically viable and socially acceptable alternative to large-scale farming and dependence on subsidies.

Looking for that perfect Bamboo Towel that is Hypoallergenic and Antimicrobial?  www.NaturalOrganicClothes.com has the perfect selection for you.  Bamboo is a sensual soft fabric that has the feel of luxery with all the qualities that aids health along with being odor resistant.  You will wonder why you waited so long to acquire these wonderful towels one they have become a part of your personal hygiene.