It takes 713 gallons of water to make a non-organic t-shirt. 713 gallons of water is enough for a person to drink for 900 days.

There are some powerful individuals who take advantage of something that is shared with the rest of humanity for their own interest and that is the planet! 

 

Conventional Jeans

🌎 Conventional cotton is considered the dirtiest crop in the world with its 16% insecticide and 7% pesticide use on the planet! Cotton is considered the world's dirtiest crop due to its heavy use of pesticides. Conventional cotton requires farmers to purchase seeds every year from AG chemical companies like Monsanto.

Roundup Ready Cotton (RR Cotton), has been genetically modified to survive the herbicide weapon called glyphosate Roundup, invented by Monsanto. Resulting in predictable consequences of stronger weed resistance to glyphosate, which in turn led to an increase in pesticide use. The glyphosate rate of application per crop year has tripled on cotton farms. 

According to the Organic Trade Association, cotton is one of the most heavily sprayed crops in the world, accounting for 16% of global insecticide use. This pesticide use can lead to soil degradation, water pollution, and harm to wildlife and human health.

❌ Conventional Cotton: Avoid conventional cotton of any kind. Any cotton brand without the GOTS Organic Certification seal is considered conventional = toxic.

We can either wait for the institutions to act to protect us or we can take action now with our wallets to change the system. 

We can start now to protect our health and the health of the planet by not feeding the profits of these toxic and extremely wealthy companies.

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Greenwashing Jeans

Greenwashing is when a brand pretends to be organic, eco-friendly, natural, or safe when it is not. They use misleading greenwashing techniques, tactics, and claims to convince you to buy their products! ​

❌ Avoid greenwashing cotton brands made by companies started by venture capitalists and then sold their brands to greedy multinational corporations. Or sold by large corporations such as H&M, and Zara, which are feeding the organic and sustainable cotton demand with not misleading cotton: cotton without certification.​

These companies focus more on profits, cutting quality and costs, and spending on marketing. 

Claiming to be "natural or even organic cotton" is not enough! They need to prove that!

❌Greenwashing Cotton: Even if they claim “organic” or “natural”  cotton, if they don't display the GOTS Certified seal, they may have something to hide.

While there are those who keep intoxicating us and the polluting world, it is up to us to not feed this unsustainable system.

Here is what you can do:

You can reduce this environmental and social impact by choosing certified organic cotton!

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GOTS Certified Organic Jeans 

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The best cotton you can get is Certified Organic.

 ☁️Certified GOTS organic cotton is made without toxic chemicals and pesticides. It protects the soil and compared to conventional cotton, organic cotton saves:

• 💦 Water (91% less water used) 

• ⚡️ energy (62% less energy)

• While 👩‍🌾protecting farmers who work the crop!

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GOTS Certified Organic Cotton

🍃 The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is the worldwide leading textile processing standard for organic fibers, including ecological and social criteria, backed up by independent certification of the entire textile supply chain. 

🍃The standard covers the processing, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, trading, and distribution of all textiles made from at least 70% certified organic natural fibers. The aim of the standard is to ensure the organic status of textiles, from harvesting of the raw materials, through environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing up to labeling.

The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) was created to set criteria for how fibers and textiles must be ginned, knitted, woven, dyed, manufactured, and labeled. ​​​

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🍃Brands that carry the  GOTS certification don't allow pesticides or insecticides in their cotton, their dyes cannot contain toxic material and the production has to follow strict environmental rules. Making these items completely sustainable.  💗

GOTS Certified Organic It is incredibly soft and durable, compared to conventional cotton. Organic cotton even prevents skin rash and protects delicate skin, sensitive skin, dry skin, and skin allergies, chemical sensitivity, with psoriasis or eczema.  Especially for baby's skin!

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✅ GOTS Certified Organic Cotton: is the worldwide leading textile processing standard for organic fibers, including ecological and social criteria. Get familiar with the logo, spot it on: 

• 👗clothing

• bed sheets

• kitchen towels

• 🧖‍♀️bath towels

• bedding

• 🧦socks

• robes

• sleepwear

• 👩‍🍼baby clothes

•  more

 

Organic jeans: When jeans are GOTS certified, it means that every step of the production process, from the harvesting of the cotton to the final product, meets strict environmental and social criteria. This certification ensures that the jeans are made with organic fibers, free from harmful chemicals, and produced in a socially responsible manner.

• ✅ Sustainability: GOTS-certified jeans are made from organic cotton, which is grown without the use of synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. This reduces the environmental impact of the jeans and promotes a healthier ecosystem.

• ✅ Health benefits: Conventional jeans are often treated with toxic chemicals like bleach and formaldehyde. GOTS-certified jeans, on the other hand, are free from these harmful substances, making them safer for both the wearer and the environment.

• ✅ Support for fair trade: GOTS certification also ensures that the jeans are produced in factories that provide fair wages and safe working conditions for their employees. By choosing GOTS Certified jeans, you are supporting ethical and sustainable fashion.

• ✅ Circular economy: GOTS Certified Organic Jeans are not only sustainable but also contribute to a circular economy. The production of these jeans involves the use of recycled materials, such as recycled polyester. By incorporating recycled materials into the manufacturing process, GOTS Certified jeans help reduce waste and conserve resources.

• ✅ Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals MRSL, which restricts hazardous inputs throughout the chain: their dyeing and washing processes a new techniques and better chemicals with a lower environmental impact. These chemicals comply with ór the certification the product or fabric has or our (M)RSL.

• ✅ Certifications: GOTS, GRS, and OEKO-TEX 100.

• These Jeans cover slim and loose fit cuts, stretchy skinny jeans, and flares, as well as tapered, wide, and straight leg styles Find your perfect fit in classic blue, indigo, black and grey all sustainably dyed.

• ✅ PCRD stands for Post-Consumer Recycled Denim: the fibre being used for new denim, has already had a full life. It has been produced, worn, and discarded. Fewer clothes will end up in landfill and fewer chemicals and water are needed for cotton production and fabric dyeing.

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🍃By choosing only GOTS Certified organic, we are sending a clear message to the toxic and greenwashing cotton companies: their marketing strategies are not working with us. By not supporting their brands, we are reshaping the market for better and more responsible products. 🌎 I am determined to support only companies that care about us and the planet. Here you can find my favorite GOTS Certified Organic cotton brands.

💚 When I decided to wear more Organic Cotton, I started to look for only Certified Organic products and look at what I found! Once you try organic cotton you won't go back! I just placed another order!!😉 

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