India is the world’s third-largest cotton exporter and the world’s second-largest textile exporter, both of which contribute considerably to the country’s economy. The worldwide cotton value chain includes no fewerContinue Reading
The eco-friendly, cotton-based diaper startup Kudos has just raised $2.4 million in seed funding for the production of its innovative disposable yet sustainable diapers. Most disposable diapers are actually aContinue Reading
Scientists at Coimbatore-based Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) have found that a plant growth promoting rhizobacteria called Bacillus amyloliquefaciens can be used to fight Tobacco Streak Virus (TSV) in cottonContinue Reading
Hugo Boss, a German luxury fashion house, has defined specific goals for sourcing sustainable cotton. By the year 2020, 50 per cent of the cotton will come from sustainable sources,Continue Reading
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has announced that, with new retailers and brand members joining the organisation in the first quarter of 2018, around 350 brands are now committed toContinue Reading
EcoCult blog which was started in 2013, has become an authority on sustainable fashion. For the last decade, it has been covering the dirty side of fast fashion — fromContinue Reading
NASA is now working on a compaction device that might convert astronaut waste into tiles that can later be utilized for practical uses such as radiation shielding. Reduce, reuse, recycleContinue Reading
One pair of leather shoes requires about 9,000 gallons of water to produce. On average, a household of four consumes little more than 500 litres of water each day forContinue Reading
