ABSOLUTE HOGWASH! YOU ALGORE TYPES NEED TO READ A LITTLE MORE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION BEFORE YOU SPOUT OFF THIS KIND OF CRAP. GO TO GOOGLE OR ASK.COM AND READ SOME REAL STUFF BY REAL SCIENTISTS!

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I was explaining to a new friend about what to do with clothes that I have had for a few years, and she told me how she keeps clutter down. Every 3-4 months she gives all her clothes to goodwill, and buy a new wardrobe! Well, that went againt what I believed, as mens clothes can be traditonal, expensive, and still cool! But I guess that is what the mindless mall people do, so I will give it a go! One thing that must go is my tradional cashmere overcoat. It is now 2 years old, and people are like....didn't you wear that last year? I fugured it was a black tradional coat that would not ever go out of style, but people remember!

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I definately dress for the Earth. Today there are many eco friendly fashions/materials out there so one does not need to sacrifice fashion to be "ecologically correct." The Organic cotton industry is booming, offering soft cottons, often recommended for those with skin sensitivities. Unlike conventional cotton, it is grown without pesticides and synthetic fertilizers contributing to non-point source pollutions. Tencel makes a great fabric too. I have a Tencel skirt that looks just like a rich denim. I also have a nice T shirt made from "ECO-SPUN", a fabric made from recycled plastic bottles. Hemp grows organically too and is very strong and last quite some time. Bamboo is another option.

Another thing one can do is buy clothes raised and made in the USA. This eliminates the need for items to be shipped around the world wasting fuel. If USA made is not available, buy FAIR TRADE made. FAIR TRADE ensures the workers who make them are paid a living wage and have benefits and freedom and help eliminate poverty(think anti-sweatshop). Most items are made in a worker owned co=op, many of which grow there own fibers. Items also have to be sustainable raised to be certified FAIR TRADE. For more info on FAIR TRADE and ORGANICS, please visit the www.organicconsumers.org. Wanishi (Walk in beauty), Raven

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Jonathan is right about the global environment; now how about the personal environment of the workers who produced the cheap goods that Americans crave. Slavery is not dead. It is alive and thriving in countries that produce our cheap goods. I believe in a global economy, but to me that means share the wealth, not exploit the labor of those who enable us to change our wardrobes at our whimsy. So webguy, take a stand, though I suspect you of playing devil advocate by threatening to through out your cashmere coat. Give it away, if you must, but not for some fashion whimsy but because as someone I know once did, because you see someone cold on a grate and know that you can get yourself another.

So to Jonathan, thank you for introducing the importance of thought beyond fashion to your readers.

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Fashion expresses individualility. The consumer is free to purchase a fad at any time. The only concern for the environment is CO2. In my past investigation aerosol spray cans were responsible for South Americas greenhouse effect. I believe the companies should take social issues more seriously about the environemnt around the world.

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The only thing that is causing global warming is reading pathetic writings of this group

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THINGS ARE JUST GONE BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS WHEN GOD CREATED THE EARTH.
I WOULD NOT BE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE BUY .
IN FACT BUY MORE.
DRIVE THE GLOBAL WARMIMG PEOPLE NUTS.

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We want to feel good about ourselves so it's understandable that people flock to new, inexpensive clothes. There are more enduring paths to happiness. If we ask ourselves do we want to do what's best for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren and live gently on the earth, or do we want to consume for ourselves, most people will gladly conserve for the future. We just need to re-educate and re-align ourselves. Everyone needs help getting there.

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Global Warming is a sham. Not shame, people...sham. God created enough to sustain life for as long as He deems fit. The World won't be destroyed by rising ocean levels or increased UV exposure. It will be destroyed by fire... when God decides it's time.

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It never ceases to suprise me how prevalent the need most have to be bedecked with the latest trends is no matter what their age, or the actual impracticality of the stylish getup for the situation they're in.
For example if you are living here in the northeast in this cold snap, how many are wearing that just so darling outfit while important body parts are snapping off due to their being frozen.

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Recycling clothing can be tough but with a co-op of people in agreement to preserve the amount of clothing we buy and passing down to others or trading clothing with one another would be a good use of our resources. Children had it best when they would trade clothing with one another except for the problems of lice and other health related issues I think they had it right. The art of hand me downs has had a bad rap but needs to be revisited. How many Nigerians would apreciate some new to them clothing or even children and single parents right here in the good old USof A?
We can if we will change this diplorable waste. heaven and earth will pass away with a fervent heat from all the waste and there *Will* be a new heaven and a new earth this would be good training ground now to see how we will treat the ones on the way.
Good Blog thanks for the chance to Share
CherylBNapier.

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We've got it REAL GOOD here. Too bad greed and waste follow folly. No wonder other less fortunate parts of the world resent the "Western Ways."

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Also, some of the so call throw aways are cotton and wool and useful for house cleaning and other jobs for old rags. Use your imagination and recycle people!

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Look, these people must be ignorant. Fashion, nevermind fasion, nevermind commercialism. Anybody that buys into trends are truly american, and anybody who is truly american is truly ignorant. Maybe this is just my input, but as people keep typing in adages that make lees than sense, I feel obligated to write something. Rock a white collar shirt, with khakis, or a blue collared shirt and forget to put on pants, see how I care substantially less then all of you. And I am but seventeen years of age. It's time some people start growing up.

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Maybe, just maybe the globe's temp is rising. If there was a bonafide way we as humans could cause this to happen, it would be remarkable indeed. We would have a sense of power, like I have when I deck out for the club. I'll tell you what. There is a lot of heat in that room. If anything, moi and the gogo girl I'm gr__ding with are raising global temperatures. But to think the manufacture of my 12 dollar shoes is causing global warming. That is a fantasy. Besides, I don't think my Hollywood buddies is gonna keep their duds for more 'an 6 months to save the world...like they think their movies are doing.

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yes fashion expresses individuality, but when it comes down to the nitty gtritty, your individuality is ultimately determined by your actions and how you respond to life as a whole. for example, someone is not going to marry you because your hip to current fashion styles. they will choose their lifelong partner based on the choices you make...will this person teach my unborn children how to care for and respect whats given to them (EARTH for example), or will they teach them to get what they want no matter who or whats hurt in the process? there are ways to be "cute" and appealing by just being yourself and doing the right thing. this isn't a what came first...the chicken or the egg deal. this is Gods ultimate test for his people. our responsibility is to take care of the Earth, its soil and the animals that depend on us. thats OUR job God gave to us...whats up with the selfishness? i watched an inconvienient truth with my 6 year old daughter and she asked about what we can do to help keep the animals happy and safe. i told her,"do what we were told". then i went on to explain our responsibilities as humans...we have the power and the smarts to make it happen, not animals and wildlife. I found something here...author unknown (to me), but i'm sure some of you will recognize this:

I cannot speak, or I would tell you...
I will be your best friend,
but I need you to protect me,
for there are those who will hurt me.

I am strong, only to protect you,
not to fight your battles for you.
I can be a friend to your children
if you teach them to be my friend.

Doesn't this break your heart? Imagine being the one who thinks this and tries to speak this but your words come out muffled like a bark, a roar or chirp...and you are misunderstood. I have a American Pitbull Terrier here at home and the last 3 lines of this poem are dedicated to her breed:

I have much love to share...
If I'm taught and raised with that love.
Please teach me.

Imagine how good you will feel by doing the right thing. Think of a time when you held a door for someone. Or when you helped someone stuck in the snow, or gave your things to the ones who needs most instead of greedily keeping them for no reason. Multiply that feeling by the number of people here on Earth if we all make an effort to stop gloabl warming. Just "knowing" YOUR contributing will make this world a better place because it will make you feel like a better person. I like to walk around knowing I'm a good person because it makes me smile...everyone loves to see a smile.

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Of course you're all assuming that there is any validity to the Cambridge U. Report. Nonsense! Have you noticed how all these studies conclude that it is the U.S. companies that need to change their ways? Not anyone else?

Peter Guttman

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Of course, many of you are assuming that there is any validity to the Cambridge U. report....nonsense! Have you noticed how these European reports always suggest that is U.S. companies that need to change their ways?

Peter Guttman

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Achieving style is not just a matter of buying new clothes. It is a way of using what you already have, of planning the one purchase a month that will enhance your favorite clothes. The weight of fashion catalogs alone is a drain on my recycling each week. And for every new piece of cheap, nice clothing I see in Victoria's Secret for example, I know that there are some women, perhaps children, working away in some precariious situation, for pennies an hour. It rubs against me. It keeps me from overhauling my wardrobe every season as some do. There are better uses for the money I invest in myself.

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To Ryan, who believes global warming is a sham...

The Earth is getting warmer, and it's impossible to ignore that of the ten recorded hottest years in human history, at least 8 happened within the last 15. Higher temperatures are not a problem; people can adapt (though most sensitive species will die out). Rising sea levels are. I don't know about you, but I have friends and family in places that are expected to be flooded, if the warming rate does not slow. We thought Hurricane Katrina was bad. Can you imagine how many will be displaced with global, coastal flooding?

But all of this is fake, right? And part of some global conspiracy to take over the world.. by scaring people into being more alert to the envrionment? Right.
Science and Religion have been conflicting for eons, but it is only now that people have started tying the two together. We in our simple understanding, can have no hope of understanding God or whatever Higher Power there is. But Science enables us to understand the world we live in, and improve the lives of those here, while others prepare for whatever may lay beyond.
If the Apocalypse is indeed underway, do you believe we should exacerbate it?

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