Environmenatally friendly or organic cotton school uniforms

[pupuce]

I know I saw in the Independent that there was such a thing but I didn't keep the info and can't find it now... anyone has any suggestions ? Know where I can get them ? Thanks

Organic school uniforms??! Only on Mumsnet!

What ???
Cotton is an incredibly polluting raw material....

there was definitely a thread on this some time ago with a website - have you tried a search?

I just did and can't find anything

Something like this ? Might be worth searching for eczema friendly clothing?

Or this? (there's a boys' section too).

Thanks
Just foundthis too...

and an article here , but doesn't really help much.

Like that link pupuce.

I wish IK'd thought up "organic" cotton, but I never would have, the idea is simply too silly, and would have been rejected by my subconscious.
You can grow cotton without pesticides or fertilisers.
But what about the water ?
The largest environmental disaster in the history of the world is from the socialist nations attempts to grow cotton around the Caspain and Aral seas.
To grow cotton at anything like a commercial rate you have to suck up water like it's going out of fashion.
The "organic" label doesn't cover where the wate comes from.
It's a marketing scam. The fact that this was puffed on both News 24 and the Guardian should have alterted you to this.

From what I have read it was the diverting of the Amu Darya River for irrigating surrounding areas that dried up the Aral Sea. Although the crop was mainly cotton, the sea would have dried up regardless of what was grown. The following article also says that fruit and rice was also grown. So I don't think that cotton can take the full blame for this. It was a decision that was taken to use the river water for other purposes with seemingly complete disregard for what would happen to the Aral sea.

Aral sea

For those interested I got DS's trousers from Clean State today... fair trade and organic cotton... they fit really well, and look good... well I think so .

I think that's an interesting point if true.

The water may be an issue but so are the blooming pesticides! And cotton is a heavy pesticide user !
www.sustainablecotton.org

Pupuce - did you see this ?.

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Wow Jackie .... no I had not seen this !!!
Podmog... it is actually the teflon that bothers me the most. I had found good trousers in France but I am happy with my new purchase I just hope they last as DS is an active 6yo with a love for wear and tear!!!!

Hi - I've been passed information about this site for fair trade school uniforms www.cleanslateclothing.co.uk/

They are obviously more expensive than Tesco or the like ... I wonder why the former are so cheap ... ??

I've not bought anything from them yet.

Well I just did - boys school trousers - grey ... really pleased... but not cheap.
Also they fit very well!!!