Ecouterre Weekly June 9th

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Hey Eco-Fashion Followers, It is a truth universally acknowledged—by most life-cycle assessments anyway—that most of a garment's environmental impact occurs after it hitches a ride home with you. Washing and drying, which consume prodigious amounts of water and energy, are largely to blame. For one U.K. designer, the answer was obvious: Create clothing that can last at least 20 wears before it sees the inside of a washing machine.  Levi Strauss, the denim giant, also wants to whittle the carbon footprint of your togs and it's willing to fork out $10,000 to find the most attractive, effective, and space-saving air-drying solutions. Get cracking now! THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES   Thermoelectric Galoshes Charge Your Cellphone Using Heat From Your Feet Karishma Shahani’s Upcycled Fashion Brings India’s Colors, Heritage to Life Recycled T-Shirt Couture by Angela Johnson Elevates the Humble Tee  Flexible OLEDs Could Lead to Sony Computer “Bracelets” by 2020 (Video) Why is Walmart Still Selling Lead-Tainted Handbags, Accessories? 12 Brands, Retailers That Are Snapping Up the World’s Organic Cotton EDUN Relaunches With 2010 Pre-Fall Menswear Collection THIS WEEK'S DEAL Check out our friend (and colleague at EcoSalon) Amy DuFault's new online eco-boutique, Shift! Get 20 percent off everything with the code launch20 at checkout. See you next week! Jill, Jasmin, and Yuka, your Ecouterre editors You've signed up to receive emails from the Ecouterre Website Unsubscribe fijatv.creations@blogger.com from this list. Our mailing address is: Inhabitat 7 Essex St New York, New York 10002 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2009 Inhabitat All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile