April 21, 2020
Cotton is a natural material. It is grown in soil, then the fluffy fibre is picked and spun into thread. Cotton fabric has won popularity because of its breathability, lightness and being easy to work with and easy to wear and care for. This made cotton to be the most wide-spread crop on our planet. So choosing sustainable practices when it comes to Cotton could have the biggest environmental impact. But Why Is Organic Cotton Good For You & Our Planet?
The Soil Association gives 5 benefits for Organic Cotton:
#1 Eliminating Polluting Pesticides
Conventional cotton alone is responsible for 16% of all insecticides sold worldwide. When chemical pesticides are used, they also need to be diluted with water to stop them from harming waterways. This operation consumes ⅕ of the water used in growing non-organic cotton. To tackle pest and disease, organic farming use alternative methods to hazardous pesticides, like crop rotation. Making it both clean and water-saving practice.
#3 Healthier Soil
Organic farmers use natural methods like composting to create healthy soil. Healthy soil acts like a sponge, soaking up water during floods and holding it for longer during droughts.
#3 Water Usage
Most organic cotton is grown in rain-fed fields. This means that organic farmers rely on rain-water to water their crops, and do not dig into ground water, which could put pressure on water supplies for their local communities.
#4 No GMO
The use of Genetically-Modified seeds is banned from Organic Farming. This frees organic farmers from relying on big GMO corporations, as they can collect their own seeds year after year.
#5 Supporting Local Communities
Part of being credited with the ‘organic’ logo means following sustainable practices as a whole. To be credited with an organic certification, the producers must comply with human and fairtrade practices, too. This means that choosing organic supports and empowers individual farmers and local communities.
So now you know a little more why choosing Organic Cotton is so important for our environment.
Psylo is working only with the Global Organic Textiles Standard (GOTS) certified fabrics wherever and whenever possible. The GOTS is the world's leading processing standard for textiles made from organic fibres. This standard defines high-level environmental criteria along the entire organic textiles supply chain and requires compliance with social criteria as well. To find out more about the Global Organic Textiles Standard click here.
At Psylo Fashion we use organic cotton in the following fabrics;
Using these sustainable, natural and organic fabrics ensures that not only you'll be wearing cool threads, you'll also be caring for our planet. Our natural & organic collection includes all our organic Cotton fabric styles, as well as our styles made with sustainable bamboo fabric, and our up-cycled line:
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