A good article raised the point. Ask anybody if they are including organics into a healthier lifestyle, and they immediately connect with organic food. Ask about organic cotton, organic wool, organic bedding and organic clothes, and most people will just blink at you, or not really understand what you're talking about.
It isn't widely advertised, but conventional cotton takes more chemicals than any other crop from seed, through a huge cocktail of pesticides, fungicides, defoliants, and chemical washes, into cotton mills and manufacturing facilities, making it the most environmentally destructive corporate crop on earth.
The Sustainable Cotton Project (SCP) located in Davis, California says, "The simple act of growing and harvesting the one pound of cotton needed to make a T-shirt (or any other conventional cotton product) takes an enormous toll on the earth's air, water and soil, and significantly affects the health of people living in cotton growing areas".
And I'll bet most people don't know that most of that chemically soaked cotton is everywhere in our food supply, in the form of cottonseed oil. Go up and down the aisles and read those labels. And, cottonseed, including hulls, are an ingredient in livestock feed, exposing dairy products, eggs, meats, poultry, etc. to a host of toxic chemicals that threaten the safety of the entire food supply and food chain.
The article by Daniel Sanders continues with: "The SCP states in its "Care what You Wear" campaign that "Possible bans on the most toxic agricultural chemicals, as well as potential regulations about labeling on genetically engineered products, point to the need to develop sustainable, practical solutions for cotton." This implies that the onus is on the manufacturers that produce the brands we wear to effect the necessary changes. However, it is the choices and preferences of the consumer, thinking from a holistic and sustainable perspective, that will ultimately drive the market."

LIST OF SUSTAINABLE FIBERS:

Organic Cotton--Cotton grown without pesticides and third party certified.

Organic Wool--Produced with chemical and cruelty free animal husbandry.

Hemp--Hardy, extremely versatile, low input, industrial grade crop.

Tencel--Properties of rayon and made from renewable plant resources.

Ingeo--Derived from corn with the properties and feel of a micro-fiber.

Soy--Renewable by-product of food manufacturing exhibiting luxurious softness.

Ecospun--Polyester that is derived from recycled soda bottles.

Bamboo--Made from the pulp of the plant and displaying silk-like properties.

Check out organic textiles. It's the same cloth our ancestors never thought twice about.

Susan
Kushtush Organics
http://www.kushtush.com