Green Purchasing criteria - tshirts

[Schnei...@juno.com]

Hi

 

I work with a group of local high school students, Green Youth Alliance.  I am trying to teach them how to go about green purchasing.  Sadly none of our local tshirt silk screening shops carry any form of environmental shirt, or if they do not in long sleeves and they want long sleeve t-shirts.  So I was wondering if any of you know of suppliers of long sleeve tshirts that have at least one or more green qualities:

 

Long Sleeve shirt

recycled content

Organic cotton content

no child labor used in manufacturing

made in the US or better yet made in California

Cotton grown in the US or better yet California

Bleaching – not sure what to specify – thoughts?

No sweatshop labor

 

Are there other environmental attributes I should add to the list so the kids can learn about creating markets for green products.

 

Thanks,

 

Ann Schneider
Schnei...@juno.com
Millbrae, California
650-697-6249 (Pacific Time)

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[Karyn Kaplan]

SustainU

These are made of 50% reclaimed cotton, 50% reclaimed pop bottles, made in the USA and a low price.  Love these shirts.  It’s a young company that was created by college students and it’s growing rapidly.  The best eco shirts I’ve seen in ages:

http://www.sustainuclothing.com/store/

 

Enjoy-they are soft and a comfy fit….

 

Karyn Kaplan

University of Oregon

Zero Waste Program

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[Antoinette Stein]

Ann:

Berkeley, CA appears to have a number of vendors to check out --.

 

Yelp lists some of them:

1.      This one lists green items here: http://www.alliance-graphics.com/greenitems.html

2.      http://www.berkeleyscreenprint.com/tshirts.htm

 

Best,

 

Antoinette “Toni” Stein PhD

892 Arlington Ave

Berkeley, CA 94707

650-823-7662

tw...@igc.org

 

 

 

From: gree...@googlegroups.com [mailto:gree...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Schnei...@juno.com
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 9:32 PM
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Subject: [GreenYes] Green Purchasing criteria - tshirts

 

Hi

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[Rosa, Brian]

Hello all,

Here in NC we have TS Design (http://tsdesigns.com/ ) that is a very green company and beyond. Check them out!

 

 

Brian, Organic Recycling Specialist

NC DENR, Division of Environmental Assistance & Customer Service

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p - 919.707.8123

c - 810.252.8303

http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/deao/recycling/composting

www.recyclenc.org

[MaryEllen Etienne]

What about going one step greener and sourcing reused t-shirts?  If anyone's interest is piqued, you can check it out http://www.stayvocal.com/ 

Please note that this reuse apparel company is also behind a new documentary coming out: "REUSE! Because You Can't Recycle The Planet.", which will be showing at ReuseConex in October.

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Founder & Executive Director
Reuse Alliance
www.reusealliance.org
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[Schnei...@juno.com]

Hi

 

Great discussion (I will forward all the emails from GRRN too that might not have made it to the Sierra Club listserves).  The kids wear T-shirts as much of the work we do are clean ups, or plantings.  The same shirt is preferred because we are trying to create a presence or brand for this club.  Other Millbrae youth clubs all have their own t-shirts.  Green Youth Alliance has to increase its visibility not really against say the Lion’s Leo’s Club but so we can attract more kids.  Our local schools do not provide any environmental curriculum other than what one gets in biology or chemistry.  So we GYA adult leaders hope to grow interest and then we can push for more curriculum so we can reach more kids and more families.

 

So while I agree reuse is great and I was at the Zero Waste Youth Convergence and their silk screening of used shirts was and is a fantastic idea, in this case it doesn’t help with recognition. (I have one of those t-shirts and 25 of my Mills kids were at the ZW Youth Convergence and proudly wear their t-shirts from that event.   Also as a chaperone, I can pick out my kids in a sea of young people when they are in the same colored shirt. 

 

Another reason for t-shirt over say a jacket or sweatshirt is that they are cheaper.  The kids designed their own environmental theme tied in with their school mascot and are proud of what they came up with.  Each of our high schools will have their own school design and then the front will have the GYA logo.  All branding to help them educate our communities.

 

I have to follow up on some of the leads many of you have sent.  Thanks to all of you for great suggestions and questions.

 

Ann  Schneider

Green Youth Advisor, Mills High School

Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter

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[Sue Maxwell]

Check out Fairware -they specialize in such things http://www.fairware.com though they are Canadian so may have a bias towards made in Canada.

Cheers,

Sue

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