feeling green about indigo

Feeling green about indigo? IMPOSSIBLE! The denim industry is a huge and horrible one, it affects both the environment and people: it turns rivers blue and people sick. It isn’t and can’t be sustainanable in any way…..

This post is about facts. We aren’t going to quote articles or tweak them into our own words. (We only recycle when useful and we don’t want to clutter The Web too much) So please click the links to read and see what we feel everybody should know about (their) jeans.

Articles

UN-FABULOUS_Those faded, distressed blue jeans might be harboring a dirty secret. By Lily Kuo in ChinaJuly 9, 2013 (via qz.com)

Reuters/Bobby Yip_Even dirtier than they look

Wastewater discharged from a denim washing factory in Xintang, Zengcheng. In Xintang, where the economy is centered around textile production, Greenpeace has found high levels of industrial pollution and has documented the effects on the community.

greenpeace.org/eastasia/news/stories/toxics/2010/textile-pollution-xintang-gurao/

chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/6283-The-denim-capital-of-the-world-so-polluted-you-can-t-give-the-houses-away