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Find links related to why wear organic cotton, organic footprint calculators, database for retailers and manufactures of organic cotton merchandise around the country and internationally.
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1   Link   About Organic Cotton
Visit aboutorganiccotton.org to read about farmers and the various companies who are offering organic cotton products.

Links to:
http://www.texasorganic.com/producers/

Site has internal links to the following companies:

Agility Consulting
Boll Organic
Cottonfield
Cotton Ginny
Cotton Plus
Green Textile
Indigenous Designs
Maggie's Organics
Mountain Equipment CO-OP
Nike
Organic Cotton Plus
Organic Essentials
Organics for Massage
Patagonia
Pratibha Syntex Ltd.
Rodale Institute
Seventh Generation
Sierra Club
Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative
Timberland
Under the Canopy
Whole Foods



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2   Link   Directory for organic cotton and organic cotton products
This site lists resources for buying organic cotton and organic cotton product around the world.

The home page, says the following:

"A site dedicated to the sustainable production, processing and consumption of organic cotton worldwide

The conventional cultivation of cotton leads to massive environmental and health problems. Around the world, more toxic insecticides are used on cotton than on any other crop. A sustainable alternative is the certified organic cultivation of the "white gold". The farmers have only a chance to convert their production into a controlled organic cultivation of cotton if there is sufficient demand for organic cotton. Although laborious in the beginning, the conversion is worthwhile. With the directory we aim to support this process.

Consumers interested in the sustainable use of clothes and textiles will find the opportunity to search for producers and retailers. Furthermore, the database comprises stakeholder covering the various processes from the organic cotton field to the finished textiles.

All projects, companies and organizations promoting organic cotton are invited to register in their database.

The site is a PAN German Website

Pesticide Action Network - Germany
Contact
Pesticide Action Network Germany
Nernstweg 32
22767 Hamburg
Germany
Fon: +49 (0) 40 - 399 19 10-0 Email: pesticide-residues@pan-germany.org 		43
3   Link   Organic Exchange
Organic Exchange is a resource for those interested in organic cotton and sustainable textiles.

Site lists conferences from New York to Europe. Allows you to search their membership database by company, brand, manufacturer, and professional services.
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4   Link   Sustainable Cotton Project
This site is dedicated to all the farmers, manufacturers, activists, retailers, and others who are devoting their energies to making sustainable and organic octton a viable agricultural and economic alternative.

List resources, events, and a fiber footprint calculator.

Growers Fiber Footprint Calculator
allows you to compare the Fiber Footprint of conventional, organic, or BASIC
systems.


Buyers Fiber Footprint Calculator
allows to compare the Fiber Footprint of your contemplated purchase with that of Cleaner Cotton

The Fiber Footprint Calculator evaluates the following footprint categories:

"Land footprint: which is the amount of cropland needed to produce a given quantity of cotton taking into consideration differences in productivity of cropland in various regions and long term impacts on soil resources from various cotton growing methods.

Water footprint: which measures the acre-feet of irrigation water needed to grow crops and the amount of water needed to dilute toxic concentrations of chemicals to safe levels.

Carbon footprint: which measures the area needed to sequester carbon emissions associated with planting, maintaining, and harvesting, irrigation, transportation, production of chemical inputs, and disposal of wastes."

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5   Link   Sustainable Cotton Project: Fiber Footprint Calculator
This site is dedicated to all the farmers, manufacturers, activists, retailers, and others who are devoting their energies to making sustainable and organic octton a viable agricultural and economic alternative.

List resources, events, and a fiber footprint calculator.

Growers Fiber Footprint Calculator
allows you to compare the Fiber Footprint of conventional, organic, or BASIC
systems.


Buyers Fiber Footprint Calculator
allows to compare the Fiber Footprint of your contemplated purchase with that of Cleaner Cotton

The Fiber Footprint Calculator evaluates the following footprint categories:

"Land footprint: which is the amount of cropland needed to produce a given quantity of cotton taking into consideration differences in productivity of cropland in various regions and long term impacts on soil resources from various cotton growing methods.

Water footprint: which measures the acre-feet of irrigation water needed to grow crops and the amount of water needed to dilute toxic concentrations of chemicals to safe levels.

Carbon footprint: which measures the area needed to sequester carbon emissions associated with planting, maintaining, and harvesting, irrigation, transportation, production of chemical inputs, and disposal of wastes."

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6   Link   Organic Trade Association
On the Organic Trade Association's website you will learn what is "organic cotton?"

The site also monitors pending legislation for anything that might impact organic.

You can also search for Organic Ingredients:
You can search two ways:
1) Select a product or service Key Word to get a list of companies
2) Use the text search

Site's Disclaimer:
Disclaimer: Organic Trade Association (OTA) provides The Organic Pages™ solely as a resource to the public. Although the information contained in this membership directory is believed to be correct at the time of posting, OTA disclaims all responsibility for any damages or liability that may result from use or reliance on this directory or information contained herein. All of the business descriptions, products, services and advertisements are provided solely by the companies and organizations listed. Although OTA works to provide accurate information, inclusion on this site is not intended as an endorsement or guarantee from OTA.

OTA strongly recommends that directory users obtain confirmation of any product's organic certification status from an accredited certifier before completing any transactions. 		240

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