BAMBOO - Bamboo is a hugely environmentally friendly resource. Typical hardwood trees, such as the ones popular in wood fencing take between 30-50 years to regenerate to their full mass. As we are fast becoming aware, this causes major issues to the environment – there is less oxygen produced, less consumption of carbon dioxide and more soil runoff where those trees were harvested. All of these have a negative effect on the environment.

Bamboo, however, is the fastest growing plant on the planet, with some species having been recorded to grow over 4ft in just 24hours! Bamboo can be continuously re-harvested every 3 years with no damage to the surrounding environment. This regular harvesting is actually of benefit to the health of the bamboo plant. Also, during it’s regeneration, the bamboo plants root system remains intact preventing massive soil erosion where it is utilised. These anti-erosion properties are key to the bamboo’s reputation as a useful soil conservation tool. The lack of erosion creates an effective watershed, stitching the soil together along fragile river banks, deforested areas, and in places prone to earthquakes and mud slides.

Additionally when used in clothing, which is where we come in, it's feel against the skin is akin to a combination of ring spun cotton & silk. It's natural properties are also anti-microbial containing an agent called bamboo kun that prevents bacterial growth and requires no chemical treatment.   

CORN PLASTIC - What separates biodegradable plastics from their more long-lived cousins are polymers. Plastics based on natural plant polymers, derived from wheat or corn starches, have molecules that are easily broken down by microbes; traditional plastics have polymer molecules too large and too tightly bonded together to be broken apart by decomposer organisms.

The technology used in our corn plastic products allows abundant annually renewable resources like ordinary field maize to replace finite ones (petroleum) in everyday products, such as food packaging, bottles, disposable serviceware etc. The process to produce the polyactides (PLA) essentially harvests the starch stored in natural plant sugars. The sugar is then fermented into lactic acid, which is used to create a clear plastic that can be shaped as require

ORGANIC COTTON - Organic cotton is grown using methods and materials that have a limited impact on the environment. Organic production systems replenish and maintain soil fertility, reduce the use of toxic and persistent pesticides and fertilizers, and build biologically diverse agriculture. Third-party regulators certify and verify that organic producers use only acceptable methods to produce “organic” cotton.

The Environmental Protection Agency considers seven of the top 15 pesticides used on cotton in 2000 in the United States as “possible,” “likely,” “probable,” or “known” human carcinogens (acephate, dichloropropene, diuron, fluometuron, pendimethalin, tribufos, and trifluralin). Agricultural chemicals are also considered one of the leading causes of groundwater and drinking water pollution. And lastly, it takes roughly one-third of a pound of chemicals (pesticides and fertilizers) to grow enough cotton for just one T-shirt.