Locawear?

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Permalink Reply by bitt on June 1, 2008 at 12:22am

yes, this is always a goal although i have been bad about it lately. i just get caught up in life and forget to be...well, conscious! my computer is refurbished so I am doing ok there but i am needing to get a few new clothes and i realize i need to look local. i am going to look at american apparel because it is sweatshop-free.

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Permalink Reply by idarastar on August 4, 2008 at 8:30pm

My FAVORITE sweat-jacket is from NoSweat Apparel. They are AWESOME! Some of the clothing is made in Jerusalem/Israel/Middle East, but it's fair trade/sweatshop free. I usually go for the east coast union worker made clothing from there.

Something about American Apparel doesn't sit right with me. I like to believe it is 100% fair, but the over marketing of it makes me skeptical. Do you know anything more about them?

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Permalink Reply by Chris D on August 5, 2008 at 2:48pm

Yep, it's the juggling that does make it hard. On the food front, I read an article along those lines: Farmers in developing world hurt by 'eat local' philosophy in U.S. : http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/11/18/EDGO...
I definitely subscribe to the not-new / reuse trade.

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