Organic Clothing Aids Environment

In the previous posts of this series, we looked at how going beyond organic food can enhance our lives, and some of the benefits of purchasing and wearing organic clothing. We also touched on a couple of the ways buying organic clothing benefits the environment. We will review those and explore even more benefits.

Last time, we covered how buying organic clothing leads to fewer chemicals being dispensed into the air, and less runoff into soil and water. Some of the chemicals used in the manufacturing of non-organic clothing include pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, chemical dyes, and many others.

Methods used in the manufacturing of organic clothing are far more environmentally sustainable.

Here are four examples of how:

Organic fabric such as cotton decomposes without contributing dangerous toxins to the soil, air, and water.
Organic farming utilizes much safer production methods. Instead of toxic pesticides, insecticides, and fertilizers; crop rotation, weeding by hand, and beneficial insects that are predators to harmful ones are utilized.
Nitrogen-based fertilizers – often used in conventional farming – are not used in organic farming. According to the EPA, these fertilizers are major contributors to greenhouse gases.
Pesticides kill millions of birds in the U.S. each year.
Organic farming methods help to maintain balance within ecosystems. Conventional farming methods actually contribute to the destruction of ecosystems. For instance, dead zones are now present in our oceans. Also, it is estimated that approximately 67 million birds are killed by pesticides in the United States each year.