Green Options » responsible manufacturing http://greenoptions.com/tag/responsible-manufacturing Posts tagged 'responsible manufacturing' Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:03:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Green Diva’s Guide to Fresh Style: Know Where Your Fiber Comes From http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/09/05/green-divas-guide-to-fresh-style-know-where-your-fiber-comes-from/ http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/09/05/green-divas-guide-to-fresh-style-know-where-your-fiber-comes-from/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:03:37 +0000 Megan McWilliams http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/09/05/green-divas-guide-to-fresh-style-know-where-your-fiber-comes-from/ icebreaker hoodieThis is a follow-up post to one I did a couple of weeks ago about an innovative sustainable outdoor clothing company in New Zealand - Icebreaker- and their clever Baacode, which helps owners of their garments to track down where the fibers from the garment came from. It is a little ‘meet your sheep’ thing.

I was so excited to get my ‘Quantum Hood’ midweight outer layer from New Zealand. No. That is not a picture of me in the coveted hoodie. I’m not quite as intense (or young) as this svelte model here.

I couldn’t wait to meet my little merino friends who endured shearing and I suppose quite a breeze for a little while for the sake of this amazing hoodie. It was remarkably ‘high-tech’ and smooth - not what you would expect when you see the farm and pictures of the family who runs it and of course the woolly beasts themselves.

Meet my sheep!

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