organic cotton

a short film about organic cotton

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• fair
• trade
• people
• tree
• sustainable
• clothing
• fashion
• ecology
• organic
• cotton

[padmini72]

Why Organic cotton ?

[vegfriedrice]

@padmini72

you can see a good explanation in japanese here

youtube.com/watch?v=quOLp87psD­E&feature=player_embedded

[nocotton]

what is the realistic average yield per acre of this organic cotton you speak of & how much less does it cost to purchase (lower input cost=lower purchase price?)this product versus conventional?

[vegfriedrice]

Rain fed areas often yield 1/2 bale and acre

irrigated regions like California yield 3 bales an acre or more it depends if this area is rain fed or irrrigated.

Chemical inputs will be less costly of course

if the region used chemicals

Some areas of India use chemicals and others do not (I believe 50% of Indian cotton is grown without chemicals anyway)

so depending on the fields, there may be a reduction in chemical costs or none (if none were used to begin with)

[vegfriedrice]

In US, reductions in chemical input costs are offset by increased labor costs for weeding ands extra harvesting required for organic

In India, labor is much cheaper and I don;t have a sense of the costs

thanks to Lynda Grose

[racheblue]

Gorgeous animation & music. What is the soundtrack?

[vegfriedrice]

thanks!

the music and sound is by matt wand from stock hausen and walkman.

simplesampling (dot) com

[andylarksable]

Great job - good to see people paying more attention to this issue. I built a website for an ethical clothing company making much of their clothing from organic cotton - might want to take a look: google mudd and water

[OrganicallyGrwnGroup]

Really nice video. We are happy to see other folks intent on getting the message out on organic cotton. It is an issue that deserves the spotlight. If you're interested, please check out our video Why Organic Cotton? Thank you for your time.

[syccbe]

good to know about organic cotton. we have started selling indian organic cotton

[xEndLessSorrow]

cool i feel good wearing organic shirts