Green Facts

Green Links

Hilton Head Area HBA Council for Green Building - http://buildgreenhiltonhead.squarespace.com/
South Carolina Wildlife Foundation - http://www.scwf.org/
The South Carolina Energy Office - http://www.energy.sc.gov/
SCDHEC Office of Solid Waste Recycling - http://www.scdhec.gov/environment/lwm/recycle/
Certified SC Grown - http://www.certifiedscgrown.com/
SC Seafood Alliance - http://www.scseafood.org/
Green Fesitvals - http://www.greenfestivals.org/
US Green Building Council: http://www.usgbc.org/
Green Drinks - http://www.greendrinks.org/

Cotton and the Environment

Cotton is a very popular, versatile fabric, but it's also very rough on the land, leeching nutrients out of the soil at a phenomenal level, demanding vast amounts of water, and requiring many gallons of fossil fuel to plant, harvest, and process into cloth.

Ecology-minded textile experts have come up with a couple methods of lessening the impact of cotton farming and textile processing on the environment. One is using organic methods of growing cotton; another that is gaining popularity is recycling.

Benefit of Organic

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