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Delano Collection Ramona Coat (women's)
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Princess cut coat made of 100 percent organic wool and lined with bamboo. It's a great piece that'll have you lookin' stylish and feeling sustainable, too.Grn Apple Tree Clothing Admiral Blazer (men's)
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Eco-edginess from streetwear and denim label. A fun print in a warm, stlyish coat.Lotus Organics Merino Reversible Jacket (women's)
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A merino wool jacket with hood, and it's reversible, so incredibly versatile. Comes in three colors: spruce, wine, and charcoal.Lotus Organics Yukon Jacket (men's)
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A wool jacket make of 90 percent organic undyed wool and 10 percent organic undyed cotton.Nau jackets
On the prowl for a jacket that blends cutting-edge technology with sustainable materials? Nau—a company with strong eco-ethics and partnerships with exceptional social, environmental, and humanitarian groups (5 percent of each sale goes to one of these organizations)—has you covered with their fashion-forward jackets for guys and gals.Patagonia Micro Synchilla® Jacket (men's)
Patagonia's Synchilla® is a polyester fabric crafted from spent soda bottles, discarded clothing, and unusable second quality fabrics. This men's jacket is cozy, comfortable, and has a clean look suitable for an adventure in the wilderness or at the local mall.Rawganique Hemp Sports Coat (men's)
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Bring elegance and natural style to your wardrobe with this certified organic European hemp-made sport coat/dress jacket. It's even finished with sustainably-harvested nut buttons from the Amazon Rainforest.
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Charly Calder Faux Fur Man and Woman
...this ain't your grandmother's fur coat. Designer Charly Calder peddles upscale outerwear for men and women made from the finest woven (instead of knit) imitation furs. Calder's pieces are sexy and stylish—ideal for faux fur fashionistas and fashionistos looking to spice up their wardrobes with cruelty-free flair. Leather and home goods also available.Donnay Salyer's Fabulous Furs
Fabulous-Furs allows trendsetters—whether they're going for old-school glam or new-school cool—to don that hooded coyote coat or jacket lined with snow lynx fur without having to worry if any animals were harmed in the process. All pieces—for men and women—are made from mod-acrylic fibers to ensure comfort and a "real fur" look.Faux Furs by Rosemary
A wide selection of hand-made designer coats, jackets, vests, and accessories are available for purchase at faux furrier Rosemary Abrams' online showroom. Although the company is based out of Louisville, Kentucky, elegant faux beaver, sable, and lamb's wool pieces can be yours with the click of a button.Loyale Costilla Jacket
Introducing Loyale's Costilla Jacket for women: the fashion world's first organic, vegan faux fur jacket. Both the jacket's fur and lining is made of domestically grown organic cotton in lieu of the polluting acrylic and polyester fibers that are commonly used in faux fur production.Sashimi Zip Front Faux Wool Bomber Jacket
This women's faux wool bomber jacket by Sashimi is a template of sustainable style: fashion-forward, guilt-free, and machine washable so you don't have to worry about the greenhouse gas emissions associated with commercial dry cleaning. Available in three colors: black, coffee, and ivory.VeganEssentials Faux Leather Jackets
Jump on that hog or strut down the street in VeganEssentials' oh-so-cool selection of cruelty-free leather jackets for men and women. Eco-conscious bikers needn't worry about explaining to their pals that their moto jacket isn't the real thing...the jacket's recycled cotton and PVC construction could turn heads in even the most bona fide biker bar.
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Earth 911 business locator
A searchable database by State/Province and city listing.
Recycle old clothing
Dress for Success
Dress for Success offers disadvantaged women a hand up by providing professional attire, a network of support, and the career development tools to help them attain economic independence. The group is looking for donations of interview-appropriate suits, separates, shoes, and other accessories.Excess Access
This group matches donations of business and household items, including clothes, with the wish-lists of nearby nonprofits that can pick up items or will accept drop-offs. It operates in the US, Canada, and beyond.Goodwill Industries International, Inc. (various locations)
Goodwill sells donated goods in more than 2,000 retail stores. As of 2006, Goodwill stores had sold more than 2 million items received from more than 58 million donors.One World Running
One World Running collect running shoes to distribute to people in need around the world. Drop-off locations are available in Boulder, CO, Richmond, VA, and Ontario, Canada. For information on shipping donations, call (303) 473-1314 or (303) 828-4391. Or email: anaweir@yahoo.com or sandrock@boulderrunning.com.Soles4Souls
Soles4Souls accepts donations of shoes from individuals, retailers and companies, and distributes them to folks in need worldwide.The Glass Slipper Project (Chicago, IL)
This Chicago-based group collects new and almost-new formal dresses and accessories and gives them at no charge to high school students in Chicago who can't pay for their own prom attire.The Salvation Army
Known worldwide, The Salvation Army helped more than 33 million people in 2004. Of each dollar spent by this organization, 83 cents is used to furnish direct aid to people. Each donated item sold at The Salvation Army's thrift stores goes toward its adult addiction recovery programs.TheBabyChain.com
Exchange baby and maternity clothes with this free online bartering community.
Comments
4:14pm
The claim that production of a real fur garment requires "60 times more energy than fake" is based on a very misleading fallacy. The "study" on which this statement is based was first printed as an annex to a 1980 anti-fur book published by the Animal Welfare Institute. In making this calculation, the author estimated the energy equivalent of the FEED consumed by farmed mink in a year and compared it to the energy value of the OIL used to make fake furs. He ignored the fact that mink feed is primarily waste products from our own food-production system (therefore recycled and renewable), as opposed to the non-renewable (petrochemical)energy used to make synthetics. The comparison is therefore completely meaningless, but activists have repeated it ever since. For a different view of fur, please visit www.FurIsGreen.com.
2:08pm
alanh, thanks for pointing this out. we checked out furisgreen.com and did not find it credible/objective enough to use as a resource on our site. however, we also looked into the stat and it does seem that the embedded energy study is fairly dated and we will update this section. ultimately, depending on a consumer's values, fur could be more sustainable than petrol-based synthetics.
if someone knows of a great study or website that settles the fur vs synthetic issue (from an LCA standpoint) please bring it to our attention! thanks.
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