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Kimra Griffin

Hemp. Bamboo. Cotton. Linen. Wool. Kimra Griffin. Senior Exhibition . Sources: Cotton, Hemp, Bamboo, Linen, Wool. Essential Question:. How can sustainable made clothing be affordable and accessible to consumers and profitable to manufactures and retailers?. I like clothing and shoes

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Kimra Griffin

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  1. Hemp Bamboo Cotton Linen Wool Kimra Griffin Senior Exhibition Sources: Cotton, Hemp, Bamboo, Linen, Wool

  2. Essential Question: How can sustainable made clothing be affordable and accessible to consumers and profitable to manufactures and retailers?

  3. I like clothing and shoes • I care about the environment • I wanted to learn about a topic that I could relate to Why I am interested in this topic: Source: 100% Organic

  4. What is Sustainable Clothing? Nourishes the Earth  The process nourishes the lives of all people involved in the:  Growing Manufacturing Distributing of all clothing Sources: Factory, Earth, Cotton workers

  5. Fiber Facts: • Bamboo • Hemp • Cotton • Poly(lactic acid) Sources: Bamboo, Cotton, Hemp, Poly(lactic acid)

  6. Fiber Facts (cont.): • Wool • Recycled Fiber • Polyester • Nylon Sources: Wool, Polyester, Recycled Fiber, Nylon

  7. Why Companies Are Marketing Sustainable Products: • Customers • Good reputation • Helping people change • Products • Benefits • Materials in products can be reused Sources: Hill C3 & C1, Lee 132, Bainbridge

  8. Companies with Sustainable Products: • Levi’s Eco • Timberland Shoe Boxes • Nike Considered • Patagonia Sources: Mesa, Szopinski, Zaleski, Lewis

  9. Companies With Sustainable Products: (cont.) • Sameunderneath • Nau Sources: D’Estries, Business Partners

  10. Levi’s Eco and Nike Considered Levi’s Eco Nike Considered • Uses only organic cotton • Cleaner cotton alternatives, recycled buttons, rivets, and zippers • Sales increasing • Launched in 2005 • Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) • Materials came from • Leather • Reduced manufacturing waste • Nike’s focus • Plan for the future Sources: Oakes (35-36, 48), Wardsanc

  11. Timberland Shoe Boxes and Patagonia Timberland Shoe Boxes Patagonia • Nutrition Labels • Environmentally minded (as a company) • Business activity- reduce • Products in clothes Sources: Blanchard 45, Makeower, Company Info: Our History 5

  12. Sameunderneath and Nau Sameunderneath Nau • Beliefs of the company • Sustainable designs - 2004 • Sustainable and social responsibility • Working toward sustainable lifestyle • The word Nau • Wanted to be the Prada of the outdoor industry • Materials • Design philosophy • Problem that led to failure • Horny Toad Apparel company Sources: Christensen, Redmond, Nau Gets

  13. Product Afterlife: Nike Reuse-A-Shoe Recycle Your Jeans • Steve Potter • 1993- Nike Grid • Collection • National Recycling Coalition (NRC) • How many shoes recycled • Video Link • www.nikereuseashoe.com • Company called Softwalker • Philosophy • Types of jeans used • Company’s goal • What goes into making the products • Where it is sold Sources: Nike Reuse-A-Shoe, Oakes 159, Recycles Your Jeans

  14. Product Afterlife (cont.): Flipflop (I Was) • UniquEco • Julie Johnstone & TahreniBwanaali • Clean up beaches • Helped the women • The process • Sculptures animals • Where the products are sold at • Where the profit from supplies goes Sources: Flipflop (I was)

  15. Patagonia’s Recycling Program: • 2005 line was launched • Change unusable garments into new clothing • Expanded recycling products • Video- How Does It Work? www.patagonia.com ~we recycle it (section) • HOW TO RECYCLE THE PATAGONIA WAY: • Wash the item(s) before taking them to a Patagonia store • Drop them off: • Mail them • Retail stores Sources: Common Threads Garment Recycling

  16. Resale Shops • Lots of options • Buffalo Exchange: • How they give back to their community and other charities like Galapagos Conservancy • What they sell there • Tokens for Bags program Sources: Kimra Griffin, Buffalo Exchange

  17. Service Learning: • Symposium at the high school • Relates to topic • What the day looked like • Companies that came • Afternoon looked like Sources: Kimra Griffin

  18. How can sustainable made clothing be affordable and accessible to consumers and profitable to manufactures and retailers? Summary Response to Essential Question:  Affordable fabrics Costs are lower from: lack of pesticides, lower energy costs and manufacturers that use reusable fabrics  Lower energy costs result in lower cost to: manufactures Retailers and consumers. Reuse concept Cost of recycling t-shirt of shoes into a new product often times cheaper than starting with new raw materials

  19. Any Questions???

  20. Works Cited: • 100% Organic. 2009. Maternity/Baby. March 1, 2009. http://maternitybaby365.com/. • Bainbridge, Jami. Personal interview. 12 Dec. 2008. • Bamboo. 2009. Powerful Mind. March 1, 2009. http://www.powerful-mind.com/ecofabrics.htm. • Blanchard, Tamsin. Green Is the New Black: How to Change the World with Style. United State of America: Hodder & Stoughton, 2007. • Business Partners. 2009. Salmon Nation. March 1, 2009. http://www.salmonnation.com/cohorts/partners.html. • Christensen, Ryan. Personal interview. 22 Nov. 2008, 7 Jan. 2009, 9 Feb. 2009, 11 March, 2009. • Company Info: Our History. 2008. Patagonia. 6 Feb. 2009. <http://www.patagonia.com/web/us/patagonia.go?assetid=3351 >. • Common Threads Garment Recycling. 2008. Patagonia. 6 Feb. 2009. <http://www.patagonia.com/web/us/patagonia.go?assetid=1956 >. • Cotton. 2009. History For Kids. March 1, 2009. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/clothing/pictures/cotton.jpg. • Cotton workers. 2007. EJF- Environmental Justice Foundation. March 1, 2009. http://www.ejfoundation.org/page147.html. • D’Estries, Michael Andre. StanaKatic Brings Sustainable Fashion To Feast of Love Premiere. Sept. 26, 2007. Ecorazzi. March 1, 2009. http://www.ecorazzi.com/index.php?=sameunderneath. • Earth. 2008. Oh My Gov! March 1, 2009. http://ohmygod.com/tags/issue+-+in+The+New+-+Energy%20and%20Environment/default.asp. • Factory. 2008. Bacnotan Industrial Park Corporation. March 1, 2009. http://www.bipc.com.ph/gallery.html. • Flipflip (iwas). 2008. UniquEco. 18 October 2008. <http://www.uniqueco-designs.com/ >. • Hemp. 2009. Japan Hemp. March 1, 2009. http://www.japanhemp.org/en/tochigi.htm. • Hill, Gail Kinsey. “Is It Green, or Is It Greenwash?” The Oregonian 14 Nov. 2008: C1, C3. • Lee, Heather. “Earth-Friendly Fitness Finds.” Prevention 59. 6 June 2007: 132-133. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Riverdale High School Lib., Portland, Oregon. 20 Nov. 2008. <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=25130734&site=ehost-live>. • Lewis, Isaac. Cause- Related Marketing and Sustainability in Practice. Jan. 16, 2009. Belmont University. March 1, 2009. http://forum.belmont.edu/business/2009/01/.

  21. Works Cited (cont.): • Linen. 2009. Nexus Collections. March 1, 2009. http://www.nexuscollections.com/environment.php. • Makower, Joel. Timberland Reveals Its “Nutritional” Footprint. 29 Jan. 2006. World Changing. 21 Feb. 2009. < http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004047.html.> • Mesa, Alycia de. Levi’s Eco- Blue Greens. Jan. 22, 2007. Brand Features. March 1, 2009. <http://www.brandchannel.com/features_profile.asp?pr_id=319.> • Nau Gets A Second Chance at Sustainable Business Success. 25 June 2008. Sustainablelife. 7 Jan. 2009. <http://www.sustainablelifemedia.com/content/story/strategy/nau_gets_a_second_chance>. • Nike Reuse A Shoe. 2008. Nike, Inc. 14 Jan. 2009. <http://www.nikereuseashoe.com/>. • Nylon. 2009. Continental Clay Company. March 1, 2009. http://www.continentalclay.com/detail.php?cat_id=269&sub_categoryID=196&PID=755>. • Oakes, Summer Rayne. Style, Naturally: The Global Guide to Sustainable Fashion and Beauty. United States of America: Chronicle Books, 2009. • O’Catherine Aileen. Buffalo Exchange. Jan. 15, 2009. Buffalo Exchange. March 20, 2009. http://www.buffaloexchange.com/. • Polyester. 2006. Germes Online. March 1, 2009. http://www.ispic2006.org/b2b/charcoal/1/polyester_staple_fiber_4.html. • Poly(lactic acid). 2009. Made-In-China. March 1, 2009. http://www.made-in-china.com/trade-offers/offerviewbqnoVUYgmkR/1-PLA-Fiber-Poly-Lactic. • Recycled Fiber. 2006. Germes Online. March 1, 2009. http://www.issm-iseb.org/b2b/water_chiller/6/. • Recycle Your Jeans. 2009. Softwalkers. 2 Feb. 2009. http://www.recycleyourjeans.com/index.html • Redmond, Elizabeth. Eco-Effective Decisions: Outfit Yourself in the Truly Sustainable and Very Good Looking Clothing of Nau. 17 Aug. 2007. Elizabethredmond. 7 Jan. 2009. <http://elizabethredmond.greenoptions.com/2007/08/17/eco-effective-decisions-outfit-yourself-in-the-truly-sustainable-and-very-good-looking-clothing-of-nau/>. • Szopinski, Corey. Core Industries on the death of PR stunts and the “Age of Consequence.” 2009. Green Printer. March 1, 2009. http://www.greenprinteronline.com/blog/?p=307.

  22. Works Cited (cont.): • Wardsanc. Levi’s Eco Jeans. March 5, 2008. OrGLAMic. March 1, 2009. http://orglamic.com/2008/03/05/levis-eco-jeans/. • Wool. 2009. Liz Pen Fold. March 1, 2009. http://lizpenfold.com/exports/agriculture.htm. • Zaleski, Olivia. Timberland Sets and Maintains Noteworthy Goals. June 18, 2007. Tree Hugger. March 1, 2009. http://www.treehugger.com/flies/2007/06/timberland_sets.php.

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