Creating sustainable clothing can be a challenge, while increasing the sustainability of your wardrobe can also be quite challenging. Finding…
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Earth Care
The Woad to a Sustainable Blue Part Eleven: Woad in Herbal Medicine
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Historically speaking, dye plants and medicinal herbs often overlapped. A prime example is yarrow, a plant that will dry wounds…
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Sustainable Fashion: Buy Words, Marketing, and Reality
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Once upon a time, and long, long ago, all fashion was sustainable. Now, the realm of sustainable fashion, and sustainable…
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Caring for your Winter Sweaters
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Winter and woolly sweaters just go together, like hot chocolate and cookies. But, sometimes caring for your winter woollens is…
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The Woad to a Sustainable Blue: An Overview of Woad History from Ancient Egypt to Modern Times
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************The history of Woad is nearly as interesting and varied as the history of the color red. Blue is, to…
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The Woad to a Sustainable Blue Part Four: The Modern View of Woad
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************While woad is a beautiful and complex natural dye color, the plant itself has several prejudices against it. It is…
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