The Chetna Organic Cotton Project
Say NO to pesticides that poison three million people every year, and help make trade fairer at the same time.
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Fashion Fit 10-12
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Things That Matter T-shirt : Fashion Fit 10-12
Based on the words of Martin Luther King
'Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter'. Based on the words of Martin Luther King, this t-shirt is a powerful call to action in an age where popular media instead fosters passive acceptance. Martin Luther King was the leader of one of the great movements for justice, equality and peace in modern times and a pioneering thinker on methods of nonviolent conflict resolution and social change. Top quality organic, fair trade cotton, khaki, from India.
Four sizes available:
-Fashion Fit size 10-12, chest 82 cm.
-Fashion Fit size 14-16, chest 88 cm.
-Loose Fit Large, chest 100 cm.
-Loose Fit Extra Large, chest 110 cm.
All our t-shirts are made from 200gsm interlock fabric, designed to last much longer than ordinary t-shirts.
Benefits for you:
- You’ll be more content knowing the producers and the planet have been treated well.
- Your cotton goods are free of allergy-causing toxic pesticides and insecticides.
- Top quality goods from the expert Indian craftspeople at Rajlakshmi.
Benefits for the producers and the planet:
- Organic production means no toxic pesticides and insecticides are used in cotton growing. That means better health and less debt for the Indian farming families.
- Traditional cotton growing uses about 60% of all toxic chemicals used in India, so moving to organic production makes a huge difference.
- The organic cotton growing is certified by SKAL International.
- The Chetna Organic Farmers Association is certified Fairtrade by FLO-International (Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International) which ensures a fair price and conditions for the farmers. This FLO certification also ensures cotton production:
- Is child-labour free
- It is produced by small & marginal farmers
- Is socially responsible for its farmers and farm-workers in the production chain
- Is absolutely free of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)
- Cotton spinning is done in a factory that is ILO (International Labour Organization) compliant and also ISO 9001:2000 (quality management) certified.
- The factories producing the final products are meeting all ILO requirements for their workforces (in fact they do better than ILO requirements, for example by providing primary and secondary education for the workers’ children, and a revolving loan scheme for workers).
- Whenever dyes are used the organic fabric dyeing process is SKAL certified
In brief our project partners at Rajlakshmi Cotton Mills and the Chetna Organic Famers Association are working very hard to ensure that conditions in the entire production chain exceed the goals of the Clean Clothes Campaign
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