The Sustainable Living Podcast

We know that organic, fair-trade clothing can help save the planet as well as human beings.    Though we may not know all the details, we understand pesticides wreak havoc on living things.  We know that too often big clothing brands make their profits on the backs of farmers and sweat shops located in developing countries.     But what choices do we have?   As a new entrepreneur, Lauren Adelman of Human Revolution Clothing went searching for the answer to this question. What she found out was a real eye opener.   For instance, according to the USDA over 90% of cotton grown worldwide is genetically modified.   BT cotton is a GMO that was created with a bacterial pesticide encoded into every cell of the plant's DNA. BT cotton also features terminator gene technology; that is, it produces sterile seeds that will not regenerate, requiring farmers to purchase new seeds every year. BT cotton is also the most chemically intensive crop in the world. In the United States, seven of the 15 pesticides sprayed on BT cott