Frequently Asked Questions
Question: What does organic cotton mean?
Answer: The organic unisex shirts are made without pesticides, genetically modified seeds, and artificial fertilizers, and they are made factories where the workers are treated well. We use Econscious, Hae Now, and sometime Royal brands of organic shirts. We have not found reliable, well-stocked, and available in colors, organic brands for women's and youth shirts. We promote environmentalism thru messages on t-shirts and donations to wildlife groups.
Question: What are the sources of our organic t-shirts?
Answer: We use these brands: EConscious, Hae Now, and Royal Apparel.
-EConscious is Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) Certified.
https://www.econscious.net/pages/faq
-Hae Now gets organic cotton from the Chetna Project of small farms in India that are sustainable and eco-friendly.
https://www.haenow.com/content/about-us/why-organic
-Royal Apparel mentions GOTS
https://www.royalapparel.net/go-green
Definition of Organic Cotton-
Organic means that they did not use pesticides or artificial fertilizers to grow the cotton. The pesticides harm and kill insects, bees, butterflies, pollinators, birds, other plants, neighbors, and farmworkers. Some pesticides also poison food; some are associated with cancers, birth defects, neurological damage. The artificial fertilizers have lots of phosphorus and nitrogen that run off in rivers, ponds, lakes, estuaries, and then the oceans. They can cause growth in harmful algae, bacteria, and other plants and take out much of the oxygen, killing fish and marine life. They cause eutrophication and dead zones. Also, pesticide companies and fertilizer companies often resist environmental laws that protect the health of people, wildlife, and the environment. Also, piles of mining waste break thru and overrun the dams around during floods, rainstorms, storm surges, and hurricanes. Then these piles of waste kill off life in surrounding bays, lakes, and streams. Similarly, pesticide companies often have had leaks of toxic chemicals into the groundwater, aquifers, and neighboring streams.
