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To fault a designer who claims to be green because the sustainable fabric he/she chose traveled too great a distance is not helping create the demand for this sustainable fabric.

People have been traveling and with that goods have also been traveling and that isn't about to change - let's just focus on coming up with a sustainable way to enable transportation.

The focus in terms of green designers should be on showing the versatility of sustainable fabrics, that they can also be luxurious and creating a demand for them. Once the demand is there - designers won't likely have to travel great distances to source it. ]]>Oct 15th 2009 10:07AMhttp://www.luxist.com/2009/10/15/the-fashion-statement-who-are-the-greenest-designers/http://www.luxist.com/2009/10/15/the-fashion-statement-who-are-the-greenest-designers/
Flying urgent samples, piece goods, components, etc.. around the world to satisfy "just in time" business models may be a logistical triumph and good business for freight brokers but its terrible for the environment. Shipping by sea is better.. and perhaps one day we'll see solar and/or sail powered cargo ships, which would make globalized trade a lot greener.

As your piece points out, there are a lot of factors that go into what makes a product less or more green.

Green rating systems should and will evolve (like goodguide.com) and then we'll be able to make more informed, intelligent choices.






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