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SPRING 2010

Campaign updates - wear organic news, events, Fibre Food & Beauty
Stories from the cotton field - Neem mills and the mechanics of hope in Benin
5 in 5 - PAN UK's new director Keith Tyrell talks
Eco-fashion news and events

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JANUARY 2010

In this issue of the WearOrganic newsletter, we bring you stories from Uganda where one organisation is proving that it is possible to produce and market organic clothing made in Africa successfully, but also where the indoor spraying of DDT continues to threaten the health and incomes of farmers and their communities. This issue is also a special focus on the work of Made-By.

Since the last issue of the WearOrganic Newsletter, there have been changes in the cotton programme at PAN-UK, as Damien Sanfilippo has left to continue good work on ethical clothing and cotton as Product Manager, Cotton at the Fairtrade Labelling Organisation (FLO). This month, we are joined by Eliza Anyangwe, who will edit this newsletter in the future.

Please email us to suggest ways in which the newsletter can be improved admin@pan-uk.org

This issue of the newsletter is kindly sponsored by MADE-BY and produced with the help of the Uganda Network on Toxic Free Malaria Control (UNETMAC).

  1. Uganda Cottons On – A WearOrganic Newsletter special focus on Uganda ’s cotton trade .
  2. The continuing struggle against DDT use in Uganda

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MARCH 2008

  1. SPECIAL REPORT: KILLER PESTICIDE ENDOSULFAN FINALLY BANNED IN BENIN!
    - 10 years of poisoning
    - A cause for Celebration?
    - The fight for global elimination
    - The case for sustainable cotton
  2. Organic Exchange Europe is Launched
  3. IFOAM International Organic Fibre and Textile Conference

NOVEMBER 2007

  1. West African organic cotton farmer to visit fashion schools
  2. Sponsorship for students of fashion design
  3. Friendly bugs at the rescue of organic cotton
  4. Organic cotton production grows by 49%
  5. British T-shirt manufacturer tackles the Uzbek cotton problem
  1. Can cotton be sustainable? Join us for a panel discussion at London Olympia
  2. Endosulfan one step closer to listing under international toxics treaty
  3. New Cotton Publication: 15 years of campaigning in 65 articles
  4. Organic Exchange hosts Regional Meeting in Paraguay
  5. UN declares 2009 the International Year of Natural Fibres
  6. Eco-Design fair comes to London College of Fashion
  1. New report exposes the human health and environmental cost of pesticide use in global cotton production
  2. New book demonstrates the socio-economic benefits of organic cotton in developing countries
  3. Cotton pesticides may threaten Australia's Great Barrier Reef
  4. Acclaimed guide My Sustainable T-Shirt now available in hard copies
  5. The worst cotton insecticide faces international
  6. New magazine dedicated to sustainability in textile: Ecotextile News

  1. New Publications: Guide to cotton textile standards and pesticide poisonings in Africa.
  2. Organic Cotton in the UK: The market continues to grow.
  3. Farmers and Fashion: a full house for the Rachel Carson Memorial Lecture!
  4. Retailers Directory updated: Map reveals organic cotton textile hotspots.
  5. Timberland buys Howies.
 
 
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