Don't want to DIY?

DIY (Do It Yourself) projects are fun and allow you to take your "trash" and turn it into treasure.  However, many of us live busy lives and do not have the time to sew our own clothes out of re-used fabric, make our own bags out of old juice containers and plastic bags, or create jewelry out of old wires and beads.  If you need to buy clothes, accessories, or any other materialistic item, why not buy things that are (produced) environmentally friendly, with Fair Trade, and/or help support those in greater need?!  Here are some great websites to search through, with items ranging from vintage clothing to coffee!

Vintage: Vintage fashion re-uses and recycles, and "giving older garments a new lease on life reduces reliance on petrochemicals and the energy needed to manufacture them" (www.idealbite.com)

Rusty Zipper- over 12,000 vintage items available, searchable by size, era, style, and price

Enokiworld- designs from the 40's-70's

Annie Creamcheese- vintage couture!

Goodwill- find a Goodwill near you for great bargains on second-hand clothes. 

Fair Trade: Fair trade is aimed at helping farmers and other producers in developing countries and promote sustainability. 

The Hunger Site- Click once every day at this website and food is donated to a third world country.  However, they also have tons of fair trade items- unique jewelry, clothes, food, and more!

TreeHugger- This site leads to tons of different companies that stock products which are sustainable and fair trade.

Bazura Shop- A fair trade company that hires women in the Phillipines.  They sell paper beads, juice bags, and more.  The juice pouches are purchased from local school children and then made into fashionable bags!

Organic Clothing:  Organic clothing is much more eco-friendly than non-organic clothing- non-organic cotton takes 1/3 pound of chemicals to produce just one shirt.  Buying organic clothes means you are lowering the amount of pesticides surrounding you every day.

Etsy- Original and unique clothes, some made using organic and reclaimed materials

Levi Jeans- Skinny, low-rise jeans made out of organic cotton and recycled buttons

Darwin Design- Men's and women's tees

DID YOU KNOW:

-The $16.5 billion U.S. garment industry is highly dependent on polluting synthetics and sweatshop labor, which means that majority of the clothes you buy have chemicals in them and the money spent is supporting companies which have poor working conditions for workers.

-If just 10,000 people bought a pair of organic jeans instead of non-organic jeans, over 10,000 pounds of pesticides would be averted.