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• Genevieve St-Amour

Done is better than perfect! Towards our own ecological empowerment

The title is not ours. This is a quote whose author is unknown. But don't you think that it is totally adapted to our own movement in the adoption of...

• Genevieve St-Amour

You probably have everything you need for free, eco-friendly Halloween decorations!

  The holidays, no matter which one, are a “gold mine” for an environmentalist like me to take to the front lines. In today's society, it is obvious that celebration...

• Genevieve St-Amour

Small ecological terminology dictionary on clothing

    The world of clothing contains a whole arsenal of terms to define it. When we add a notion of ecology to clothing, the variety of the lexicon only...

• Genevieve St-Amour

Can a t-shirt cost $3.50?

Let's be honest, ok? We cannot foresee for a fraction of a second that a new cotton t-shirt could be sold at $3.50 each. However, do your research, it does...

• Genevieve St-Amour

Tips for an ecological and zero waste lunch box

  As August approaches, slowly not quickly, the return to work and school is making itself felt! Like it or not, the holidays are over and routine will return to...

• Genevieve St-Amour

The benefits and maintenance of washable and reusable sanitary napkins (shl)

Are you perhaps still hesitant to make the jump to using washable and reusable sanitary napkins (SHL)? There are two strong arguments to convince you! The first is the composition...

• Genevieve St-Amour

An incentive to wash your new clothes

  A few days ago, an acquaintance had an allergic reaction to a new item of clothing. She had a blood irritation in her armpits. She had just bought a...

• Genevieve St-Amour

Simple tips and tricks for plastic reduction

Plastic is everywhere...it's even in places where people aren't aware of it. This is the case for polyester-based clothing, for example. This is also the case at the bottom of...

• Genevieve St-Amour

Saving the environment is equivalent to saving human beings

    It's a strange title, but it's simply true. I know, people have been saying for a while that the Earth is no longer able to support human beings...

• Genevieve St-Amour

A textile made from orange peel: it's close to perfection!

Here is an initiative that attracts our attention and delights us! Today there are ways of making textiles that are completely unexpected and so commendable. You may be surprised to...

• Genevieve St-Amour

A dairy textile: We don't know what to think!

We never stop innovating and this is also true in the textile industry. For several reasons and in different forms, there is research and development today to find ecological textiles....

• Genevieve St-Amour

Eco-Quiz: How much do you know about eco-friendly clothing?

  Our website is full of articles on eco-friendly clothing. We talk about textiles, working conditions, clothing quality, locally designed clothing and more! But where are you with your knowledge?...

• Genevieve St-Amour

How to make Earth Day a daily occurrence

 Earth Day was first celebrated in the United States on April 22, 1970 . Today, there are more than 190 countries and one billion people mobilizing on this specific...

• Genevieve St-Amour

Ecological dry-cleaning clothing?

  We may make a choice of ecological clothing , one which is made in the best conditions and which has the least possible impact during its design, the fact...

• Genevieve St-Amour

Is silk ecological? Yes and no, and we'll tell you why!

Silk is a 100% natural textile fiber of animal origin. Its fiber comes from a cocoon made by a caterpillar ( mulberry bombyx ) which is generally called the silkworm....

• Genevieve St-Amour

You are the most important player: the consumer

  Did you know ? There is no better person than the consumer to determine the impact of an industry on the environment and clothing is no exception. Did you...