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Textile Technology Spotlight: CRAiLAR


If you are as passionate about sustainable fashion as were are, it can be easy to get discouraged, disheartened and downright depressed! It seems like every day we read another story about the ways fashion is negatively impacting the planet and the people on it. Lucky, we are not alone in this fight and scientists, designers and innovators from around the world are working tirelessly to develop ways to transform the fashion industry from a net negative to a positive force for the planet. In the next few weeks we will be highlighting some of these amazing technologies. Ready for you daily dose of inspiring? Read on...

CRAiLAR is changing the world of fashion with, two of the oldest textile crops in human history; flax and hemp. Although you may not jump for joy at the thought of flax and hemp t-shirts replacing your favorite cotton t, rest assured that CRAiLAR has developed an innovative new process to transform the traditionally tough hemp and flax fibers into material that is as soft as cotton, but even
more durable.

The really exciting part is that hemp and flax use 99% less water than cotton, making it the perfect material to meet the world's growing demand for textiles. Aside from the water savings, hemp and flax use less pesticides, herbicides and fertilizer, due to their hardy nature and have a much higher yield than cotton. This means that for every acre of hemp of flax, you use much less water, less chemicals and get more fiber! Flax is also, beautiful, with delicate blue flowers.

The cool part is that you can actually buy flax textiles from CRAiLAR right now! Granted, it's not a shirt or cool skirt, but if you are interested in a 100% compostable, 100% natural and 100% sustainable alternative to paper towels, check out Brawny's Flax Cloths.

To learn more about CRAiLAR, check out their website here!

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