What's the most eco-friendly form of wool?
PETA feels that no wool-wearing is best, but if cozy wool sweaters are your winter must-have, your first green step is to avoid Australian merino wool.
SNUGGLE UP: Get toasty in the cold months without Australian merino wool. (Photo: mararie/Flickr) 
Q. Despite the fact that today’s economy is totally un-purchase-friendly, it’s that time of year when all I want to do is buy cozy, soft, wooly things and curl up with a book to wait out winter. Are there any types of wools that are more sustainable or animal-friendly than others? – Lynn, CT
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PETA's not as bad as we think? Think again grasshopper. Let's hear what Ingrid Newkirk, president of PETA has to say on the subject of animal rights shall we?
“There’s no rational basis for saying that a human being has special rights. A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. They’re all animals.”
“Six million people died in concentration camps, but six billion broiler chickens will die this year in slaughterhouses.”
“Humans have grown like a cancer. We're the.... More
I fully support the vegan lifestyle, but who could possibly be as green as Hollywood vegans, who have the option of spending as much as they want on alternative clothing? Not a fair comparison. It'd be nice if animal-friendly sites got a little friendlier with their prices, if possible.
PETA are pretty irresponsible in the way they operate. To get attention they cry wolf and make everything sound much worse than it is. Eventually it backfires because people get wise and stop listening to them. This is particularly the case when they are so hypocritical that they don't even take good care of the animals that they take in themselves.
In the case of sheep in australia PETA are running a campaign that is trying to stop a health procedure that is currently necessary to save.... More
I guess PETA would rather see thousands of sheep painfully suffer and die from millions of insects instead of finding a better alternative
...a wild wool, named Paihamu, a foraging rodent, able to kill a lawn in a single's night of consumption, here's more details about this truly eco-wool
,http://alertsforconsumers.com/2009/01/29/ecofashion-or-greenwashing.aspx
Hey everyone,
I saw the article about going green and being more eco friendly which is great. Lots more people are seeing that Mother Nature really needs our help. I think with global warming creeping up on us, I think it is very important that we become more aware of trying to lower our carbon emissions, and try and do right by the planet. I think we can all do our little bit extra to try and help! At home I always shut the computer down rather than putting it to sleep, and always turn.... More
PETA ends up killing 95% of the animals they take in because they take in the sickest of the sick, the most injured, etc. They kindly euthanize them as would ANY other shelter or vet. They are not in the "shelter" business, but will help out folks who have no other resources.
The two PETA employees did wrong. PETA admits that and was not happy with it, either, though they did help them out legally.
Your stance is clear when you say you care about animal WELFARE as opposed to.... More
The production of cotton for the world market requires enormous amounts of synthetic fertilizers and water so cotton (except for very expensive "boutique" organics and only those organics grown in the few areas with adequate rainfall) is not a terribly green and sustainable agricultural product. The polyesters and other synthetics that PETA recommends are derived from petroleum products and are even worse for the environment. Well-produced wools are a great green product. I've raised sheep.... More
not all merinos are mulesed! ours aren't and we look after them by regularly crutching [trimming] wool that might get mucky.
sheep have been selectively bred by humans for over 4000 years so that they MUST now be shorn, otherwise they'll die - wool would get too heavy and preclude walking.
well managed sheep on properly managed pasture assist in carbon sequestration...by converting carbon in grass to carbon in protein [meat and wool]. and no, i don't eat them. fear-mongering by.... More
