What to Wear, Now through Fall

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Below are some ways you can make smart green choices and feel and look good too.

What You Can Do
*Buy organic cotton for your event or team. Patagonia sells low-priced blank "Beneficial" T's, totes and caps that they will customize with your logo or send to your printer.
*When you see a label that vaguely claims to be "green" or "100 percent natural," call the company and ask for substantiation; also search www.ecolabels.org and www.thegreenguide.com.

Look for These Labels
*Certified Organic Cotton or Linen must follow verifiable, no-synthetic-pesticides-or-fertilizer criteria monitored by an independent (non-industry) third-party certifier.
*Certified Organic or Puregrow Wool has not been "dipped" in pesticides or processed into yarn with chlorine bleach, petroleum soap or other hazardous chemicals.
*Hemp, although naturally pest-resistant, is not yet certified organic or grown at all in the U.S., but hemp goods are legally available in stores and online.
*Recycled Fleece is made from post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials such as plastic bottles. EcoSpun PCR fleece is used by Patagonia, Wildlife Works and others.
*Sweatshop Free means that the clothing was made under safe conditions, for fair wages. Look for clothes with union or Made in the USA labels or Fair Trade Federation endorsement (www.fairtradefederation.org).
*Color-Grown Cotton comes in soft greens and reds that the plant produces; look also for undyed or untreated, phosphate-free or fiber-reactive dyes, free of toxic heavy metals.