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Tag Archives: sustainability
Concept of borders
Each human may have an idea of their own space, and a sense of where they draw their border concept lines. A person may stand too close to us and we will say ‘”don’t crowd me” or “get out of … Continue reading
Fast Fashion Fuelling Extinction
A few years back I wrote about climate and how the lives of the Inuit had to change as a result. They have been major users of animal skins since they first arrived after generations of travel from Africa, as … Continue reading
Egyptian Cotton, Linen and Bleach
5000 years ago the Egyptians mastered the art of bleaching. White fabric was a premium choice and one might say they had a compulsive obsession to wash for personal hygiene and wear clean clothes, and that is no bad thing. … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient Egypt, bleach, climate, corporates, Cotton, egypt, Flax, history of bleach, Linen, national industry, Nile, Pharoahs, sustainability, textiles, water shortages
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The Battle Against Nature for Cotton
Using modern techniques, it has been possible to identify the earliest cotton in a copper bead within a grave in Mehrgarh. It is thought the first cotton was grown and utilised by early farmers in this region of what is … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient civilisations, arial sea, big money, boll weevil, climate change, cotton crop, genetics, indus valley, Mehrgarh, molecular biology, neolithic era, Pakistan, parasitic wasp, pesticides, pests, phorid fly, profit before people, red ant, sustainability, toxic poisoning, water shortages
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