Gav THTC's Posts - Ethical Fashion SOURCE Network2024-03-19T04:31:01ZGav THTChttp://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profile/GavTHTChttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1960804390?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=3i22y46pce1uq&xn_auth=noA few things you should know about Hemptag:ethicalfashionforum.ning.com,2010-04-05:2622461:BlogPost:386352010-04-05T16:30:00.000ZGav THTChttp://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profile/GavTHTC
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<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Hemp is an organic crop by nature, needing no pesticides to be grown. It grows tightly spaced, out-competing any weeds so herbicides are not necessary. It also leaves a weed-free field for a following crop.</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">When 55% hemp is used instead of 100% conventionally grown cotton, over 2500 litres of water can be saved per T-shirt.</span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Hemp fibres are thermodynamic, keeping the wearer warm in Winter and cool in Summer.</b></span></li>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>THTC was one of the founding members of the Ethical Fashion Forum (EFF) - a not for profit network focusing on social and environmental sustainability in the fashion industry.</b> <a href="http://www.ethicalfashionforum.com"><span style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #1f2eef"><b>www.ethicalfashionforum.com</b></span></a></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>The current THTC range is made from three sustainable fabric blends- 55% hemp and 45% certified organic cotton and 70% bamboo / 30% organic cotton,</b> and wind-farmed produced, carbon neutral 100% organic cotton. <b>All are manufactured in ethically sound factories in China and India, which adhere to the international labour organisation (ILO). THTC is also a member of See Companies (</b><a href="http://www.seecompanies.com"><span style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #1f2eef"><b>www.seecompanies.com</b></span></a><b>), requiring THTC’s production to be fully accountable and traceable through the whole supply chain. The organic cotton t-shirts also have the ‘Fair Wear’, ‘The Soil Association’ and ‘Carbon Neutral’ certifications.</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>The bulk of THTC’s organic cotton is Turkish, but they also work with Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, Egyptian and Peruvian growers.</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>The majority of the T-shirt designs are printed with water-based inks with a discharge process, using much less ink than conventional printing techniques. Some of the tees have been printed by T-shirts and sons, (</b><a href="http://www.tshirtandsons.co.uk/"><span style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #1f2eef"><b>www.tshirtandsons.co.uk</b></span></a><b>), the first Soil Association certified printers in the UK, as well as using environmentally sound, water-based inks and all fliers, swing tags and catalogues used are printed on recycled paper pulp.</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>THTC came runner up for ‘Fashion Product of the Year’ at the Observer Magazine Ethical Awards 2006 and runner up at the Re:Fashion awards for ‘Ethical Clothing Product of 2007’ and ‘Environmental Clothing Company of 2008’ respectively. CEO Gav Lawson was also listed in the Future 100 Social Entrepreneurs in 2008 by Striding Out.</b> <a href="http://www.stridingout.co.uk"><span style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #1f2eef"><b>www.stridingout.co.uk</b></span></a></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>THTC have also joined the Burma Campaign UK and a number of celebrities to spread awareness and raise funds to help Burma’s fight for independence.</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">THTC - The Hemp Trading Company started out over 10 years ago as a university society in Hull called ‘Hempology’ educating students about the environmental benefits of the hemp plant. From there in 1999, THTC was born - one of the first eco-lifestyle brands mixing art, fashion, music and eco friendly products resulting in a ground breaking brand. Set up by brothers Dru and Gav Lawson and close friend Dan Sodergren, THTC built a solid reputation and relations with the underground music scene through close sponsorship with many of the UK’s biggest and best respected artists and club nights, initially within the Drum and Bass and Hip Hop genre then later, expanding to include Breaks, Reggae and Rock.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Still going strong over a decade later, THTC has expanded its range of men’s and women’s wear to include a range carbon neutral, wind-farm produced organic cotton t-shirts. THTC has also produced T-shirt ranges for over 50 bands, artists and charities. These include Newton Faulkner, Maharishi, the NHS, The Ecologist Magazine, The Burma Campaign UK, Hip Hop giants Zulu Nation and reggae legends Trojan Sound System.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Watch out this spring for the unmissable collaboration between ‘THTC’ and ‘My Only One’</span></p>Support Fairtrade Fortnight 2010 with THTCtag:ethicalfashionforum.ning.com,2010-03-10:2622461:BlogPost:386322010-03-10T17:51:52.000ZGav THTChttp://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profile/GavTHTC
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">This February see’s the 4th Annual Fairtrade Fortnight and for all those <b>fashionistas</b> with a conscience, the answer of how to support fairtrade is THTC.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0.0px">THTC was set up 10 years ago with a view to bring fairtrade to fashion. Offering t-shirts made ethically from sustainable eco friendly fabrics.</span> <span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">All of THTC’s products are <b>made from three sustainable fabric blends -</b> 55% hemp and 45% certified organic cotton, 70% bamboo and 30% certified organic cotton<b>, and wind-farmed produced, carbon neutral 100% organic cotton.</b> All are produced under ethically audited conditions.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 72.0px; text-align: justify; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">If it’s <b>fair-trade, ethical, eco friendly or pure organic</b> yo</span><span style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0.0px">u’re after</span> <span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">then look no further, THTC has got it wrapped.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 108.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">●Using 55% Hemp in a t-shirt, compared to 100% conventionally grown cotton, saves over 2500 litres of water per t-shirt!</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">●THTC work only with ethically sound factories in China; a country with the longest standing hemp industry <b>and Turkey and India with their pure organic cotton range.</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">●Hemp is an organic crop by nature, needing no pesticides to be grown.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 36.0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">●26% of all chemicals utilised worldwide in the agricultural sector are used in the non-organic cotton production</span><span style="font: 10.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px">.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">●THTC uses organically grown hemp and certified organic cotton to produce all their garments providing natural hypoallergenic ranges.</span></p>
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