Worldwide, cotton farming uses only 3% of total farmland yet consumes 25% of the chemical pesticides and fertilizers used globally.
In America 53 million pounds of toxic pesticides are applied to cotton fields each year.
In India as much as 50% of pesticides are used on as little as 5% of the total agricultural land.
Poisoning related to agricultural pesticides each year causes 20,000 deaths and 3 million chronic health problems.
In 2001 120 countries agreed to ban 3 of the most harmful, dirty dozen, chemicals used heavily in cotton production.
This hasn't happened yet.
Organic cotton is grown in 15 countries but still only represents 0.1% of global cotton production.
We at the Tea Appreciation Society believe that what you put on the outside of your body is as important as what goes into your body, your skin won’t absorb any toxic pesticides when you wear Tea Appreciation Society apparel. Made from 100% organic cotton, it’s better for the environment and the end result is a really soft, comfortable and hardwearing garment.
Our organic clothing is also climate neutral, which means the industrial greenhouse gas emissions used in producing them have been reduced to pre-industrial levels, this is achieved through low-impact (low emission) organic agriculture and carbon neutral industrial manufacturing, this is possible by substituting energy use from fossil fuel powered power stations (grey electricity) with clean renewable 'green' energy from wind turbines and solar power.
The wind turbines generate renewable (green) electricity for the industrial manufacturing, while solar power is used to pre-heat the water used in the dyeing and finishing processes.
Our clothing is climate neutral, not carbon neutral, because we hope to reduce our carbon emissions per garment by up to 80-85%, compared to emissions generated by the manufacture of conventional cotton garments. A reduction of 80-85% is in balance with the environment.
Thanks for reading, enjoy your brew.
Shayne House
T.A.S Co-Founder
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