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Introducing Xoomba good by designDress-> Express-> Impress . . . Our garments could communicate individuality and cultural identity like a sophisticated visual language - but more often they carry a more sinister message.Have you thought about the clothes on your back? - where they come from - how they got there? Well the story is usually a sad one from start to finish: farming and industrial practices that drastically abuse the workers involved and the environment we all share. Synthetic fibers are mostly derived from fossil fuel derivatives and cotton, the most commonly used natural fiber soaks up a whopping 25% of the world's insecticide production with lethal effects on everyone and thing that crosses its path: farmers, livestock and nature. Cotton's journey from field to finished product on a department store rack, is epic: thousands of miles between each stage of production, touched by many impoverished and abused workers along the way. The industry is driven by the need to feed the agro-industry and massive machines that centralize fiber production and suck up its profits.The Good News: IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THIS WAYHow? By replacing each link in the chain of textile production with innovative and sustainable solutions that are local, green, organic, and profitable.Vertical Integration We can reduce the garment industry's carbon foot print, and inefficiency as well as its social negligence by decentralizing production facilities and forming manageable sized production units that take the raw material through all the stages of production locally. These production units can be more flexible and responsive to demand than is possible with the fragmented model in place currently.As a result of recent technical innovations in spinning which has up till now been the bottle neck preventing the industry from decentralizing, this development has become greener, and its costs more affordable and efficient.Promoting 100% organic materials. Under current industry standards, farmers and manufacturers are exposed to highly toxic pesticidal chemicals and treatments. These methods are hard on people and our planet. Clothing that is 100% organic will take a huge burden off the health of those responsible for making our clothes while giving consumers an attractive, responsible alternative.Enlist both established and emerging designers to create labels that support the Xoomba model. Talented, recognizable names in fashion as well as cutting edge, emerging designers will make Xoomba clothing current and irresistible. We have begun discussions with internationally acclaimed designers who are ready to support the project with their talents. See Xulibet (from Mali and France) Oumou Sy (from Senegal) Gail Travis (from New York) Xoomba is focusing its first phase on West Africa (Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso). Though a major supplier of raw materials for international markets, this region exports 97% of its cotton as a raw material without profiting from value added along the chain of production. Even West Africa's local need for its own traditional garments is supplied by imports. Now, recent developments in cost-efficient green manufacturing have the potential to turn these struggling West African communities into global leaders in the production of organic textiles while improving both the lives of their members and life on earth. Burkina Faso has a well organized production of organic cotton which has been inititated and supported by the Swiss NGO Helvetas(See this link Environmental Justice Foundation to understand the daily effects agro-chemicals and conventional production methods have on the lives of workers in the cotton industry)
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