Cotton-related Facts and Links
Cotton Facts
- 25% of all insecticides used globally each year are used on conventional Cotton production.
- The World Health Organisation estimates that tens of thousands of cotton workers die from pesticide poisoning each year in developing countries, as pesticides are inhaled or absorbed through the skin.
- Organic cotton production offers an alternative that is economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally sound.
- King Cotton Magazine www.cotton.net/
- Land of Cotton www.landofcotton.com/
- Cotton in the Middle Ages www.pbm.com/~lindahl/articles/cotton.html
Activity 3 - Cotton Fields - Aral Sea
- Aral Sea Homepage www.dfd.dlr.de/app/land/aralsee/index.html
Activity 4 - Organic Cotton Case Study
- Macdonald and Taylor www.simplygentle.com
- Sustainable Cotton Project www.sustainablecotton.org
- News of Sustainable Cotton Project http://sustainablecotton.org/news003.html
- Sustainable Cotton - Nike Case Study www.sustainablecotton.org/CCC/NIKE.html
- Sustainable Cotton - Patagonia Case Study www.sustainablecotton.org/CCC/patag.html
- Simple Life Organic cotton on-line http://www.simplelife.com
- Bishopston trading Company www.bishopstontrading.co.uk/organic.html
- Organic Trading Directory www.organiccottondirectory.net
- Pesticides Action Network Organic Cotton Project www.pan-uk.org/Cotton/cotindex.htm
- Organic Cotton Facts www.ota.com/organic_cotton_facts.htm
- More info - general http://www.hemp-union.karoo.net/main/info/textiles/book2.htm
- Tanzanian Organic Cotton projects
- Organic cotton products http://www.organiccottondirectory.net
General Links & Sustainable Business
- Earth Centre www.earthcentre.org.uk
- Virtual Developing Country www.bized.ac/virtual/dc
- World Resources Institute - all you ever need on world trends www.wri.org
- Leading research organisation on greening business and the economy in practical ways www.rmi.org
- Natural Capitalism - an important book www.naturalcapitalism.org
- Why Natural Capitalism does not go far enough www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/stories/s156837.htm
- Links from Sustainable Development Online www.sustdev.org/links/index.html
- Sustainable Business Network http://sbn.netforchange.com
- The Sustainable Business Webspace www.mindspring.com/~bhamner/sbw-home.htm
- Radical economics www.paecon.net
- Sources for Sustainable Development information http://iisd.ca/susprod/keyresources.htm
- New Economic Foundation www.neweconomics.org
