http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/can-china-turn-cotton-green-5796/ Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/can-china-turn-cotton-green-5796/#comment-1155 liz muller Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:44:12 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=5796#comment-1155 While I applaud your intent in writing this article While I applaud your intent in writing this article

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/can-china-turn-cotton-green-5796/#comment-1566 liz muller Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:45:51 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=5796#comment-1566 While I applaud your intent in writing this article, I fear you have cited inaccurate statistics and switch between cotton cultivation vs. garment/textile production. You have oversimplified how this complex supply chain works by suggesting that it is controlled by buyers. Few if any buyers know where their cotton comes from and thus have limited influence on how it is grown. The one stat on WalMart and KMart selling 1/4 of all garments does not flesh out how many other brands are included in these numbers (e.g. Levi sold in Walmart stores). Additionally, recycling cotton is VERY different than recycling electronics and should be reconsidered. I also caution you from using African farmers as a baseline - what is their yield per hectare? Would they use pesticides if they had access? Before going on any further, I suggest you visit my website www.lizmuller.com for presentations on how the cotton supply chain is structured if you are interested.Cheers! While I applaud your intent in writing this article, I fear you have cited inaccurate statistics and switch between cotton cultivation vs. garment/textile production. You have oversimplified how this complex supply chain works by suggesting that it is controlled by buyers. Few if any buyers know where their cotton comes from and thus have limited influence on how it is grown. The one stat on WalMart and KMart selling 1/4 of all garments does not flesh out how many other brands are included in these numbers (e.g. Levi sold in Walmart stores). Additionally, recycling cotton is VERY different than recycling electronics and should be reconsidered. I also caution you from using African farmers as a baseline – what is their yield per hectare? Would they use pesticides if they had access? Before going on any further, I suggest you visit my website http://www.lizmuller.com for presentations on how the cotton supply chain is structured if you are interested.Cheers!

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/can-china-turn-cotton-green-5796/#comment-1390 James Bernard Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:38:41 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=5796#comment-1390 Cotton is a good clothing material, but obviously it needs new methods of cultivation and colouring.The pollution related to Cotton (with the colouring waste products etc)in China and elsewhere is huge.A part of the answer may be to grow Cotton in shelves in high rise farming .This means growing the product like in high rise green houses covered in clear plastic sheeting.ironically CO2 is good in helping to make quality plastic sheeting.After the initial cost of setting up high rise agriculture, the benefits include as much as a ten fold increase in production per Acre.Another option is to go back to growing industrial Hemp on a grand scale.For centuries Hemp was used for quality paper (parchment) for SAils on ships and for hard wearing clothing.Much stronger and more durable than cotton, it is also a very fast growing crop and is different from the Hemp which a certain drug is made from. Cotton is a good clothing material, but obviously it needs new methods of cultivation and colouring.The pollution related to Cotton (with the colouring waste products etc)in China and elsewhere is huge.A part of the answer may be to grow Cotton in shelves in high rise farming .This means growing the product like in high rise green houses covered in clear plastic sheeting.ironically CO2 is good in helping to make quality plastic sheeting.After the initial cost of setting up high rise agriculture, the benefits include as much as a ten fold increase in production per Acre.Another option is to go back to growing industrial Hemp on a grand scale.For centuries Hemp was used for quality paper (parchment) for SAils on ships and for hard wearing clothing.Much stronger and more durable than cotton, it is also a very fast growing crop and is different from the Hemp which a certain drug is made from.

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/can-china-turn-cotton-green-5796/#comment-1389 James Bernard Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:36:47 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=5796#comment-1389 Cotton is a good clothing material, but obviously it needs new methods of cultivation and colouring.The pollution related to Cotton (with the colouring waste products etc)in China and elsewhere is huge.A part of the answer may be to grow Cotton in shelves in high rise farming .This means growing the product like in high rise green houses covered in clear plastic sheeting.ironically CO2 is good in helping to make quality plastic sheeting.After the initial cost of setting up high rise agriculture, the benefits include as much as a ten fold increase in production per Acre.Another option is to go back to growing industrial Hemp on a grand scale.For centuries Hemp was used for quality paper (parchment) for SAils on ships and for hard wearing clothing.Much stronger and more durable than cotton, it is also a very fast growing crop and is different from the Hemp which a certain drug is made from. Cotton is a good clothing material, but obviously it needs new methods of cultivation and colouring.The pollution related to Cotton (with the colouring waste products etc)in China and elsewhere is huge.A part of the answer may be to grow Cotton in shelves in high rise farming .This means growing the product like in high rise green houses covered in clear plastic sheeting.ironically CO2 is good in helping to make quality plastic sheeting.After the initial cost of setting up high rise agriculture, the benefits include as much as a ten fold increase in production per Acre.Another option is to go back to growing industrial Hemp on a grand scale.For centuries Hemp was used for quality paper (parchment) for SAils on ships and for hard wearing clothing.Much stronger and more durable than cotton, it is also a very fast growing crop and is different from the Hemp which a certain drug is made from.

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