Clean by Design is an initiative of the NRDC to develop an effective sustainability protocol for the fashion industry. The impressive, reasonable plan is poised to “Revolutionize the Textile Supply Chain with Market-Based Strategies that Reduce Pollution and Improve Efficiency.”

Clean by Design recommends 10 simple “Best Practices” for textile mills- primarily for the nitty gritty production steps. All suggestions are very easy to implement and pay for themselves in 8 months, sometimes sooner.  The gradual unveiling of this stellar, solid report (Click for PDF) should begin to effect the products that appear on runways and in retail shops.

The NRDC has done lots of legwork to get industrial cleanup efforts rolling. Check out the Clean By Design Web Page and the Natural Resource Defense Council.

In our last newsletter we informed you of our upcoming profile on Anderson Cooper’s 360°.  In case you weren’t able to catch it (it was almost passed over for a  dancing dog)  Here is the link to the video.  It seems once we hit the televisionosphere, they couldn’t get enough of us and more coverage followed.

Click the following links to see us on:
ABC’s World News Tonight
ABC New York News
CBS’s Eye On New York
WPIX Morning Show

Wearable Collections greens up ING NYC Marathon 2010 from Wearable Collections on Vimeo.

We are extremely proud to announce a new partnership between Wearable Collections and Stony Brook University. We recently placed 11 outdoor collection bins on SBU campus. This is an innovative partnership, as monies  from the clothing collected will be directed back to the University. Stony Brook University, a leader in science and technology is way ahead of the curve in regards to environmental concerns. Bravo Stony Brook U!  Its our pleasure to work with you.

Please join us on Wednesday September 15th as we join the Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) in hosting a textile drive smack dab in the heart of Times Sq.  We will be located at 46 th st and Broadway (just behind the TKTS booth)

We are excited to partner up with the BGA and be part of Broadways greening efforts. If you never heard about the BGA you can find out more about the awesome things they do here.

We can barely contain our excitement with the news that Wearable Collections will be among the legions of wonderful organizations profiled on the Anderson Cooper 360° show. The taping was completed a couple of months ago and according to our sources will be aired on Sept 1st , either at the 10pm slot or 11pm.  The AC 360° team conducted an interview at the Wearable offices, and followed us around to get a first hand look at Wearable’s operations.  We really enjoyed our time with them, and though we didn’t get to meet Anderson Cooper himself, anytime he would like to be a guest collector at the greenmarkets, he is very welcome.

We know that children have mixed emotions towards the beginning of the school year.  Another thing we know is how much kiddies enjoy participating in a clothing drive. Clothing drives are not only a great educational tool to explain the need to recycle clothes, they are also a way for your PTA to raise some well needed funds.  Throughout the 2009-2010 school year we hosted dozens of drives throughout the Tri-State area and were able to help schools raise thousands of dollars.  There is no school too big or too small.  We would love to work with you all!  If you would like to sign your school up for a clothing drive, please fill out the following form or email us at info@wearablecollections.com