http://blog.mec.ca/2014/04/21/fabric-recycling-at-mec-lightening-our-environmental-load/

I was impressed to hear MEC took measures to start recycling the fabric samples they were putting in the garbage. It would be great to see other Canadian manufacturers follow suit.

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FASHION & SUSTAINABILITY: DESIGN FOR CHANGE (2012, Laurence King) by Kate Fletcher and Lynda Grose reimagines the complex fashion machinery as a well-balanced ecosystem. An astute manual and manifesto for change - Paul Hawken (who wrote the forward) describes it as a "masterpiece of systems redesign.”

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