Broadcast

BBC World - Earth Report - Is Green the New Black ?

TX April 2008

RT : 30 mins

An investigation into whether ethical fashion can sweep through the shops and make a real difference in saving the planet or whether it is just tokenism.

Film features organic cotton production in Kutch region of Gujurat, India, supplying organic cotton to big retailers like M&S.

Part 2 concentrates on recycled  fashion including the charity Bottletop which makes handbags out of bottetops and drink can ring pulls, and Patagonia’s fleeces made from old soda bottles, - recycled clothing now being copied by M&S.