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.
- Cotton in the Middle Ages www.pbm.com/~lindahl/articles/cotton.html
Activity - Cotton Fields - Aral Sea
- Aral Sea Crisis article from the Environmental Justice Foundation www.ejfoundation.org/page146.html
Activity - Organic Cotton Case Study
- Sustainable Cotton Project www.sustainablecotton.org
- Simple Life Organic cotton on-line http://www.simplelife.com
- Bishopston trading Company www.bishopstontrading.co.uk
- 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.html
General Links & Sustainable Business
- Virtual Developing Country www.bized.co.uk/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
- The Sustainable Business Webspace www.mindspring.com/~bhamner/sbw-home.htm
- Radical economics www.paecon.net
- Sources for Sustainable Development information http://www.iisd.org/ic/
- New Economic Foundation www.neweconomics.org
