{"id":12406,"date":"2014-07-01T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feelgoodstyle.wpengine.com\/?p=12406"},"modified":"2014-06-25T08:38:34","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T15:38:34","slug":"wool-green-campaign-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/wool-green-campaign-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Wool is Green? What this campaign leaves out."},"content":{"rendered":"

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The UK Campaign for Wool touts that Wool is Green, but how green is wool, when we follow it from farm to fabric?<\/h2>\n

The Wool is Green campaign says that wool is “Natural, Renewable, Biodegradable.”<\/a> But are those the only criteria that make a fabric eco-friendly? Joshua Katcher delves into wool production<\/a> to explain why wool may come from nature, but the idea that wool is green glosses over some serious issues with wool production.<\/p>\n

Related Reading: Cruelty in the Leather Industry<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Katcher busts some common misconceptions about how wool is produced, and he starts with pointing to something that seems obvious at first: wool comes from sheep.<\/p>\n

Duh, right?<\/p>\n

Here is the thing: we picture happy sheep bounding through an open pasture, and a kindly farmer giving that sheep a haircut that magically becomes a sweater. But that picture is very inaccurate. Here’s how it actually goes down.<\/p>\n

When we raise animals as a commodity, we begin to see them as mere things. Sheep in industrial wool operations often live in very confined areas and suffer painful medical procedures without anesthesia. Cruelty is as rampant in the wool industry as it is anywhere else that animals are farmed on a large scale. This video gives you a look into an industrial sheep’s day:<\/p>\n

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