Inspiring Moments
This year at Textile Exchange we are celebrating our 10 year anniversary. Among other activities, we will be using our birthday to celebrate the pioneers and leaders in organic cotton; including farmers, manufacturers, brands, retailers, and other ‘champions’ working to progress more sustainable textiles.
We will be growing our gallery of 'Inspiring Moment' snapshots each month and will be producing a calendar for 2013 using these beautiful images. To submit an entry, please send your favorite photo and the story behind it (download template here) to farm@textileexchange.org
By Liesl Truscott, Textile Exchange
April’s photo: Grow. Organic Cotton.
Photographer: Cal Talbot, Talbot Photography, UK
Photo taken: July 2011
About the photo: Last year Textile Exchange joined forces with Gossypium and Mantis World to produce our first campaign t-shirt “Love. Organic Cotton”. That summer my colleague Hanna and I, along with our T-shirt campaign co-ordinator Kathryn, roped in a group of local mums, dads, and kids to dress up in our organic cotton t-shirts and be photographed in a nearby organic vegetable allotment. Despite early showers in the morning the sun came out enough to get the kids (and their parents) out in ‘welly boots’ and tee-shirts. Because it involved dirt and water the kids had a great time – which made for some fantastically natural shots. In this one George (aged 3 years) practices his gardening skills. Later, over tea and biscuits we all had the opportunity to chat about organic cotton, agro-ecology, and how the better price for organic cotton can make all the difference to farmers’ futures, and most importantly the future of their kids.
Links: Textile Exchange Farm Hub Love.Organic Cotton. campaign
