Sunday, January 24, 2010

A Balance between "EcoChic" Fashion - Biodiversity - Sustainability

The UN News Centre (site link to the right of this post) has a very interesting article on its outreach to the fashion and cosmetics industries "in an 'eco-fashion' battle to curb the unprecedented loss of the world's biodiversity."

The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. In support of this focus, "more than 500 prominent figures from government, international organizations and the fashion and cosmetics industries have been meeting in Geneva at a "Best Use of Nature" forum to discuss how to promote ethical action by producers and consumers against the rapid loss of the world's species."

The full text of this article can be found at:

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