“Looptworks, 100% upcycled clothing, gets it right by diverting fabric scraps and turning them into some pretty hot digs.” – true blue green, May 25, 2011.
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true blue green: Clothing Companys Do Us Right with Green Initatives
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011LOOPTWORKS Debuts in 10 Patagonia Store Locations
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Yup, that’s right. Patagonia and LOOPTWORKS have combined forces and are now offering upcycled accessories from LOOPTWORKS in 10 Patagonia store locations across the U.S. The LOOPTWORKS Hoptu Laptop sleeves made from 100% upcycled wetsuit material can now be found in these Patagonia locaitons; Portland, Seattle, Soho, NYC Upper West Side, Ventura, Santa Monica, Boston, Denver and Washington D.C.
Make sure to stop by one of their stores to learn more about LOOPTWORKS gear, the amount of fabric headed to landfills LW customers have helped divert, and how much water and fossil fuel use LOOPTWORKS customers have helped save over the past year. CHEERS!
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WEND Magazine’s Stiv Wilson Preparing for Sea
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Stiv Wilson of WEND Magazine
A few weeks ago we mentioned Stiv Wilson Editor in Chief of WEND Magazine, who was invited to be a part of a research mission to the Atlantic Gyre, a diffuse area in the Bermuda Triangle nestled in between the US Virgin Islands and Bermuda. The North Pacific Gyre was the only previously known plastic floating island, measuring twice the size of the state of Texas. There are now believed to be 4 more and this trip to the Atlantic Gyre is the first of its kind to research the amount of debris caught in this circular current.
Well, Stiv and his supporters including Looptworks, Surfrider Foundation many other anonymous donors have made this trip a reality. Stiv will be joining a team lead by, Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins from Algalita Marine Research Foundation and Livable Legacy.
Today, Stiv reported to WEND’s online magazine (which can be read by clicking here) that he has arrived in the US Virgin Islands and is in the process of preparing for an epic journey of 810 Nautical Miles. During this sojourn Stiv will accompany Dr. Erikson and Anna Cummins in gathering samples and testing the density of debris that has thus far accumulated in the untested Atlantic Gyre.
Looptworks along with Keen, Patagonia, Surfrider Foundation and Aquapac are supporting and will be following Stiv’s account of the trip for its entirety. Because the Looptworks team lives to play in our oceans we want to highlight action and awareness toward keeping our oceans pristine. If you would like to learn more about previously researched North Pacific Gyre, please watch this short video: by clicking here
Nurdles are tiny pellets of toxic-absorbing plastic that float in our oceans… and into our food chain.
A gyre is a naturally occurring vortex created by circulating water. There are five such high-pressure zones in the Earth’s oceans – in the South Pacific, the North and South Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, and the largest, The North Pacific gyre.
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