This month's featured eco-friendly designer is Ecogear!

Ecogear is a fantastic eco-friendly company that takes care of green living from clothing to jewelery to home furnishings! All eco-friendly style! Their founding principle is based on the belief that if we hope to preserve this blue planet of ours, that it will be up to you and me to make a difference today. We agree with them 100% when they state that every move we make leaves a lasting impact on our fragile environment, and it's time to take responsibility for our actions and lighten our footsteps!

Their only rule when making products: To use only what’s needed to create an absolutely green alternative that will leave the lightest of impressions on mother earth.

And not only do these people talk the talk but they have true ethical and eco-friendly products to push their cause (AND everything is produced locally)! Just check out their bamboo furniture or recycled clothing made from discarded cotton factory clipping and PET bottles on their website: http://www.eco-gear.ca/!

According to their charismatic owner Robert; the EcoFabric is made by taking the leftover from clothing factories. Then the cuttings are sorted into colors and shades. The EcoFabric gets its color from the dyed fabrics and no extra colors/dyes or bleach is added to it. These cuttings are then cut to a point where they are fine enough to be attached to a continuous strand of polyester and spun into a new yarn. The polyester yarn itself is made from recycled plastics, making this fabric a truly 100% recycled product.

On their website they even provided a further breakdown of what goes into their clothing:

• 65% recycled cotton from pre-consumer clippings from t-shirt factories.
• 35% polyester from recycled plastics.
• Iron on label that is non PVC based, solvent and lead free.
  Hangtag made from recycled paper and printed with organic inks.
• Graphics, if present on the item you purchased, use water based inks that are free of PVC and phthalates.

Sewing threads are new polyester. *
Button, if present on the item you purchased, are melamine. *

Just when you thought things were too good to be true; they also support reputable causes! So when you purchase something from Ecogear, your dollar goes to a sustainable eco-friendly company AND an environmental organization helping to save our planet!

Here are just a few examples of causes they support:

CPAWS: is Canada’s voice for the wilderness. They are working to keep at least half of Canada’s land and water wild-forever.

Environmental Justice Foundation: makes a direct link between the need for environmental security and the defense of basic human rights.

Nature Canada: They aim to conserve and protect Canada's natural diversity of plant and animal species and their environment.

For a more comprehensive list, click here: http://www.eco-gear.ca/ourcauses.html