Noon Design Studios

For my first product post, I am featuring Noon Design Studios.http://www.noondesignstudio.com/  Noon Design uses natural dyes from colorful plants like pomegranates (and cactus bugs!) to create beautiful textiles. Synthetic dye is full of chemicals and factories usually dump the waste into our waste system. In many places in the world, the wastewater goes untreated, contaminating our rivers and streams. Natural dyes should be chosen for their environmental health benefits. Jane is using this cool website http://www.kickstarter.com/ to raise money to pay for an industrial washing machine she uses to dye the cloth.

I spilled wine all over my favorite and only organic cotton Prairie Underground jacket at a crazy Mardi Gras parade, so I sent it to Jane to dye over it. Here are the before pictures:

We shall see what Jane does with it!

Until I sit down to write a proper post about this, I will point you to another blogger who has done a great job outlining the environmental issues of synthetic dyes: http://greencotton.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/synthetic-dyes-a-look-at-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/