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I think you can look at this the same way you look at Wal-Mart’s recent announcement<\/a> that it was asking suppliers to reduce the carbon impact of their factory-produced tchotchkes. If we’re going to have cheap, mass-produced clothing, furniture, salad-shooters, etc., that aren’t made to last, it’s good to make them with sustainable materials and practices. And we’re probably going to have Wal-Marts and H&Ms for the foreseeable future, so it makes sense to prod and push and encourage them toward better practices, as the Environmental Defense Fund<\/a> does.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At the same time, to act as though we’re stuck in a throwaway, big-box world is a colossal failure of imagination. We can do better. As Stacy Mitchell argues in a smart piece<\/a>, when you zoom out a bit, Wal-Mart’s (and H&M’s) track record just isn’t so hot.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pricier but well-made clothes from a local retailer are probably the responsible thing to wear. And … now I’m nagging. This is why I don’t write about clothes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ashley Braun<\/a> says it’s important to include this video:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n Senate climate bill to fund Utah tar sands development<\/a><\/p>\n What to make of the Pollan\/Schlosser agreement with Wendy’s?<\/a><\/p>\n Scrounging for a green angle to the Large Hadron Collider experiment<\/a><\/p>\n