Green designers are getting pretty good at making sustainable, fashionable, and durable clothing. Did we mention that eco clothes can be fashionable? Well, a British designer has taken this one step further by making a sustainable suit (90% wool) and offsetting three times the emissions from the entire footprint of the suit. What does that mean?

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This week the covers were taken off a new consumer resource -- an independent ranking of Australian carbon offset providers. The Total Environment Centre, the consumer advocacy group Choice, and the Institute for Sustainable Futures combined their talents to offer Carbon Offset Watch.

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Sony Bank has become Japan's first carbon-neutral bank, thanks to its purchase of renewable-energy credits. Issued by the Japan Natural Energy Company, the Green Power Certificate equals 1.1 million kilowatt hours—enough to cover the bank's entire annual electricity consumption—and saves the equivalent of 400 tons of greenhouse-gas emissions.

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BBC Thread: Junky Styling Interview
"The forward-thinking design team who have turned fashion on its head. Annika Sanders from Junky Styling discusses their unique approach to designing clothes. All their designs are made from second hand suits, shirts, woollen garments and vintage fabrics."