Saving the world one T-shirt at a time
Mike DiRisio
Issue date: 12/4/07 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Offering a solution to the environmental impact of our mass consumption is Me to We: [Responsible Style], a socially-conscious clothing company based in Toronto.
This unique online clothing manufacturer is particularly important during the holiday season, considering that people tend to forget about the impacts of their purchases as soon as Christmas nears.
"Our product line is domestically produced, sweatshop-free and made using eco-friendly fabrics," said Martine Mangion, Me to We Style's Account Manager. "Our product line consists of basic apparel: T-shirts, golf shirts, hoodies, sweatpants, yoga pants, Thai pants and is always expanding."
Not only does this clothing line produce limited ecological harm, the stylish designs are created by a group of talented artists. One of the designs that especially stands out in the clothing line is their Tree Tee logo, which also symbolically represents the companies underlying ideology.
"The Tree Tee is designed by Francheska Galloway-Davis," said Mangion. "Not only was the image created to attract people visually, it was intended to inspire thought and inquisition. Two trees growing together into a single entity, embodies the 'Me to We' philosophy which is the foundation of our organization."
This concept of changing our focus from the self to the community is even portrayed by their company name. The betterment of the community as a whole is a principal concern of Me to We Style.
"By manufacturing our clothing in sweatshop-free factories that pay adult workers a fair wage, we ensure that parents make enough to care for themselves and their children," said Mangion.
Shifting society's focus is no easy task, however. When the majority of businesses have put ethics on the back burner, lessening both costs and morals, it becomes difficult to compete with such a monster. However we are quickly realizing that a change is needed, before the already weakened state of the environment becomes worse, and the damage becomes irreversible.
This unique online clothing manufacturer is particularly important during the holiday season, considering that people tend to forget about the impacts of their purchases as soon as Christmas nears.
"Our product line is domestically produced, sweatshop-free and made using eco-friendly fabrics," said Martine Mangion, Me to We Style's Account Manager. "Our product line consists of basic apparel: T-shirts, golf shirts, hoodies, sweatpants, yoga pants, Thai pants and is always expanding."
Not only does this clothing line produce limited ecological harm, the stylish designs are created by a group of talented artists. One of the designs that especially stands out in the clothing line is their Tree Tee logo, which also symbolically represents the companies underlying ideology.
"The Tree Tee is designed by Francheska Galloway-Davis," said Mangion. "Not only was the image created to attract people visually, it was intended to inspire thought and inquisition. Two trees growing together into a single entity, embodies the 'Me to We' philosophy which is the foundation of our organization."
This concept of changing our focus from the self to the community is even portrayed by their company name. The betterment of the community as a whole is a principal concern of Me to We Style.
"By manufacturing our clothing in sweatshop-free factories that pay adult workers a fair wage, we ensure that parents make enough to care for themselves and their children," said Mangion.
Shifting society's focus is no easy task, however. When the majority of businesses have put ethics on the back burner, lessening both costs and morals, it becomes difficult to compete with such a monster. However we are quickly realizing that a change is needed, before the already weakened state of the environment becomes worse, and the damage becomes irreversible.
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