S: Is for Sustainability!

It’s estimated that over 100 million tons of textiles are thrown away every year. In steps, Worn Again a company that believes some things are just too good to waste. Worn Again comes out of Anti-Apathy, a registered charity, kicking sustainable lifestyles butts since 2002 and creating stylish and relevant products from recycled materials. From car seat belts, prison blankets, bicycle tires, parachutes, coffee filters, firemen’s uniforms, and now material from the defunked Virgin Airlines. Each decommissioned 747 means 524 spare seats. By repurposing the covers as cool-looking laptop bags and handbags not only are you making a fashion statement but also an environmental one. Not only are the designs bright and vibrant but come with a contents label indicating what makes up the item that you have purchased. Starting as a eco-friendly shoe company Terra Plana (Observer Ethical Fashion Product of the Year 2007). Worn Again is becoming a thriving epicentre for designer shoes and bags which are truly rubbish. Worn Again believes, everyone leaves a footprint on the earth, but in Worn Again you step just a little bit more gently. To see if they are right, walk right down to Terra Plana located at 260 Elizabeth Street to see if this is your way to make a difference. We all can make a dint in waste, and if you have an idea google is holding a contest that not only allows you to help save our planet but also net up tp 10,000.00 cash to see your ideas become a reality. Project 10^100 is a call for ideas that could help as many people as possible, and a program to bring the best of those ideas to life. By allowing Internet users to submit ideas about how to make life better. The problems addressed can be related to social, financial, energy, environmental, health, educational, or housing issues, or something else entirely. The goal, Google says, is to help people and to empower people to help others. The submission deadline is Oct. 20. and that is a F.A.C.T.