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The African tradition of babywearing

We don't have babies that cry all the time

Many African women like prams and strollers because of their modern image. But in everyday life, mothers still carry their children in wraps. It is so much more convenient. “We have both of our hands free”, says Helen Schultheiss. She is a mother from Kenia and has experience with both European prams and African slings. Her husband works...

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Why Organic Cotton?

Conventional cotton production vs ecological, sustainable alternatives

Cotton textiles are usually anything but ecological. Dyes, polyacrylics, urea-formaldehyde resin, softening agents and bleaches: all of this and more is the reason why only 75% of a finished cotton textile actually contains cotton fibres.    Roughly 150 grams of pesticides and insecticides and 2000...

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Global Organic Textile Standard

Certified Organic Cotton

Control Union uses the Global Organic Textile Standard as its certification criteria. All areas of textile production are regularly visited and monitored. The standard guarantees that the complete production chain, from the cotton seeds to the end product, from the farm to the packaging, is ecologically and socially manufactured. This standard guarantees that...

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Lessons learned from Mayan mothers

A Mayan mother carrying her baby in Chiapas, Mexico

A personal account of babywearing in Chiapas

As an anthropology student, I spent a lot of time living around Mayan women in Chiapas, Mexico. These women all carry their babies for much of the day, either in handwoven lengths of fabric that are tied and knotted over one shoulder, or more commonly these days, in basic shawls that can be purchased cheaply that are tied the same way. (Many...

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