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Shop in our online store or come and visit our in-studio boutique for a unique selection of products including Gift Certificates, Women’s Yoga Clothing, Men’s Yoga Clothing, Children’s Yoga Clothing, Meditation Supplies, Ayurvedic Products, Yoga Supplies, Skincare Products, Local Art, Jewelry, Yoga DVDs, Yoga Books and Yoga Music.
Our in-studio boutique and online store present the most mindful high quality, beautiful and functional items. As yoga practitioners it is important to understand how our consumer choices impact all living things around us. Through our purchases we choose to support vendors with sustainable business practices, such as fair trade or organic cotton production, and local vendors and artisans within Boulder County.
Some of our brands include:
- Blue Canoe (100% Organic Cotton Apparel)
- Buddha Threads (Locally Handmade by Ella)
- Yoga Tribe and Culture (100% Organic Cotton Apparel)
- Stonewear Designs (Local Boulder Climbing Company)
- Hugger Mugger (Earth Elements products, non-toxic mats and organic cotton straps)
- Tibet Gallery (Local Tibetan Importer)
- Banyan Botanical (100% Organic Herbs)
- K’aos Creations (Local Hand-made glass Jewelry)
- Citrine Skincare (Local, paraben free skincare line using highest quality essential oils)
Why Organic Cotton? Aside from the fantastic softness of organic cotton, sustainable cotton production is critical to the long-term health of our planet and personal health. Below are just a few facts about conventionally grown cotton:
- It takes roughly one-third of a pound of chemicals (pesticides and fertilizers) to grow enough conventionally grown cotton for just one T-shirt.
- Cotton uses approximately 25% of the world's insecticides and more than 10% of the pesticides (including herbicides, insecticides, and defoliants.). (Allan Woodburn)
- The Environmental Protection Agency considers seven of the top 15 pesticides used on cotton in 2000 in the United States as "possible," "likely," "probable," or "known" human carcinogens (acephate, dichloropropene, diuron, fluometuron, pendimethalin, tribufos, and trifluralin). (EPA)
- Approximately 10% of all pesticides sold for use in U. S. agriculture were applied to cotton in 1997, the most recent year for which such data is publicly available. (ACPA)
- Eighty-four million pounds of pesticides were sprayed on the 14.4 million acres of conventional cotton grown in the U.S. in 2000 (5.85 pounds/ acre), ranking cotton second behind corn in total amount of pesticides sprayed. (USDA)
- Over 2.03 billion pounds of synthetic fertilizers were applied to conventional cotton the same year (142 pounds/acre), making cotton the fourth most heavily fertilized crop behind corn, winter wheat, and soybeans. (USDA)
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