Green Jeans: 10 Eco-Friendly Denim Lines For Your Closet

From Eco Salon's Kestrel Jenkins:

10 denim designers prove that organic denim has a place in your wardrobe.

When it doubt, turn to your denim. Jeans have been hanging in our closets since the 1800s, donning the likes of painters, farmers, artists, lumberjacks, gardeners, and everyday people.

Above all, each pair represents the All-American classic character who exudes independence, sex appeal, strength, and work ethic. Whether you like them casual or dressy, for lounging or a night on the town, jeans make our world go round. Here are our top 10 picks for brands that make our favorite jeans with the planet and people in mind.

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[ClevelandLib]

09:30 AM on 01/17/2012

Please for the love of all that's good and holy can we end the skinny jean craze....they only look good on you if you're 6 feet tall 110 pounds. If you have hips they make you look fat, if you're legs are short or you have a short waist they make you look deformed. They don't look good on 90% of the people that wear them.

[lefty81]

07:28 PM on 01/16/2012

Great! Now if I could just get together $130 to get one of these......... smh.

[Lunapants]

09:26 AM on 01/16/2012

Why are 99% of them Skinny and neon non-jeans? And the one pair that looked normal is $120. Come on, do a better job finding eco jeans or don't even bother. There are regular looking 100% cotton organic jeans out there. Why so many skinny jeans. Very disappointing.

[bluevespagirl]

02:29 PM on 01/15/2012

Sure would be nice is HuffPost put "Made in X country" when doing style reviews. Would save me time visiting each company website to determine where the product is made.

[Moose Luck 99]

11:40 PM on 01/14/2012

ORIGINAL LEVIS MADE FROM HEMP!!!

Another HUFF POST BOGUS THREAD!

Hemp BIO-ENERGY
Hemp 6X more BTUS than Corn
Hemp uses less water no herbicides and little pesticides and fertilizer.

Subbituminous coal is common in the US. It has an energy content of about 18 million Btu per ton, and is used mostly in coal-fired power plants

Coal generates about half of the electricity used in the United States. ... Each person in the United States uses 3.8 tons of coal each year.

Some 965 million tons of coal were consumed for the generation of electricity. This amounted to 86% of total U.S. coal production

U.S. soybeans 76.6 million acres

U.S. corn 90 million acres

Half of the acres 83.3 million acres

Hemp yields an average of nine dry tons per acre
(more in southern areas)

749 million tons hemp fiber

Bio-diesel Hempoline can be made from leaves and stalks.

You would also have the hemp seeds as a food source too.

U.S. annual anhydrous ammonia 22.90 million tons used.

U.S. ROUND-UP use100 million pounds
Contaminated with 1,4 dioxane

HERO-INSECTIDE SYNGENTA INSECTICIDE Soybeans and corn

[Kayla KidwellSnider]

11:17 PM on 01/14/2012

Something in the $20-$50 price rage would be nice. Until then, I'll buy my green jeans at Goodwill.

[Beatriz Sandoval]

02:27 PM on 02/08/2012

Im with you! We can also recycle fashion by going to goodwill.. waay cheaper.

[eric14]

07:57 PM on 01/14/2012

So green jeans only made for skinny young women who are so green they are addicted to gadgets and fashion junk.