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Glossary

Several excellent references for textile industry terms can be found here:

http://www.celaneseacetate.com/textile_glossary_filament_acetate.pdf
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/glossary/glossary.htm
http://www.textilesintelligence.com/glo/

Third Party Certifications

bluesign
http://www.bluesign.com/index.php?id=home

This is the official site of Oeko-Tex, an important certification company for textiles.
http://www.oeko-tex.com/en/main.html

The ISO standards are quite complex. ISO 14001 refers to their environmental management guidelines.
http://www.iso.org/iso/management_standards.htm

Wikipedia outlines what's going on with ISO better than I.S.O.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_14001

Here's the Wiki for Oeko-Tex:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oeko-tex

Eco Labeling is a great site to keep up-to-date on all of the certification/labeling organizations. They show over 300 different ones.
http://ecolabelling.org

The following links are for textile professionals or serious hobbyists.
http://fabriclink.com/
http://textileinsight.com/
http://www.ecotextile.com/

The Outdoor Industry Association (outdoorindustry.org) has a blog put out by its Eco-Working Group. The Eco-Working Group is taking a leadership role for the industry in how it handles ecological issues. It welcomes new members.
http://www.oia-eco.org/blog/default.aspx

Enjoyable Links

Greenbiz fashions itself as the Wall Street Journal of Green.
http://www.greenbiz.com/

This is a great general guide to what's going on in the world of eco.
http://greenlineblog.com/

TerraChoice is a marketing company for green companies-helping them avoid greenwashing. You can read the Six Sins Of Greenwashing here.
http://terrachoice.com/

TreeHugger has great breadth. You can read about industry and art, electronics and shopping tips.
http://www.treehugger.com/

EcoGeek is opinionated and fun at the same time. It follows the entire gamut of green with a prolific output of stories.
http://www.ecogeek.org/

William McDonough & Michael Braungart are selling themselves on this site-well, McDonough is, but he has terrific ideas on the problems facing the globe. He wrote the book, "Cradle to Cradle."
http://www.mcdonough.com/full.htm

Grist.com is a must read. It's fun to read about environmental issues here.
http://grist.org/

Greenfeet is a store for greenish items. A good one at that.
http://www.greenfeet.com/index.asp

Since these guys are all about suing people it's good to know what they are up to.
http://www.itsyournature.org/

We all need to be reminded that the claims of companies are just that-claims that may be lies. The site is a watchdog of the chemical industry. Interesting perspective on the old Scotchgard formula.
http://www.chemicalindustryarchives.org/