On the Ball: Planet Protect

New sportswear retailer donates to green groups

Posted by Sarah K. Burkhalter at 2:28 AM on 07 Oct 2007

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Check out Planet Protect Sportswear, a brand new retailer that vends responsibly made items and gives 10 percent of its profits to either Earth Share of Oregon or Oceana (workplace of intrepid Gristmill contributor Andrew Sharpless).

Planet Protect welcomes freelance artists to design T-shirts. Or if you happen to know a producer of sustainable swimsuits, let CEO Jim Beriault know, as he says:

For beachwear, I couldn't find any sustainable products in bikinis or one-piece suits. Nobody out there is selling anything like this. There's no hope for me to carry it anytime soon. Even if it was only 20 percent recyclable it would be on the right path.

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Conservation Alliance

Good news...and 130 other outdoor gear manufacturers have banded together and pooled funds for the same purpose, with a fat focus on grassroots funding, too: no idea what percentage of the members' individual profits goes to the fund, but here's their "about us" info:

The Conservation Alliance is a group of outdoor industry companies that disburses its collective annual membership dues to grassroots environmental organizations. We direct our funding to community-based campaigns to protect threatened wild habitat, preferably where outdoor enthusiasts recreate. The Alliance was founded in 1989 by industry leaders REI, Patagonia, The North Face, and Kelty, who shared the goal of increasing outdoor industry support for conservation efforts. We now have more than 130 member companies, and will disburse $700,000 in 2007.

http://www.conservationalliance.com

Erik

The Orion Grassroots Network: supporting grassroots groups working for conservation, justice, & more

by Erik Hoffner at 7:58 AM on 09 Oct 2007

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