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green it! Color your closet green
You don't have to shop in the Garden of Eden to dress as green as Adam and Eve. Just look around downtown Lawrence. Here are some stores on Massachusetts Street that offer eco-friendly clothing brands at reasonable prices.
Rod Smith, owner of White Chocolate.
1005 Massachusetts St. says he is environmentally cautious by nature, so he makes sure to carry eco-conscious lines in his stores. He says the brand Satori has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to making environmentally sustainable clothes. White Chocolate carries a line of women's T-shirts by Satori called Devine,which are made
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Contributed photo Simple Shoes,a brand of eco-friendly shoes,is just one sustainable clothing line that can be found while shopping
on Massachusetts street.
from combinations of organic cotton, bamboo and hemp. Smith also sells the V-Co-Logical series by Volcom, which includes hats, shoes and clothes for men and women made with 100 percent certified organic cotton, hemp, vegetable dyes, organic stains and low-impact production methods.
Shark's Surf Shop. 813 Massachusetts St., also carries Volcom's V-Co-Logical series, as well as environmentally friendly shoe brands, such as Simple Shoes and Reef sandals. Simple Shoes makes its products from recycled car tires, inner tubes and hemp. "According to Simple Shoes, Lawrence is the second best place in the country, aside from Boulder, Colo., to buy eco-friendly items." Chris Cox, Shark's Surf Shop owner says.
These are just a few of the stores in downtown Lawrence that boast green practices, so keep an eye out when you're shopping, because retail therapy has gotten a whole lot greener.
Ariel Tilson
November 6,2008