Comments on: Primark sells inner peace at a bargain price http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/sustainable-lifestyle/2007/11/16/primark-sells-inner-peace-at-a-bargain-price/ Raising Green Consciousness since 2002 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:05:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jo http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/sustainable-lifestyle/2007/11/16/primark-sells-inner-peace-at-a-bargain-price/#comment-61837 Jo Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:40:43 +0000 http://ecostreet.com/blog/sustainable-lifestyle/2007/11/16/primark-sells-inner-peace-at-a-bargain-price/#comment-61837 the cotton may have been farmed organically but if you can sell a tee £4 ultimately some one pays and it's not the customer organic is just organic it does not mean the workers in the factories are treated any better... for me organic should mean fair treatment all through out the whole process. not just the cotton... any more takers for the band wagon? the cotton may have been farmed organically but if you can sell a tee £4 ultimately some one pays and it’s not the customer organic is just organic it does not mean the workers in the factories are treated any better…

for me organic should mean fair treatment all through out the whole process.

not just the cotton…

any more takers for the band wagon?

]]> By: Cate http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/sustainable-lifestyle/2007/11/16/primark-sells-inner-peace-at-a-bargain-price/#comment-43466 Cate Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:32:51 +0000 http://ecostreet.com/blog/sustainable-lifestyle/2007/11/16/primark-sells-inner-peace-at-a-bargain-price/#comment-43466 Yes, shopping at Primark is definitely not the long term solution, but it is great to see people in that part of the market offering people these options. Yes, shopping at Primark is definitely not the long term solution, but it is great to see people in that part of the market offering people these options.

]]> By: Tracy http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/sustainable-lifestyle/2007/11/16/primark-sells-inner-peace-at-a-bargain-price/#comment-43409 Tracy Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:36:06 +0000 http://ecostreet.com/blog/sustainable-lifestyle/2007/11/16/primark-sells-inner-peace-at-a-bargain-price/#comment-43409 I personally can't agree with the argument about saving money at Primark to spend on ethical goods, especially after reading Linda Sone's terrific article about <a href="http://ecostreet.com/blog/ethical-fashion/2007/11/13/the-human-cost-of-a-cheap-shirt-by-linda-sones-wwwsonesukcom/" rel="nofollow">the human cost of a cheap shirt</a>, but I'm delighted that they are offering organic stuff too. So, is the organic stuff produced in a more ethical environment? I wonder whether the workers in the factories cutting/sewing these garments are treated any better than those who make the other stuff? I personally can’t agree with the argument about saving money at Primark to spend on ethical goods, especially after reading Linda Sone’s terrific article about the human cost of a cheap shirt, but I’m delighted that they are offering organic stuff too. So, is the organic stuff produced in a more ethical environment? I wonder whether the workers in the factories cutting/sewing these garments are treated any better than those who make the other stuff?

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