Welcome to the Ecolite Blog!
This blog is dedicated to informing you on important environmental and sustainable topics that coincide with our Ecolite apparel! Each blog stems from a specific piece of our Ecolite apparel, and through the action of scanning the apparel’s QR Code, you can gain access to the specific blog of your interest whenever you’d like!
To browse our apparel head to the bottom of the page for a link to the Elite Graphix Website! Our sustainability achievements, goals, and model pictures are also located below. Enjoy!
Blog List
Commercial Fishing
We humans are fishing ourselves out of fish, at an unsustainable rate. In this article, we explain the evolution of fishing, the trends of today, and how the commercial fishing industry is causing the destruction of our water-bearing ecosystems.
Save the Bees
Bees are the great pollinators of the world. Dependent on when you were born, you may say that bees have become more sparse in recent years. In this article we introduce bees, what they do, how they impact the Earth, and why they are all the buzz in the news nowadays because of their disappearing act.
Plant a Tree
Trees have many superpowers that not many think of! Plant a Tree Blog exploits some of these super powers while addressing the real world dilemma of deforestation.
Reduce, Reuse & Recycle
Reducing, reusing & recycling are often used but hardly defined correctly to the average consumer. This blog defines them and gives examples of how to practice their meaning while establishing which is more important than the other and why. Enjoy!
Shop Ecolite Apparel:
Everything STEAM and Elite Graphix have teamed up to create Ecolite Apparel! Ecolite Apparel has a direct focus on the environment with a sustainable approach to fashion. We came up with a way to combine fashion, sustainability & education!
Check out our model images below:
Ecolite Sustainability
(Right Now)
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Proceeds
We are pledging $1 per purchase to One Tree Planted! Once we send in our first donation to them, we will publicly display the donation certificate from One Tree Planted! Thank you for your support! Click on the link to learn more about One Tree Planted’s initiatives.
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Compostable Packaging
Instead of virgin plastic or multi-layered and unrecyclable plastic coming to your door, we teamed up with Hero Packaging to provide you with a compostable material that can be used in your garden or a local farm in 120 days (per source). To learn more about their product, check out the link below:
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Printing on Demand
One sustainable approach in the clothing industry is to print on demand rather than buying material in bulk. This lessens the waste by purchasing by needs only, rather than having ‘eyes bigger than our stomach’. If you have questions on this approach, reach out to Elite Apparel using the link below:
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Current Materials Used
Ecolite Apparel decided to boycott all virgin plastic materials in their clothing materials. We are first implementing virgin, organically grown cotton from the USA. We also are invested in RPET materials that utilizes 50% recycled PET and 50% organically farmed cotton. Contact Elite Apparel for more information regarding there suppliers using the link below:
Ecolite Sustainability (Future Plans)
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Circular Model (Repair/Refurbish)
Elite Apparel would like to implement a circular approach to make this clothing line much more sustainable. We would like to model this just like Patagonia’s Worn Wear. You can return your clothes to us, we refurbish and sell at a lower price and give a discount on your next purchase for doing the right thing! Win win for everyone!
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100% Recycled Cotton Material
Let’s face it. Organic farming in the cotton industry still is derived on old tactics of land use and water use. But is more sustainable than inorganic pesticides, herbicides, etc. To make Ecolite even more sustainable, we would like to work with 100% recycled cotton clothing suppliers. This takes cotton from recycled products and turn them into clothing!
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Bamboo Material
Bamboo is a much more sustainable material than cotton. Biggest reason is water usage per square acre. Ecolite would like to implement one/some of the product’s material as bamboo to attract people away from virgin cotton/plastics, and more towards a sustainable virgin material that’s better for our Earth! Learn more about Bamboo fabric below:
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Sustainable Suggestions??
Ecolite Apparel and Everything STEAM are always looking for suggestions. Whether that is about a design/article you would like to see next, or how we plan to do our packaging, material, etc! Send us your inquiry using the link below:
