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We’ve been in the news! The Berwickshire featured an article on ReTweed last week Read the full article here This blog post was written by Hazel Smith – ReTweed Founding Director

Once upon a time, it was only lentil-eating, tree hugging hippies who cared about the planet – and most folks considered them well-meaning but daft all the same. Now we all realise that they were entirely on message and ahead of their time. The chilling quote “Only when the last tree has died and the last fish has been caught, will we realise we can’t eat money” should resonate with us all now. Those of us who claim to care about our children’s futures and for our nature and wildlife – must make our contribution to protecting our planet finite...

Hey folks, give this article a wee read and then reflect on how you can very easily play your part in protecting our planet for our children and their children. Everyone is pretty switched on to the impact of plastic, glass and paper. But in fact, textiles are the hidden monster of carbon emissions and global warming. Apart from the amount of water it takes to treat natural fibres and the plastic content in man-made fibres, most of our clothes travel 5000km+ to the shops we buy them from, and if we recycle them in clothes banks or donate to international charity...

We’ve been in the news! The Berwickshire featured an article on ReTweed last week, read a snippet of the article below: A Berwickshire-based social enterprise that arms women with traditional textile skills is looking to establish a permanent manufacturing base this year (2017). Since last February, ReTweed, based in Eyemouth, which has been supported by Business Gateway Scottish Borders, has successfully helped 12 women from the town gain confidence and expand their skillset while learning the fundamentals of craft, design and technology in textiles. Already three of the students have found employment while others have entered further education and two...