Viva! Organic Clothing (profits help animal welfare)

Viva! is a Teemill shop, where everything is made from organic cotton, made with green energy and sent in zero waste packaging. You can even return items at end of life, to be made into new clothing.

And this brand is owned by the charity Viva!, so uses profits to campaign for barnyard friends. Whether that’s nutritional advice, investigative work or rescue (many creatures in awful situations have been rescued by them – often with undercover investigations that led to supermarkets dropping their suppliers).

Nobody’s keen on a ‘preachy vegan’, but fun message tees get the animal-friendly word out, at the same time as helping the planet by offering organic or recycled cotton clothing. To replace items that you would otherwise buy on the high street. 

For items with elastane or recycled polyester, launder in a microfibre filter (or buy 100% natural fabrics, far simpler!)

Donate unwanted clothing to small charity shops (not big ones that test on animals). Recycle damaged/stained clothing at textile banks (it’s shredded into insulation and other goods).