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18 - The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday March 1, 2008 20's 20-SOMETHINGS ARE GOING GREEN THANKS TO OUR MODELS ERIC AND TANYA 20-somethings are more concerned about the environment than ever before. With global warming a prevalent issue, it's become an important trend to go `green.' So, what can you do about the crisis our earth is in? How can you go green and contribute to the solution? It's very easy to make a significant difference. A small change in your choices, without sacrificing anything is a great place to begin. After 8 years of retailing natural and organic clothing, Green Culture Inc. is launching a clothing brand that is uniquely based around the Green lifestyle. Black Sheep Kulture is an organic clothing company that is showing its face for the first time ever in Oakville at Themptations on Kerr Street. These top end products are guaranteed to delight the quality-clothing enthusiast, and are friendly to our earth. The benefits of clothing made from sustainable materials are numerous. Sustainable materials are materials that through its production won't kill itself. When you grow a plant, if the plant uses up all the nutrients in the soil without regenerating, the soil will not be suitable to grow another crop and therefore is not sustainable. Hemp, Soy and Bamboo for example, are three of the primary materials used in our products all having eco-friendly contributions to the earth's maintenance. Hemp produces more fiber per crop than any other source. Hemp yields 250 per cent more than cotton using the same amount of land. It is naturally resistant to most www.oakvillebeaver.com TANYA'S CLOTHING PROVIDED BY: THEMPTATIONS 905-844-0608 148 KERR STREET Wild Fibres Bag - $60.00 Wild Fibres Toque - $24.99 Black Wood Bracelet - $6.99 cherry blossom by nixxi 'Jada' top - $79.95 cherry blossom by nixxi 'Cats Pyjamas' - $99.95 Forest City Flameworks necklace - $34.95 pests, therefore doesn't require the use of pesticides, grows close together and so quickly that weeds don't stand a chance of growing, eliminating the need for herbicides. And when the leaves shed, it provides the soil with further nutrients for the next crop to be grown. Comparing this with cotton, which uses about 50 per cent of the world's pesticides, uses insecticides that are extremely toxic, known to cause cancer and birth defects, has the largest consumption of fresh water, and leaves the farm land unsuitable for further use, hemp is clearly beneficial to the harmony of the environment. Hemp will also protect your skin from the sun's damaging rays 50 per cent better than any other fabric. Bamboo, another fiber producing plant, is much the same as hemp in that it does not require the use of fertilizers or pesticides, grows very quickly and it too is antimicrobial ­ wicks moisture away, wears well (especially for those with sensitive skin), is breathable, has UV protection and feels fantastic against your skin! Soy, is eco friendly because it also is a renewable resource, a valuable rotation crop and the fabrics are biodegradable when you're through wearing them. The pulp that would be discarded during the process of making oil and tofu is used to make the fabric. Soy is breathable, wicks moisture, and best of all, so silky smooth that it has been nicknamed "soy silk" or "vegetable cashmere"! For more information, call Themptations at 905-8440608. Located at 148 Kerr Street. April 4-6, 2008 International Centre 6900 Airport Rd., Mississauga Toronto's finest wine & culinary event! 3 days to sample, learn and enjoy the finest wine spirits, beer, cheese and fine foods... Register early! Wine Appreciation Seminars featuring celebrity tutored tastings including LCBO's Michael Fagan Now Available in Oakville! Select pieces of Soy, Bamboo and Hemp now available at your local retailer. The Black Sheep Kulture brand is focused around enlightening people to the benefits of organic, natural or alternative goods. BSK offers a Holistic Approach of clothing, fabrics, foods, unique Natural oils, incense, remedies, artifacts and other goods. By employing and promoting age old philosophy Black Sheep Kulture provides the means to help people combine the comfort, elegance, and style of world class fabrics with deeply based environmental and socially conscious convictions and principals. TATIONS.COM WWW.THEMP E FOR FOR SOURC 'S SOURC E OAKVILLE 'SS & CULTURE OAKVILLE D S & CULTURE GOO D OO HEMP G HEMP All You Need is "Cheese" seminars See what's new on with live demos on this spring Sip & Savour Stage. Laura Calder French Food at Home Anna Olson Fresh with Anna Olson Show Hours: Friday 12 ­ 10 pm Saturday 12-9 pm Sunday 12- 6 pm Admission $18.00 per person Admission restricted to persons 19 of age or older only Free parking. Free shuttle from Kipling subway Win! Sponsored by: ® Then tune-in to new episodes of French Food at Home beginning in April and catch the premiere of Fresh with Anna Olson March 24 on Food Network. a 7 night vacation to Germany for 2! (including airfare & accommodation) Wave 94.7 FM Smooth Jazz Wine Garden featuring live performances daily 148 Kerr Street Oakville, Ontario Tel. 905.844.0608 Toll Free. 1.888.744.0608 www.themptations.com towineandcheeseshow.com For exhibit info 905-337-5556 Please don't drink and drive