A company called Wool&Prince -- http://woolandprince.com -- reportedly has developed a shirt you almost never have to wash. If true, this is a big deal, because not having to wash means not having to use water and energy.

Copyright Onward Kashiyama Co.Admit it. You never would have guessed that this was biodegradable suit jacket if we hadn’t told you.

Would you believe that it is for sale as a standard item in major department stores in Japan?

Fabric, thread and buttons are all biodegradable. When buried in soil, the jacket takes about a year to return to the soil.

Not that we suggest that you do that, at least not until you’ve worn it a few years. This is the snazziest eco-friendly item of clothing we’ve seen in a long time.

To learn more about it, read this Japanfs.org story.

Anything -- and we do mean anything -- can be made with recycled materials.

Presenting this wall clock, which was made with old rolled-up magazines.

Trust us when we tell you that, whatever you may think of it, somebody will think it’s very attractive and will be anxious to tell his or her neighbors all about it. 

This clock came to Earth Preservers’ attention via this Alternative Consumer article, which mentions that it’s sold by a store called Shannybeebo.

Everyone wears blue jeans, but not everyone buys the blue jeans they wear.

A company in the Netherlands called Mud Jeans will rent you a pair of blue jeans for a period of one year, after which you return them to Mud Jeans, which recycles the material.

Is renting clothing the next big thing in fashion? It might be, given that renting instead of buying can save a person money. More than that, it encourages recycling, which attracts young people like you.

Earth Preservers wants to know:

Is “renting” clothing the next big thing in fashion?

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Actress Naomie Harris arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 24, 2013 in Hollywood, Calif. Harris wore a gown made out of organic materials. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Her name is Naomie Harris and, according to a report, she wore a gold organic silk crepe de chine dress, with dyes from chamomile and goldenrod. Her accessories included vintage glass beads and ornamentation made from candy wrappers and recycled zippers.

The best news of all is that the dress was designed by a 20-year-old college student as part of a competition called Red Carpet Green Dress.

Photo via unconsumption.com, originally courtesy Strode College

Using recycled material to make new clothing is something everyone should do.

Still, we’ve got to ask: is using recycled cardboard to make a prom dress an idea whose time will never come?

You’re looking at a real prom dress made by a college student out of old cardboard and paper bags. She’s done a great job designing it.

Still, we’ve got to ask:

Recycled cardboard prom dress? Would you wear a prom dress made out of recycled cardboard and paper bags? (Would you want your date to?)

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The remains of the Avon boardwalk and inlet gazebo, looking north from the Shark River Bridge, Jan. 23, 2012. (Photo by Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger)

According to this Associated Press story that recently appeared in the New Jersey Star-Ledger:

Environmental groups calculate that 766 acres of old-growth tropical rainforest needed to be cut down to provide materials to rebuild just one small storm-damaged boardwalk at the Jersey shore, and they're promising a tourist-season boycott if the town goes through with its plans.

The town in question is Avon, NJ, which at this point is definitely going to risk environmentalists’ wrath. Avon officials defend their decision on the grounds that the rainforest wood they’re going to use was harvested in Brazil in a responsible manner. Environmental groups question whether that’s true. In any event, Avon’s plans are already too far along to be changed, town officials contend.

This is a delicate matter.

On the one hand, supporting a town that got whacked by Superstorm Sandy seems the right thing to do.

On the other, supporting a town that caused rainforest wood to be cut down seems like the wrong thing to do.

Boycott Avon, New Jersey? Would you boycott a Jersey shore community battered by Superstorm Sandy because it rebuilt its boardwalk with rainforest wood?

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They’re made from fish skin. Well, not the whole shoe. But in addition to cork and palm tree fibers, there’s fish skin in there -- specifically, skin from the tilapia fish. Think of it as the ultimate in using recyclable materials.

These shoes weren’t made by some out-of-work fisherman. They were made by world famous shoes designer Manolo Blahnik.