For those of you who missed TV1’s Sunday programme on wool, I would like to share the news story with you, as is the seriousness of the current state of the strong wool industry.
Click the below link to watch the story:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/farmers-fighting-keep-nz-wool-alive-demand-declines
The wider we can spread the message about the amazing benefits […]
Campaign for Wool New Zealand trustee Craig Smith in the Wool in Schools “woolshed” which has been travelling around schools.
Photo: Sally Rae.
Tom O’Sullivan’s grandfather paid off his Canterbury farm with a single wool cheque during the wool boom in the early 1950s.
His father used to say that […]
Wool in Schools! A programme that teaches school kids about the importance of wool.
Our Welly Breakfast Reporter Imogen Wells visits a school in the capital to see what the kids have learned so far.
What’s the Difference?
Wool is biodegradable in soil or water. When wool is disposed of in soil or water, it takes a very short time to break down, whereas most synthetics and plastics are extremely slow to degrade, if at all. At the end of its useful life, wool can be returned to the […]
What’s the Difference?
Carpet cleaning safety. Wool carpets have a natural resistance to spills and stains and can be cleaned easily with a natural water solution of mild detergent. Unlike polypropylene carpets which are cleaned with bleach, leaving toxic residues. Choose Safety, #ChooseWool.
The Campaign for Wool hopes that the publicity surrounding the plastic contamination […]
What’s the Difference?
Wool is a fire safe solution. High in water and nitrogen content, wool is naturally flame-retardant. Wool does not melt, drip or to stick to the skin causing burns, and when subject to extreme heat it produces less smoke and less noxious fumes. Wool’s requires high levels of oxygen in order […]
What’s the Difference?
Highlighting the Campaign for Wool’s core messaging of wool being Natural, Biodegradable and Renewable, this film is a call to action for consumers to make a difference with their fibre choice and to Choose Wisely and #Check It’s Wool.
With the emphasis on #SlowingFashion and to combat the current throw-away culture, research […]
What’s the Difference?
Wool has inherent natural properties that benefit the planet in so many ways. The planet is choking from waste plastic and man-made fibres that are being discarded in its oceans and the land every single day. In terms of consumer fibre choice there is still a disconnect as to what contributes […]
By Ken Muir
Menzies College, in Wyndham, is the latest school to host The Wool Shed, a container of exhibits and information about wool
cand the importance of the fibre to the New Zealand economy.
”It’s important that we educate the new generation of schoolchildren about wool and the benefits it offers,” Menzies College teacher Sally Robertson […]
