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Brown algae, which are harvested in the fjords of Iceland, serve as a raw ­material for alternative fibres that may someday ­replace cotton.

Fibre raw materials

Alternatives to cotton

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by Marina Chahboune
At Fashion Company Sahel in Tunisia, the denim fabric from the weaving factories is cut and sewn into jeans. The factory has been audited on behalf of Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) since ­December 2013.

Organic jeans

Slow fashion

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by Monique Voorneman
by Eva-Maria Verfürth

In brief

News of the week

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Gerd Müller on a visit to a Chinese textile factory.

Decent work

Quality criteria

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by Gerd Müller
The Rana Plaza disaster made international headlines.

AWAJ Foundation

New kind of labour movement

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by Marianne Scholte
Worker producing eco-jeans in a Tunisian factory.

Editorial

Made by human beings

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Burkina Faso dealer sells pesticides in village market. Farmers often use wrong quantities, damaging the soils.

Study

Soils need more protection

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by Katja Dombrowski
Again and again, migrants try to climb over the border fence of Ceuta, the Spanish enclave in North Africa.

Migration

On the border

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by Floreana Miesen
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