Carolyn Higgins

Carolyn Higgins is a Seattle writer who is fascinated by environmental issues and the arts. A Canadian ex-pat who’s lived in Japan briefly, she intends to keep exploring the globe and believes that you should, too.
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Dyed yarn hanging on a fence at the Jubilee Farm in Snoqualmie, part of a class on using natural plant dyes. (Photo by Carolyn Higgins)

Your organic cotton tee-shirt probably poisoned a river in Asia

by Carolyn Higgins
Textile dyeing is an oft overlooked part of clothing manufacturing that can have devastating human and environmental impacts. But one Seattle woman has a solution.
Oct 8, 2015