macarthur anglican school archibull prize 2011 entry cotton
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Cotton
Bridging the Rural Divide
Macarthur Anglican School
Do you know where your
cotton products come from?
What role do you play?
What is Sustainability?
• Sustainability is the
ability to maintain or
continue something.
• It is to look after
something so it lasts for a
long time.
• Cotton is an excellent
product for sustainability
because its products are
comfortable and useful.
How does cotton grow?
• Cotton seeds are
grown in Spring, in
warm and healthy soil.
• Cotton grows on leafy
green shrubs that
have cream and pink
flowers.
• 80% of cotton is
irrigated.
What do farmers do?
• Farmers grow and harvest
the cotton
• They must care for the land
• They must care for the
plants
• They must care for the soil
• They must care for the
water
Best farming practice
• Cotton can be grown
sustainably with little affect
on the environment
• Use pesticides safely
• Try not to spread weeds
and disease
• Recycle water and use it
carefully
What can manufacturers do?
• Produce good quality
cotton to make good
quality products.
• Create a variety of
products.
• Ensure that even the
waste is used.
• Run environmentally
friendly factories.
Considered Recycling?
• Cotton provides cool and
comfortable clothing, other
textile, animals feed,
cottonseed oil, biomass
fuel, and numerous other
products.
• It’s a resource that is
natural, renewable- and
recyclable.
• Large companies recycle
cotton.
What can the consumer do?
• Cotton is a natural fibre.
• Cotton is used in cooking oil.
• Cotton is easy to wash,
doesn’t shrink easily, colour
doesn’t come off after first
wash.
• Support the Australian cotton
industry
• Buy Australian cotton
products
• Be informed about cotton
Sustainability and Cotton
A poem Clothes, socks and underwear
There is so much more
Come and join us in this poem
and we will explore
and we will explore!
First the farmers’ role
turn the soil
sow the seeds,
water it in and see what proceeds.
Organic soil is different to the rest,
no spray or chemicals
with no pesticides,
we think that’s best!
From the seed to jeans,
or the seed to socks
The process is awsome
We think it rocks!
The Manufacturer sorts the cotton
Seeds, cotton and waste
The waste is the most popular
It seems like a big mistake.
The consumer is the one who buys it,
when its been made into clothes,
Sells it off to all the shops,
How much it costs, nobody knows!
Recycling is an important thing
It makes life a lot easier
Making clothes into something new
Perhaps into anything!
One question is,
What’s sustainability?
Let’s soon find out
It is doing farming in a way that it doesn’t ruin the soil
and that is good because we don’t want to spoil.
No one knows what the future will hold
Flying cars or magical shoes
But what we know is, cotton won’t grow old
there might even be more fabrics to choose.
As Macarthur Anglican School decorate their cow
We know it will look cool
You just need to know how
Cotton is cool
Cotton is light
Cotton is what I sleep on at night
Cotton is what we love the most
I have cotton, not to boast.
Amelia Patterson 5G
Cotton
Bridging the Rural Divide
Macarthur Anglican School
Bibliography
• http://www.cottonaustralia.com.au/facts/factsandfigures.aspx?id=6
• http://australianorganiccotton.com.au/
• http://www.kingcotton.com.au/reycled-clothing/
• http://cottontoday.cottoninc.com/sustainability-about/reycling/
• Illustrators: Keegan Potgieter and Brooke Duncan
• Poet: Amelia Patterson
• Information gathering and publishing by students of Macarthur Anglican School