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Page 1: Macarthur Anglican School Archibull Prize 2011 entry Cotton

Cotton

Bridging the Rural Divide

Macarthur Anglican School

Page 2: Macarthur Anglican School Archibull Prize 2011 entry Cotton

Do you know where your

cotton products come from?

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What role do you play?

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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Cotton

Bridging the Rural Divide

Macarthur Anglican School

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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

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