Alternative Energy: usually environmentally friendly, this is energy from uncommon sources such as wind power or solar energy, not fossil fuels.

Bamboo: the world’s most renewable resource, officially recognized as the world's fastest growing plant A sixty-foot tree cut for market takes 60 years to replace, while a sixty-foot bamboo cut for market takes 59 days to replace! . Bamboo has a tensile strength comparable to steel.

Biodegradable: naturally reducible by bacteria in the soil

Bonded Leather: created by the grinding up of leather pieces and mixing them with a bonding agent to create new usable 100% leather fibers (most often waste scraps from leather tanneries or leather workshops ). This eco friendly process creates a look and feel similar or often identical to that of genuine leather but at an economical price and with the distinction of being made from 100% recycled material.

Corporate Sustainability: implementation of strategies that meet business needs while concurrently seeking to protect, support, conserve and enhance the human and natural resources needed in the future.

Cotton [Organic]: organic cotton is the version of its conventional counterpart grown without pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, chemical fertilizers or any other chemicals that harm the environment.

Earth 911: The urgency to start taking care of our world for future generations (aka Earth SOS)

Green Washing: a term used to describe the practice of misrepresentation of products and policies as environmentally friendly

Greenhouse Gases: Atmospheric gases, mostly carbon dioxide and water vapor, that trap the warmth from the sun, just as glass traps warmth in a greenhouse

Hemp: fiber from the stalk of the hemp plan which contains a low amount of lignin, the organic glue that binds plant cells, which allows for environmentally friendly bleaching without the use of chlorine. Hemp is extremely durable, breathable comfortable fabric similar to linen but softer and machine washable.

Jute: a plant fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads and is one of the most economical natural fibers second only to cotton in the amount produced and the variety of uses.

Nonwoven fabrics: sheet or web structures bonded together by entangling fiber mechanically They are flat, porous sheets that are made directly from separate (often recycled) fibers. They are not made by weaving or knitting and do not require converting the fibers to yarn. Non-woven products in this catalogue are made from 25% recycled material AND are biodegradable.

PET [Polyethylene terephthalate]: used as a raw material for making packaging materials such as bottles and containers for packaging a wide range of food products and other consumer goods. PET is one of the most common consumer plastics used.

Post-consumer PET: plastic bottles made from PET are collected, sorted and processed in order to reuse the material. Common extrusion methods include production of melt blown and spun bond fibers to form long rolls for future conversion into a wide range of useful products like such as tote bags, ID wallets, valises, backpacks etc.

Recyclable: having properties that allow processing (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse

Recycled: a new product made from products that were used before

Renewable: ability to be replaced or replenished, either by the earth's natural processes or by human action. Air, water, and forests (BAMBOO) are often considered to be example of renewable resources.