>>2496318>They even have polyester fleece.virtually every fleece you find marketed for outdoors use or performance is going to be polyester fleece.
cotton fleeces aren't really an outdoors thing. more of a casual fashion thing.
>I thought they were supposed to be environmentally friendly.they are. patagonia is the only company excluding tiny mom and pop shops where you can buy merino wool clothes that aren't treated with superwash. everyone else's merino is spray coated in plastic from the factory to make it machine washable without shrinking or special care instructions.
patagonia's Thing isn't that everything they sell is environmentally friendly. their marketing and brand philosophy is more "we'll sell you a more environmentally fleece than the other brands" than "everything we sell is environmentally friendly." in this specific example, all their fleeces are recycled polyester.
a lot of these things we rely on /out/ like fleeces, rain jackets, etc are just bad for the planet by definition of what they are.
non-brandfagging advice on fleeces and being environmentally friendly:
stick to low pile fleeces that don't shed fibers. they're more thermally efficient anyways. recycled poly isn't as good as new polyester because the porosity of the fibers is different with noticeable impact to the thermal qualities.
the most important thing you can do to minimize impact is: get the most life possible out of the garment and don't wash it very much.
i'm gonna be real with you guys nothing you buy for /out/ is going to have virtually any positive impact on the environment when shein, malls,
amazon.com, and fast fashion exist. but its nice to feel like you didn't contribute to it. the impact of the entire history of the outdoor industry start to finish is probably like an average day for shien.
