Letters to the Editor
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The Real Solution
Buy less stuff. Move into a house that looks OK to start with instead of scraping it. Ask yourself how much clothing you need. Stop shopping as a form of entertainment. When you are walking or driving along the street, look at all the stray pieces of clothing that are cast into the gutters as garbage. I don't suggest you pick it up, but dollars to donuts, the clothing is probably in good condition (after a washing). The problem is that people shop for entertainment, are wasteful about clothing (because slave labor has made it so cheap), and don't want to live with a house they have moved into - they have to scent mark it so it is "theirs")
Do that, and you will do more for the environment than selecting "green" products you probably don't need in the first place.
Oh, yeah, and the less an object looks like fiber, the more work and chemicals will have to go into turning it into fiber. Sheep wool, easy. Rayon, not easy.