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Whether it's driving hybrid cars, lighting our houses with compact fluorescents or cooking our locally-grown, grass-fed dinners on energy saving appliances, climate change looms large over many of the things we do. All well and good, but as the old adage goes, real change comes from within, so we figured what better place to start changing the world than within our own pants? Maybe you didn't realize they made underwear out of wood chips, but it turns out they do, and that it's just the tip of the iceberg (the melting one. You know, the one we're trying to save). Here's our helpful list of the most eco-friendly underwear available online.



  • Obviously's Anatomical Pouched Brief is made from Modal which is cellulose extracted from sustainable beech tree. Modal also takes 12 times less water to produce than cotton which at the very least means a dryer underpant. Always important.
These briefs also feature an ergonomic front sleeve pocket that cradles you as you slip the underwear on -- just like your favorite sweater.
link to buy:// topdrawers

Try on some more eco-friendly undies after the jump!



  • These ultra-comfortable boxers are made from recycled white pine tree pruning and are great for sitting in your wingback Victorian chair. There's also a large selection of intimates and tights available for women. When you're done with these puppy-smugglers, you can cut them up and bury the pieces in your backyard. If you're lucky, you'll have a full grown underwear tree sometime in the next 20 to 30 years.

link:// g=9.8
buy:// bynature




  • Pants to Poverty's organic underwear is made from fair trade cotton by workers in developing nations working under fair and ethical conditions. One style even comes with a built in condom pocket, and for each pair of those you buy, £1 is donated to the Treatment Action Campaign in South Africa. If the boxer-brief is a bit on the bulky side, might we suggest the unisex bamboo sock? It's made of 95% bamboo, but it also has 5% nylon "to give it a bit of stretch in all the right places." Just to be clear, we're suggesting you wear the sock like this.
buy:// Pants to Poverty




  • Who says that underwear has to be new? SuperNaturale has great instructions on how to give your ratty old t-shirts new life as a pair of panties, manties or just some decorative art.

link:// supernaturale