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UPDATE:  It’s official – Congratulations to our lucky winner, MJ, aka butterflyRouge.  Thanks to everyone for entering.  If you didn’t win this one, never fear – just check out our latest Great Green Giveaway.

Thanks to the eco fashionistas at Philadelphia based, SA VA, one lucky winner will receive The Addison, a beautiful wrap, perfect for fall.  This black beauty drapes in a variety of ways; one size fits all; fair trade, made in the USA of renewable wool.  (Knit wrap retails for $99 and prize includes free delivery to anywhere in the USA or Canada.)

With a retail shop (and manufacturing next door) located in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, we asked founder & CEO, Sarah Van Aken, to tell us more about her eco and socially responsible company:

“We are trying to take a comprehensive approach to socially conscious clothing.  We have reduced our carbon footprint in half by moving our garment factory here, from Bangladesh; we use recycled paper hangers and compostable shopping bags; and even better is the local living wage job creation we have created.  As we grow, we really want to try to increase the amount of sustainable textiles we use to make the most sustainable product on the market.”

Winner will be selected in our Random Drawing, and notified by email. Contest ends Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 11:59p (EST). Winner has 24 hours to claim their prize, or that offer is null and void. Winner’s name will be included on this post.

To enter, simply:

  • check out savaFashion.com
  • Then answer:  What’s more important to you – how a garment is made and what it is made of… or simply, price?
  • Add the following address to your email address book: m at AlternativeConsumer.com.
  • Bonus Entry:  sign up for SA VA’s newsletter, (bottom right of their Web site) & leave an extra comment here to receive an extra entry.
  • Here are a few more ways to receive extra credit:

* Have your own blog? Post about the giveaway with a link back to this giveaway post. To make sure we know, you can come back and leave a comment with a link to your blog post.
* Follow us on Twitter and leave a comment to let us know.  When you leave us a comment on this post, please write a full sentence with a link to the Tweet so my spamolator doesn’t bounce your comment.
* Tweet about the giveaway (no more than once per day), be sure to include @altCon & leave a comment here.
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As always, we will not share your email info with anyone. good luck!