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It's funny: we hear so much less about leather than fur. Sure, unless you're in the Arctic, fur has the stigma of "wholly frivolous status symbol" going on, but when you think about it, most of the leather on the market isn't exactly necessary to our existence, either. And the costs are equally high — in many ways, higher. A recent article in The Ecologist (via Utne) brings us a shocking profile of the tanneries of Hazaribagh in Bangladesh. Lax environmental regulations mean the city can provide cheap leather, but at the price of the environment, the region's fishing industry, and the workers' health. More »
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