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Breaking a T-shirt World Record to Help the Environment

Tuesday 12th of June 2007 03:26:13 AM

In an effort to help bring awareness to water pollution and other environmental issues plaguing the Nashawannuck Pond in Easthampton, Massachuesetts, USA, 12-year old Austin Crow will try to beat the t-shirt wearing world record by putting on one-hundred and sixty-one T-Shirts. Along with his father, Clay Crow, who owns Manti World Graphics, an environmentally friendly screen printing company, the two are planning to beat this record in order to raise money to help clean up the pond so it can be enjoyed by everyone after twenty years of misuse.

"This is about saving Nashawannuck Pond, but it's also about doing our part to save the planet. It's our way of showing that a small group of people, like our graphics company, can help. And it's Austin's way of showing that, at just twelve years old, he can make a difference," said Mantis co-owner, Brad Robbins.

Crow, who weighs only one-hundred and three pounds will be adding an additional one hundred pounds once he puts on all the T-Shirts. He will be unable to move and his waist will have expanded to four times its size.

Many small and larger screen printing and textile companies are trying to do their part in preserving the environment by switching to organic dyes and fabrics when printing t-shirts and other items. Along with recycling bags and using environmentally safe disposal methods for dyes and other chemicals, these companies are providing safe alternatives to producing waste that pollutes lakes, rives, drinking water, and ponds like the Nashawannuck.

(c)Jeremy Doorten, www.sxc.hu