A while back I asked about resources for inexpensive yet high-quality orange towels. Over the weekend, I ran across these 70% bamboo towels from Amazon:

Uh, $8.45 for a bath towel? The reviews were generally positive (except for those reliable naysayers who miss the point or complain about things about which I do not care), and because the other colors are so much more expensive, it makes me think that these are perfectly good towels and nobody wants orange. Well, fine with me. My sets should arrive in a couple weeks (thanks, super saver shipping!), so we’ll see how well they really stack up.

And, when it rains it pours:

Though these are a little more expensive ($36 per bath, hand and washcloth set), they’re 100% bamboo as opposed to the 70% above. Bamboo is “green” because it’s a sustainable material – it can grow more than a foot overnight – and because it’s naturally antimicrobial and hypoallergenic.

JC Penney, through their new simply green line, carries very affordable ($5.99 – 9.99) organic cotton towels in some pretty earth tones.

For more about environmentally responsible fabrics, Canadian clothing company Lela Designs has an excellent overview.

Update: these towels arrived yesterday, and they are incredibly soft, and incredibly heavy, but it looks like it’s going to take a couple washings before they’re absorbent. Our cats also decided they were soft enough to use as a bed, and doing that kitty-kneading thing they do, with their little claws we actually just trimmed, the towels came unraveled a little. So, yes, they were a bargain, and yes, I think they were worth what we paid, but I’m not sure they would be worth $20 a towel – there are much nicer options that are 100% bamboo or an organic cotton blend that may be a better value for more expensive colors.

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