Playlist: Why You Should Be Concerned About Your Wardrobe
We zero in on some of the sustainability issues related to fashion in this compilation.
Is Fast Fashion Destroying our Environment?
Fast Fashion is considered one of the greatest contributors to climate crisis. This short video essay explains what fast fashion is and how it impacts the environment.
Source: Is Fast Fashion destroying our environment? (2018, November 24). Our Changing Climate. Retrieved 2021, October 16.
Where Your Old Clothes Go | Trash Trail
You love fashion and think nothing of buying the latest designs. However, have you thought about what happens to those pieces that you discard to make space for more?
Source: Where Your Old Clothes Go | Trash Trail (2017, February 16). CNA Insider. Retrieved 2021, October 12.
Greenwashing: What you need to know - BBC My World
With sustainability and being eco-friendly becoming the latest fashion, some companies have been accused of exaggerating or making up their sustainability credentials - this is known as 'greenwashing'.
Source: Greenwashing: What you need to know - BBC My World (2021, October 20). BBC My World. Retrieved 2021, November 30.
Learning Package: Sustainable Fashion
Introduction
Our fashion choices have an impact on the planet. Beyond the materials used to make a piece of clothing, where and how it is made, to its distribution, potential for reuse, repair, remake or recycle determine the extent of the environmental and social impact it has. We must also consider our consumption patterns and usage when we talk about sustainable fashion. The onus on making fashion more sustainable thus lies with all stakeholders from fashion companies to the consumers.
To help you untangle the topic of sustainable fashion and guide you in making better fashion choices and practices to adopt, check out the resources we have compiled here.
Did you know...
Fashion accounts for 20-35% of micro plastic flows into the ocean 1.
In 2018, only about 10% of the clothes given to the Salvation Army, are sold in its thrift shops. 2.
Videos
1. Fashion Industry and Circular Economy
Get an overview of the issues plaguing the fashion industry and the actions that are being taken to improve its sustainability in this video.
1. A Life Less Throwaway: The lost art of buying for life
Tara Button (2018), Life Less Throwaway: The lost art of buying for life, New York: Ten Speed Press.
Overcome impulse buys by discovering what really suits you and reach out for the best, most classic and long-lasting objects. Achieve this by following the 10 steps outlined in this book.
