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Scholastic article:
Junior Scholastic Vol. 124 "From Trendy to Trash" section "Is Social Media Telling You What to Do?" by Chrisanne Grise
Teacher provided video:
"Sweatshops: This is Absolutely Horrible"
Describes sweatshops/conditions that workers face
Individuals & Societies teacher handbook:
Pages 6-7 "What are the causes of globalization?"

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SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

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SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

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SDG 12 fits perfectly with the topic of fast fashion; it is exactly what fast fashion needs to achieve. Responsible production for one is, as of now, very far from where fast fashion is right now, making it all the more important to achieve. When fast fashion will reach this goal is unknown, but it is obvious that this change will be for the better, for both the planet and the people.
Responsible consumption, too, is just as important. It ensures that clothing and goods produced are used to their fullest and materials aren't wasted as quickly on unnecessary quantities of items. As these companies invest into more environmentally-safe ways of production, they will be rewarded with both a clean mind, free of any guilt, and reasonable profit from the change for the better.

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Sustainable Development Goals are a global incentive for members of the United Nations. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8 encourages countries to "take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms." (https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal8)

This can be related to the topic of Causes and Effects of Fast Fashion because the laborers in sweatshops are often women and children forced to work in unsafe working conditions. The implementation of SDG 8 can change the lives of forced laborers in a positive way.

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Due to the fact that many third-world countries are involved in manufacturing items for transnational companies, the sweatshop managers are only being paid very little. This means that the workers receive wages unsuitable for living.
(workers)

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Fast fashion is fueled by the need for jobs, most commonly is foreign countries where workers need their work. Fast fashion exploits these workers time and wages, and yet they still work long hours because of how desperate they are for some kind of earnings. Without workers, there would be no fast fashion.

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In modern-day society, the status quo has become that you need to keep up with the trends. With the age of social media amplifying that need, the want to own clothes turns into a compulsion.
(consumer/society)

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People in this day and age are reprimanded for their lack of patience, which is truly reasonable to say. Fast fashion is so satisfactory to many because of how quickly it produces and is able provide products to consumers, which is one of the reasons why it continues to exist and is supported.
(company/consumer)

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Due to harmful chemicals being utilized in sweatshops, the chemicals are released (especially dyes) through water sources which are then dumped out into wild ones through sewage and pipe systems, polluting and contaminating the water.
(Environment)

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Transnational companies produce goods in developing countries because the companies can get their goods for a cheap price.
(company/economy)

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As clothing becomes cheaper, people buying the clothing are better satisfied, with both the prices and the goods themselves.
(Consumer)

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Quality of product has decreased, but it is even cheaper to produce now.
(Company)

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Making clothing in a quick manner leads to greenhouse gas emissions from factories worldwide. This constitutes the clothing industry as one of the world's largest polluters, with 10% of greenhouse gas emissions from the industry.
(environment/atmosphere)

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Larger profit margins indicate that a company is producing and selling items and earning more for them than they cost.
(Company)

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On average, the number of times a garment is used is 7 times. After that point, the consumer will often throw it away or donate it. However, even if the garment was donated, 90% of those clothes still end up in landfills.
(environment)

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On social media, influencers often are sponsored by clothing brands. This leads to their audience being enticed by the clothing shown and buying from the brands that are sponsoring the influencer.
(company/consumer)

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Teens in the digital age often see their idols wearing trendy clothes that they, in turn, want to wear as well. Because people in this modern day do not want to feel left out of the group, they resort to impulse-buying these cheap and trendy clothes from global brands.
(consumer/society)

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Forced Labor and Child Labor in Sweatshops

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Forced Labor and Child Labor in Sweatshops

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Sweatshop workers are forced to work in factories or the employer will stop paying the worker.
(sweatshop worker)

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n.
Effects of human activity on the biophysical environment.

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n.
The wealth or resources of a country or region, especially in terms of production and consumption of goods and resources

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Social media influencers on popular apps like TikTok, and Instagram influence the public eye that having cheap and trendy clothes is fashionable.
This leads to the public wanting to buy similar clothes to what their idols are wearing online.

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n.
A factory or workshop where manual workers are employed at low wages for long hours, usually under poor conditions