Environmentalism In Fashion by Angelina Ross https://padlet.com/987127/s5st6vrsru5p1s6v Lina Ross en-us 2022-05-18 18:21:53 UTC 2025-11-05 18:42:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f431.png Big Picture 987127 https://padlet.com/987127/s5st6vrsru5p1s6v/wish/2191555814 Fast fashion is defined as cheap, trendy clothing that samples ideas from fashion celebrity culture that is created and sold at breakneck speed to meet consumer demand.
"The rate of disposal is not keeping up with the availability of places to put everything that we're getting rid of and that's the problem."
https://www.npr.org/2016/04/08/473513620/what-happens-when-fashion-becomes-fast-disposable-and-cheap]]> 2022-05-19 15:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/987127/s5st6vrsru5p1s6v/wish/2191555814 Why It Matters 987127 https://padlet.com/987127/s5st6vrsru5p1s6v/wish/2191711627 Fast fashion contributes to:
  • Textile pollution & waste
  • The cycle of a "disposable" consumer mentality 
  • Low wages
  • Unsafe workplaces & labor
  • CO2 emissions from transporting items
  • Water usage to produce the product
  • Microplastics from the fibers end up in lakes/oceans
]]> 2022-05-19 17:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/987127/s5st6vrsru5p1s6v/wish/2191711627 Facts About Fast Fashion 987127 https://padlet.com/987127/s5st6vrsru5p1s6v/wish/2191724376
  • Affordable prices and instant gratification for consumers, more profits for companies, and the democratization of stylish clothing are among fast fashion's benefits.
  • Cotton production uses 6% of the world’s pesticides and 16% of insecticides. 
  • Every year, fast fashion requires 93 billion cubic meters of water, which is enough to meet the consumption needs of five million people. 
  • It is responsible for around 20% of industrial water pollution as a result of textile treatment and dyeing.
  • Clothes release half a million tonnes of microfibers into the ocean every year, equivalent to more than 50 billion plastic bottles.
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  • Trade clothes with friends & family
  • Buy at second-hand stores
  • Upcycle your old, tattered clothes
  • Practice conscious shopping
  • Learn to sew/alter clothes
  • Buy less (or nothing at all) when you don't need more
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  • https://www.npr.org/2016/04/08/473513620/what-happens-when-fashion-becomes-fast-disposable-and-cheap
  • https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fast-fashion.asp
  • https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/fashion-clothing/what-fast-fashion-why-it-problem
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