@FerdiMagellan Even better: We should not buy too much. It's not only the manufacturers, it's the people who buy #fastFashion.
I organise workshops for #VisibleMending, a statement for #repair. So often I meet people who laugh at me. The smallest stain, the slightest wear and tear: they throw almost new items in the bin instead of donating them.
For the manufacturer-waste: We would have to investigate their mafia connections to the dessert, it's not easy. The activists there are threatened.
"... the rich man sitting reclusively at the heart of Brandy Melville, inside a whirlwind of deliberately confounding shell companies, is exactly who you think he is. Stephan Marsan is the son of a rich man, and he hates taxes and inclusivity and is a very loud Trumper with a fetish for Ayn Rand’s fantasy world of Atlas Shrugged. (He actually named a sub-label of Brandy Melville 'John Galt,' because he is that subtle.)"
A while back, in response to a horror story from @gcluley about an Amazon order that went badly wrong, I mentioned we were trying Temu for the first time. Some asked to report back about our experience.
The order process was smooth, with an expectation set of a delivery date of last Saturday, 6th. We could track the order at every step, and saw a week earlier that it had arrived in the UK and cleared customs. Then tracking went silent.
Three days later, a box appeared on the tracking page
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There are countless articles and videos breaking down the abysmal labor practices, horrifying #environmental toll, and overall mountain of waste produced by the fast #fashion industry.
Activists and even just large swaths of the general public have been raising the alarm about this for well over a decade, but it hasn’t stopped the rise of some of the worst offenders in the industry.
#FastFashion#InstantFashion#China#Shein: "The perfect way to address consumers with short attention spans is to develop products with fleeting lifespans that are disposable and inexpensive. This ensures product obsolescence and affordability thereby creating space for consumers to react to their next impulse.
According to a recent study, Shein’s pricing of jeans, dresses, tops, outerwear, footwear, and accessories averaged 50% below H&M (and even further from Zara). Part of what enables Shein to sell $8 blouses and $9 dresses is their reliance on polyester. Almost two thirds of Shein’s garments are made of polyester, as compared to just 27% at Zara and 21% at H&M. Given that polyester can sell for considerably less than the price of cotton, this results in lower costs and prices." https://hbr.org/2024/02/the-lingering-cost-of-instant-fashion
« Entre le moment du dessin envoyé par Shein et l’étiquetage du vêtement prêt à l’envoi, deux heures seulement peuvent s’être écoulées. C’est comme commander ses plats au restaurant. »
Your periodical reminder that all clothing is hand made by humans, usually underpaid!
Polyester doesn't breathe and sheds microplastics when manufactured, worn and washed!
Cotton farming takes immense amounts of water and pesticides!
Viscose can be made from recycled fibres & waste cellulose, but it's a fairly toxic process!
Linen is more ecological to grow but expensive!
Like smoking, drink-driving and plastic bags, France deems fast fashion a threat to societal health and is legislating against it. #Shein#Temu#France#FastFashion
"In an Instagram video posted by sustainability consultant Nelly Gesare (@gesare_nelly_), a river in Kenya overflows with fast fashion waste. Textiles, plastic, and harmful chemicals from clothing are all part of the pollution harming this river and other ecosystems in other countries that have become fast fashion dumping grounds."
Was talking to a Lifeline volunteer this week and she said one of the things that amazed her the most was the huge volume of clothes donated each week in what is not a large population. #FastFashion
"Aussortierte Kleidung landet in Deutschland meist in Sammelcontainern – und dann in afrikanischen Ländern wie #Ghana.
Eine Aktion von @greenpeace ... soll auf die Folgen ... aufmerksam machen.
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"Unsere Untersuchungen haben ergeben, dass über 96% der Textilien aus synthetischen Fasern gefertigt wurden. Das zeigt, wie sehr #FastFashion die #Plastikvermüllung steigert.""
Machen wir doch mal was ohne #Nazis (zumindest oberflächlich).
#FastFashion produziert #Müllberge. Wie immer wissen wir das schon lange, und hin und wieder sagt auch mal wer, dass er was dagegen tut, aber gelöst ist das #Problem definitiv noch nicht.
Heute morgen hat #Klimafrosch mich nach Belm begleitet. Unsere AG-Klimabildung hat die dortige Oberschule bei der Auftaktveranstaltung ihres Frei-Day Projektes unterstützt.
Ich habe 100 Schüler*innen das Konzept der planetaren Grenzen erklärt und natürlich in die Basics der Klimaerhitzung eingeführt.
Später haben wir in kleineren Gruppen zu "Klima und Fast Fashion" gearbeitet. #FastFashion ist für 4% der globalen CO2 Emissionen verantwortlich.
Gegentrend zur Fast Fashion: Gemietete Mode wird immer beliebter
Ob Brautkleid, Luxustasche oder Anzug: Das Mieten von Mode wird immer beliebter, wie eine aktuelle Umfrage ergibt. Für Greenpeace ist das ein Lichtblick im Kampf gegen Fast Fashion. Von Susanne Mayer.