There is no solution to the unethical, unsustainable fashion industry – yet
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While fashion companies and governments are making commitments to reduce fashion waste, consumers have an opportunity to push them to act more quickly.
Zara, a fast-fashion clothing company, recently pledged to produce its line using only sustainable textiles. But it is not enough to curb the company’s significant impact on climate change.
A new clothing recycling process can counter the environmental costs of fast fashion.
Making more sustainable fashion choices doesn’t require a massive lifestyle change.
Consumers are only benefitting from cheap clothes at considerable cost to the environment and by exploitation of a poor, vulnerable garment workers.
Sewers with attitude are tackling fast fashion one stitch at a time.
Water pollution, toxic chemical use and textile waste: fast fashion comes at a huge cost to the environment.
People who see themselves as conscientious consumers often buy items made by companies that violate their values because it’s hard to keep that information in mind.
Our behaviour is far more selfish than we might like to believe.
The scale of fast fashion is so massive it can easily eclipse sustainability initiatives. We need investment in new technologies to revolutionise the industry.
How we can change the business model of a £50 billion industry to make clothing work better for everyone.
Fast fashion is the second most wasteful industry on Earth. But with the creation of dresses that charge cellphones and clothes made from recycled bottles, we could be on the verge of a green fashion revolution.
Top contributors
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Visiting Scholar: School of Architecture and School of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
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Reader in Fashion, Marketing and Sustainability, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Lecturer in Sustainablity, Fashion and Retail, University of Leeds
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Assistant Professor in Human Geography, Coventry University
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Assistant Professor in Fashion, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Research Principal, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor and Dean of the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT, RMIT University
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Reader in Fashion Marketing, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Head of Sustainable Consumption and Clothing Sustainability research groups, Nottingham Trent University
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Louise Grimmer is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in Retail Marketing, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Cultural Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Berry Chair of New Technologies in Marketing and Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor, Pratt Institute
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Associate Professor, Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology
