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The Business of Fast Fashion:
Fast Fashion Explained in Under 5 Minutes:
Fast Fashion British Council Lesson
Prefixes
Adjectives & Adverbs
10. Dig deeper:
- WWF: “The Impact of a Cotton T-Shirt”
- The Economist: “The environmental costs of creating clothes”
- The Guardian: “The problem with fast fashion – and how to fix it”
- The Guardian: “Rana Plaza a year on: did fast-fashion brands learn any lessons at all?’
- The Guardian: “Shop less, mend more: making more sustainable fashion choices”
- Wikipedia: “Sustainable fashion”
- Greenpeace: “A Gap between your Words and the Truth”
- Fair Trade http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/
Hossain, M. S. (2015). Prospects and Constraints for Designing a Sustainable ‘T-Shirt’: A Life Cycle Analysis.
The life cycle of a T-shirt
TedED lesson:
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-life-cycle-of-a-t-shirt-angel-chang
Footprint Calculator: https://www.footprintcalculator.org/home/en
Take Action – You can make the change!
a. Learn about alternative, eco-friendly materials and shops selling such products in your area.
b. Try mending or remaking.
c. Create posters for your school walls to spread your new knowledge.
d. Organise with your teacher a swap day at school
e. Check if there are bins for recycling clothing in the nearby area
f. Write a letter to the city council or an article for the local newspaper.
g. Create a blog relevant to green fashion
Click here to go to e-ecology.blogspot.com
