How is Fashion Affecting the Planet?

 

Buying organic clothing isn’t the only way to do your bit for the environment. Purchasing less and buying recycled and reused clothing can also help. The above video is a cheeky look at we can all make changes when it comes to fashion.

This video was produced by Forevermore as part of the Trim the Waste of Fashion competition. You can see all of the submissions here. The competition is designed to address the problems of waste in the fashion industry.

In the nearly $1 trillion clothing industry, waste abounds from the estimated 15-20% of fabric trashed on the cutting room floor, unsustainable material sourcing, massive carbon emissions when transporting products from manufacturing centers, gallons upon gallons of wasted and polluted water during washing and dyeing, as well as wildly excessive packaging, tagging, and storage. Fashion choices matter to everybody, not just models, magazine and style mavens.

What do you think, can think kind of competition result in change or is it all talk?