KIDS, DIY & SUSTAINABILITY
Happy (half way thru!) Summer! I can’t tell you how happy my daughter was on her last day of zoom school! She was so ready for summer! Unfortunately summer has not been anything like it’s been for the 2nd summer in a row for her. The usual summer camp was not an option for our…
THE FUTURE OF FASHION
I believe the future of fashion couldn’t be brighter with so many incredible innovators, visionaries and change makers out there right now challenging the old-fashioned fashion industry. These future forward thinkers can and will make the world better. With sustainability in mind, fashion can be a force for good. Sustainability in fashion should not be…
DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE – GREENWASHING
GREENWASHING. WHAT IS THIS?? What is GREENWASHING? Unlike its name, it’s a dirty business. It’s a misrepresentation that a brand is both environmentally and ethically sound – when in fact they are far from it. It’s a form of deceitful marketing with ‘green’ values and ‘green’ messages that are actually deceptive and are used to…
FASHION IN THE TIME OF THE CORONAVIRUS
The pandemic has put a serious brake on our lives. It has greatly affected our families, school, life, businesses, state of our health care system and our political and social climate in general. Many people have lost loved ones and have been affected by this virus physically, emotionally and economically. The effects will be felt…
BIODIVERSITY MATTERS
Biodiversity is broadly defined as the variety of all life forms on earth. Biodiversity matters. We rely on it for food and energy, and we depend on its irreplaceable role in sustaining air quality, providing fresh water and soil, and regulating climate. And yet biodiversity is declining at a faster rate than ever before in…
CALIFORNIA CLOTH FOUNDRY – FROM FARM TO FASHION
What exactly is a ‘Healthy Wardrobe’? Well, it starts with pure ingredients like organic cotton and natural, botanical dyes using no petrol ingredients or harmful pesticides. Just as we strive to eat healthier food and put good, pure ingredients in our bodies, why would we want to put toxic chemicals on our skin? CALIFORNIA CLOTH…
STYLE, NO SUBSTANCE
HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND POLLUTION IN FASHION ARE WE BREATHING IN AND EATING PLASTIC? According to the WHO, about 20% of industrial pollution comes from the textile manufacturing process. Over 8,000 chemicals are used to turn raw materials into clothing. There are chemicals used throughout the production of clothing – from pesticides used for growing cotton,…
DIMINISHING RESOURCES AND FASHION -TIME TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
HAS FASHION LOST ITS CRAFT IN THIS AGE OF FAST FASHION? We are an extension of nature. That is – we are nature, not separate from it. Animals, plants and humans need each other to survive. The fashion industry relies heavily on many natural and human resources which are diminishing. The making, transporting and use…
TIME TO UNSUBSCRIBE
THE ERA OF EXTREME CONSUMERISM – CONSUMPTION & WASTE IN FASHION There are 90 million tons of waste a year produced by the fashion industry. About 80% of all clothing that’s thrown away ends up in landfills – only 20% of it is recycled. Clothing is getting cheaper and people are throwing away more. We…
YOU CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS – LET’S SHATTER THE SOCIAL DIVIDE
All humans are born with equal, inalienable rights and fundamental freedoms. Yet we live in a world where all people are not treated as equal. The reality is that inequalities in our culture have created an inexcusable loss of human dignity, growing social inequality and a crisis for employment with limited or no access to…
A SLAVE TO FASHION, LITERALLY.
MODERN DAY SLAVERY IS AN ENDEMIC PART OF FASHION’S BUSINESS. There is a serious lack of transparency in the fashion industry. Girls as young as 13 are forced to work in factories. Just watch ‘DYING FOR FASHION’ and see a firsthand account from a young Bangladeshi girl whose friends perished in a factory fire –…
WATER CRISIS & FASHION
785 million people in the world don’t have access to clean water. That is 1 in 9 people, according to WATER.ORG. By 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries with water scarcity and two-thirds of the world’s population could be living under water stressed conditions. The fashion industry is a major contributor to…
CLIMATE CHANGE & FASHION: HOW TO BE AN ECO-WARRIOR
What is the environmental cost of fashion? We are currently living in the Anthropocene era. It is a period in which human activity has been identified as the dominant influence on climate and the environment. Meaning – what we do affects everything around us. When we talk about climate change, we talk about global carbon…
FASHION’S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
What is sustainable fashion? Dictionary.com explains ‘sustainable’ as ‘capable of being maintained at a steady level without exhausting natural resources or causing severe ecological damage’. So, what exactly does ‘sustainable’ have to do with the fashion industry? Unfortunately, it has a lot to do with it! So, what is fashion’s dirty little secret?? Did you…
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