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We can't shop ourselves sustainable | EnvironMental Podcast - Fast Fashion
This week on our sustainability podcast, we're still covering Fast Fashion - and it feels like we're getting to the nuts and bolts of the problem here.
When we spoke about fabric, that seemed to have a sustainable solution that a consumer can choose - great - this week... not so much.
This week Courtney covered the social aspects of the manufacturing of today's fashion.
The long and short of it this:
- sweatshops are still a real thing.
- we (the consumer, and often the business owner) are purposefully distanced from the way our clothes are made
- companies being in charge of their own auditing won't results in significant changes
- the real solution relies on international worker's rights movements and labor laws
Until we see huge changes in the labor laws around the world, we highly recommend purchasing from businesses that share information about exactly who makes your clothing and where.
Sources:
https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-018-0433-7
https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-myth-of-the-ethical-shopper/
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-Big-Story/How-the-death-of-fast-fashion-is-transforming-Asia-s-garment-industry
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This week on our sustainability podcast, we're still covering Fast Fashion - and it feels like we're getting to the nuts and bolts of the problem here.
When we spoke about fabric, that seemed to have a sustainable solution that a consumer can choose - great - this week... not so much.
This week Courtney covered the social aspects of the manufacturing of today's fashion.
The long and short of it this:
- sweatshops are still a real thing.
- we (the consumer, and often the business owner) are purposefully distanced from the way our clothes are made
- companies being in charge of their own auditing won't results in significant changes
- the real solution relies on international worker's rights movements and labor laws
Until we see huge changes in the labor laws around the world, we highly recommend purchasing from businesses that share information about exactly who makes your clothing and where.
Sources:
https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-018-0433-7
https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-myth-of-the-ethical-shopper/
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-Big-Story/How-the-death-of-fast-fashion-is-transforming-Asia-s-garment-industry