Organic clothing is on the rise and for good reason. Consumers are becoming more conscious of the need to live a more sustainable lifestyle. Nowadays everyone is looking for ways…
Sustainable shopping: where to find a puffer jacket that doesn’t warm the Earth
Shopping can be confusing at the best of times, and trying to find environmentally friendly options makes it even more difficult. Our Sustainable Shopping series asks experts to provide easy…
Will we Soon be Growing our own Vegan Leather at Home?
Conventional leather is one of fashion’s most ubiquitous materials – but it is fraught with ethical and environmental issues. We have been growing vegan leather from kombucha tea since 2014…
Your Organic T-shirt is Doomed to end up in a Dump
British actress Emma Watson was featured in Marie Claire’s sustainability issue: She wears only sustainable clothing on the red carpet. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) Anika Kozlowski, Ryerson University Recently Marie Claire,…
Read this before you go sales shopping: The Environmental Costs of Fast Fashion
Patsy Perry, University of Manchester It’s tough to love our clothes and keep wearing them for longer when we are faced with a tempting array of newness on offer in…
Clothing rental could be the key to a stylishly sustainable fashion industry
A staggering 235m items of unwanted clothing were forecast to be dumped in UK landfill in 2017, while the average American is estimated to bin 81lb (37kg) of used clothing…
Fashion Industry Embraces Sustainability and Ethics
The fashion world is changing. Beauty, style and design ingenuity remain the cornerstones of the industry, but two new terms have entered the fashion lexicon, and it looks like they’re here…
Why Fast Fashion Needs to Slow Down
The no-waste philosophy needs to be applied to the fast fashion industry. Fast fashion is fast becoming the talk of the town. That’s because more and more people are becoming aware…
For a True War on Waste, the Fashion Industry must spend more on research
The rise of fast fashion in Australia means 6000 kg of clothing is dumped in landfill every 10 minutes. The ABC’s War On Waste visualised this statistic by piling a…
Help the Planet by Supporting Sustainable Fashion Labels
Sustainable fashion is making waves as more and more people are waking up to the true cost of fast fashion. Fast fashion has a huge environmental impact. From water pollution,…
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