How fast fashion fuels climate change, plastic pollution, and violence, P10
- Shidonna Raven
- 24 hours ago
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By Helle Abelvik-Lawson
September 22, 2023
Source: Green Peace
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All clothing is handmade by skilled workers
While fashion disposal is clearly a huge problem, the human costs start where fast fashion is made.
Creating clothing is highly-skilled work. Whatever you are wearing right now, from your neckline to the toes of your socks, was crafted that way by a human being.
It’s just not possible for it to be done by machine. It’s done by a skilled operator of many different machines. They are mostly women working for rock-bottom wages in a punishing global system.
Despite their skill, it takes an entire lifetime of toil for a garment worker to earn what a fashion CEO makes in four days.
When we treat clothes as disposable, we waste a precious resource – human labour. With any piece of clothing we come across, it’s always worth remembering that someone made it, carefully, with their hands – and likely with little reward.
We probably know this. But it’s become too easy to ignore.
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