Sustainability Hints and Tips

Fashion Revolution – Encouraging children to ask ‘Who Made My Clothes?’

Leave a Comment / by Jo Salter, Ethical Happenings, Jos Soapbox, Sustainability Hints and Tips / By

Fashion Revolution – Why April 24th? On April 24th 2013, a date now remembered as Fashion Revolution Day, the Rana Plaza Clothing Factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed on its garment workers.  Over 1130 garment workers were killed and over 2500 were brought out alive from the wreckage – some with horrific injuries.  Just imagine that number of …

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Adding ‘Responsibility’ to the Shopping List…

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Here we are in the New Year (half way through January already!).  So how are those New Year’s resolutions coming along?  Many people concentrate on what they should be giving up for the New Year – alcohol, chocolate or biscuits.  A more positive approach might be to consider what changes we can take on board, …

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Can We Love Our Clothes Like We Love Our Carrots?

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You might think that asking someone to have a better relationship with their clothes is a bit strange.  Well it’s actually more of a re-awakening of old values.  Do you remember being told to ‘treat your clothes with more respect’ when you chucked them on your bedroom floor?  Right now Fast Fashion means that it’s …

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