Climate Courage - we must address excessive fashion consumption

Send us Fan MailThe stats on the fashion industry and OURSELEVES are truly staggering – and not in a good way. The clothing sector produces between two and eight per cent of global carbon emissions, while textile dyeing is a major polluter of water, not to forget, luxury brands are central in massive deforestation rates. Fast fashion is out of control, and the average person is buying 60 per cent more clothing than 15 years ago, with each item kept for only half as long.Recently we heard the breaking news about Shein, a fast fashion provider on steroids, where workers in its supply chain are paid as little as 3p to work 18-hour shifts. If they make a mistake on the 500 garments per day they are required to produce, workers will probably see their daily salary reduced by two-thirds… which is on top of the fact they have no weekends off, and get only one rest day per month.Human suffering and environmental degradation on multiple levels, and we still buy it. In fact, “the global fast fashion market is expected to grow from $91.23 billion in 2021 to $99.23 billion in 2022 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.8%. The market is expected to grow to $133.43 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.7%,” according to Research and Markets. We must address this! It’s time, so I am delighted to welcome a team of sustainable fashion super stars onto Climate Courage, and we are going to have an open, honest and frank conversation about an issue that must be addressed by every single one of us. My super star panel includes (in no particular order)Jenni Thorman, founder of My Best Friend Jen, studio manager at Second Stitch, and someone who is equally passionate about social enterprise https://www.secondstitch.org.au/https://www.mybestfriendjen.com/ Stephanie Dickson, founder of Green Is The New Black, host of the Live Wide Awake Podcast, speaker, and co-founder of UNTAM3Dhttps://greenisthenewblack.com/ Raye Padit, founder and CEO at The Fashion Pulpit, fashion designer and sustainable fashion advocatehttps://www.thefashionpulpit.com/ Susannah Jaffer, founder of ZERRIN, former beauty and fashion editor, brand consultant and community builderhttps://zerrin.com/Let’s stop feeling useless in this fight. It’s stopping us from acting #UncommonCourage #ClimateCourage To get in touch with me, here I amWebsites www.andreatedwards.com and www.uncommon-courage.comMy book Uncommon Courage, An Invitation And the Uncommon Courage workbook My other book, 18 Steps to an All—Star LinkedIn Profile (2022 edition)    LinkedIn @AndreaTEdwardsTwitter @AndreaTEdwardsInstagram @UncommonAndrea My professional Facebook page And my Facebook Group Uncommon Courage You can find me Andrea T Edwards | The Digital Conversationalist and Welcome - Uncommon Courage - An Invitation. My book Uncommon Courage, an invitation, is here https://mybook.to/UncommonCourage My book 18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile, is here https://mybook.to/18stepstoanallstar