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Fast fashion is hot. And not in a good way.
It’s responsible for 10% of the world’s climate-heating CO2—1.2 billion tons a year. It’s also the world’s second most polluting industry, after oil and gas.
In fact, the more you know about fast fashion, the uglier it looks.
- Fast fashion pumps out more carbon emissions per minute than driving a car around the world six times.
- Fast fashion retailer Shein, which adds 1.3 million new styles annually, emits as much carbon annually as a major airline.
- By 2050, the apparel industry will use more than a quarter of the carbon budget allowable if we’re to limit global warming to 2°C.
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Fast fashion also fuels climate disasters like the recent megastorms Helene and Milton. Which makes you wonder: Is a $5 dress really worth a category 5 hurricane? Are we OK with that?
This is the question posed in a recent article at FastCompany.com. It’s a fascinating story. It draws a direct line from fast fashion emissions to the hurricanes and other climate disasters that are now killing people and destroying communities across the U.S.
Give it a read. And remember as you shop this holiday season that your choices do make a difference. Choices like going to local stores instead of Amazon. Purchasing fair trade products from companies that pay workers a living wage. Buying sustainable clothes instead of fast fashion.
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