Hi,

Please join us for an Earth Day Live event on Friday, May 13th at 12:00pm EDT (GMT -4) entitled Fitting Fashion for the Future: How The Fashion Act Hopes to Change the Industry for Good. The digital event discusses New York's proposed Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act (the Fashion Act), and how it intends to reshape the environmental landscape surrounding fast fashion. 

The $2.5 trillion USD global fashion industry is one of the most far-reaching and negatively impactful of all industries. It contributes disproportionately to greenhouse gas emissions, microplastic ocean pollution, toxic chemical use, depletion of soil, deforestation and landfill waste, as well as engaging in low labor standards. Pending passage in New York, the fashion capital of the world, the Act is a groundbreaking policy addressing the fashion industry’s destructive impacts on the environment and exploitation of garment factory workers around the world. 

We have the opportunity to turn the tide on fast fashion, will you join us? 

The event will be approximately 1 hour and hosted on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and on our webpage. By RSVP'ing, you'll receive a reminder on the day with a link to view the event.

Current panelists include: 

• The Honorable Anna R. Kelles – New York State Assembly, 125th Assembly District 
• Maxine Bedat – Executive Director, New Standard Institute 
• Michelle Gabriel – Educator and researcher, Glasgow Caledonian New York College

We look forward to an engaging conversation on the future of the fast fashion industry. 

Best, 

Shelley Rogers  
Artists for the Earth Coordinator