Dear Green American, Growing up, I spent much of my time after school underneath my mother’s sewing machine in a dusty, incandescent lit factory. Garment workers like my mom are part of millions of workers along the global fashion industry struggling to make ends meet, from picking cotton, dyeing textiles, sewing, to those delivering 1-click order right to our doorsteps. With the rise of fast fashion and Amazon, it’s never been easier to shop for clothing, but the hidden cost has been unkind to our planet and often to its workforce. A quick click of a button can get you a trendy new outfit; it takes so much more to stop rampant wage theft, forced labor in Uyghur region, deforestation, and the chemical waste that pollutes our water and soil. | 
