FAST FASHION-
"providing clothes cheaply and quickly to consumers through short fashion cycles"- GreenBiz
713 gallons. That is how much water it takes to produce 1 shirt!
That is enough water for a human to survive on for 2.5 years.
With the fast fashion industry increasing rapidly the number of resources that it uses increases drasticly.
The industry is just not sustainable for the future!
In addition to using hundreds of gallons of water per shirt, fast fashion also releases CO2 commonly known as greenhouse gasses.
A car that drives 80 miles prodcues the same amount of CO2 as making 1 pair of jeans.
Now think about how many jeans and shirts you have now and how many will get this year.
Multiply that by the number of people in the world and you have millions upon millions of wasted resources. "Globally, 80% of discarded textiles are doomed for the landfill or incineration. Only 20% are actually reused or recycled" (reMake).
The fast fahion industry has only increased the waste.
So the real question is what can you do to save our enviroment? Explore some more to find out!
Image of hands typing from Women of Color in Tech Chat.
This is affecting students everywhere - in big cities, rural areas, tribal reservations, and suburbs of all sizes. Race and income level are driving factors in determining who has access and who doesn’t.
Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that
“Everyone has a right to education.”
In 2016, the UN declared the internet a human right with the addition of
Section 32 to Article 19: Article 19: “Everyone has the right to freedom
of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions
without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and
ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” Section 32: “The
promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet”
Hi. My name is Zel. I was motivated to make this website because the digital divide has a deep and often invisible negative impact. I think everyone should be able to participate and express themselves on the internet.