Fast Fashion Environmental Justice Now
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- Documentary
Welcome to Time to Change, the podcast which focuses on rising environmental issues. This episode takes a deep dive into the Fast Fashion industry, following the lifecycle of your clothes from factories to the shelves and then to landfills. We seek to uncover not only the environmental impacts of Fast Fashion, but also the realities for those dealing with our clothing waste.
The episode features audio taken from a Greenpeace program on water pollution in China (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfw6z1Links to an external site.), the Rana Plaza New York Times documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fkhzdc4ybwLinks to an external site.), and a TextileWasteFacts Panel on a Ghana second hand clothing market (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUGC-amdRaI&t=122sLinks to an external site.). Our background music is Settle’s “Chill Lofi Mix” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLeZyIID9Bo&t=7sLinks to an external site.).
More Information
Economics of Fast Fashion:
Wall Street Journal “The High Price of Fast Fashion”: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-high-price-of-fast-fashion-11567096637Links to an external site.
Wipro “Breakdown of Fast Fashion Supply Chain”: https://www.wipro.com/engineering/a-breakdown-of-the-fashion-supply-chain/Links to an external site.
Wisconsin School of Business “Fast Fashion Business Model May Speed Up Environmental Decline”: https://business.wisc.edu/news/fast-fashion-business-model-may-speed-up-environmental-decline/Links to an external site.
Good On You “What on Earth is a Clothing Supply Chain?”: https://goodonyou.eco/what-is-a-clothing-supply-chain/#:~:text=The%20production%20of%20textiles%20encompasses,%2C%20dyeing%2C%20and%20finishing%20itLinks to an external site..
Human Impacts and Clothing Landfills:
US News “How Dead White Man's Clothing is Clogging the Global South”:
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2021-11-11/how-dead-white-mans-clothing-is-clogging-the-global-southLinks to an external site.
Boston University School of Public Health “The Aftermath of Fast Fashion: How Discarded Clothes Impact Public Health and The Environment”: https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2022/the-aftermath-of-fast-fashion-how-discarded-clothes-impact-public-health-and-the-environment/Links to an external site.
Rachel Bick “The Global Environmental Injustice of Fast Fashion”: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-018-0433-7Links to an external site.
Environmental Impacts:
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency “Air Quality and Health”: https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/air-quality-and-health#:~:text=Air%20pollution%20also%20increases%20the,people%20who%20are%20already%20illLinks to an external site..
McKinsey “Fashion on Climate Report”: https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/industries/retail/our%20insights/fashion%20on%20climate/fashion-on-climate-full-report.pdfLinks to an external site.
World Economic Forum “Water Pollution is Killing Millions of Indians”: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/10/water-pollution-in-india-data-tech-solution/Links to an external site.
Environmental and Energy Study Institute “Fact Sheet”: https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-climate-environmental-and-health-impacts-of-fossil-fuels-2021#3Links to an external site.
Welcome to Time to Change, the podcast which focuses on rising environmental issues. This episode takes a deep dive into the Fast Fashion industry, following the lifecycle of your clothes from factories to the shelves and then to landfills. We seek to uncover not only the environmental impacts of Fast Fashion, but also the realities for those dealing with our clothing waste.
The episode features audio taken from a Greenpeace program on water pollution in China (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfw6z1Links to an external site.), the Rana Plaza New York Times documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fkhzdc4ybwLinks to an external site.), and a TextileWasteFacts Panel on a Ghana second hand clothing market (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUGC-amdRaI&t=122sLinks to an external site.). Our background music is Settle’s “Chill Lofi Mix” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLeZyIID9Bo&t=7sLinks to an external site.).
More Information
Economics of Fast Fashion:
Wall Street Journal “The High Price of Fast Fashion”: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-high-price-of-fast-fashion-11567096637Links to an external site.
Wipro “Breakdown of Fast Fashion Supply Chain”: https://www.wipro.com/engineering/a-breakdown-of-the-fashion-supply-chain/Links to an external site.
Wisconsin School of Business “Fast Fashion Business Model May Speed Up Environmental Decline”: https://business.wisc.edu/news/fast-fashion-business-model-may-speed-up-environmental-decline/Links to an external site.
Good On You “What on Earth is a Clothing Supply Chain?”: https://goodonyou.eco/what-is-a-clothing-supply-chain/#:~:text=The%20production%20of%20textiles%20encompasses,%2C%20dyeing%2C%20and%20finishing%20itLinks to an external site..
Human Impacts and Clothing Landfills:
US News “How Dead White Man's Clothing is Clogging the Global South”:
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2021-11-11/how-dead-white-mans-clothing-is-clogging-the-global-southLinks to an external site.
Boston University School of Public Health “The Aftermath of Fast Fashion: How Discarded Clothes Impact Public Health and The Environment”: https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2022/the-aftermath-of-fast-fashion-how-discarded-clothes-impact-public-health-and-the-environment/Links to an external site.
Rachel Bick “The Global Environmental Injustice of Fast Fashion”: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-018-0433-7Links to an external site.
Environmental Impacts:
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency “Air Quality and Health”: https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/air-quality-and-health#:~:text=Air%20pollution%20also%20increases%20the,people%20who%20are%20already%20illLinks to an external site..
McKinsey “Fashion on Climate Report”: https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/industries/retail/our%20insights/fashion%20on%20climate/fashion-on-climate-full-report.pdfLinks to an external site.
World Economic Forum “Water Pollution is Killing Millions of Indians”: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/10/water-pollution-in-india-data-tech-solution/Links to an external site.
Environmental and Energy Study Institute “Fact Sheet”: https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-climate-environmental-and-health-impacts-of-fossil-fuels-2021#3Links to an external site.