November 2008
7 posts
“if you do not create your own agenda then you are, consciously or unconsciously,...”
– http://www.katefletcher.com/lifetimes/context4.html
“‘The relation of two rhythms: the natural replacement time of a garment or...”
“What these scenarios show is that we can save energy by targeting issues...”
– http://www.katefletcher.com/lifetimes/context2.html
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I really liked this video. I think it’s important for us all to understand where our garment have come from and the journey they have undergone before we can be moved enough to make a change. I saw this from the same group of young people and was inspired by the approach to ask questions of the retailers. We should all be asking questions about our clothes - where has it come from? Who made it?...
Ethical Trading Initiative - ETI - to identify and... →
Cheap, Fast and Dangerous?
“How can we foster a more sustainable way to shop?”
Is the ‘Primark Effect’ leading us into a never-ending cycle of buying cheap “disposable” garments which are dumped for a new style after just a few wears? The proportion of textile waste found at council tips in the UK has risen from 7% to 30% in just five years and that’s just the end of the chain.....