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How does fast fashion affect the earth's atmosphere?

By jasenna

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This resource was created by a student at New Roots Charter School. It is shared here in partnership with Teaching Our Cities and Common Ground’s Schoolyards Project. To learn more, visit https://teachcity.org/projects/ithaca-solarpunk. If you adopt or adapt this resource, please acknowledge New Roots Charter School. This project is funded in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under agreement number 00A00463 to the New Haven Ecology Project. iit may not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred.

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What is Fast Fashion?

Fast fashion is a term used to describe a mass production industry which replicates high fashion designs at a very cheap price. A lot of people purchasing these clothes are not aware of the effects it has on the environment, climate, workers, and more. My project is important because my goal is to inform people and help spread awareness concerning this issue.

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About fast fashion:

  • Every year, 100 billion clothing items are produced
  • Around 93% of fashion companies do not pay their garment workers a living wage
  • Fast fashion brands use production cycles that heavily pollute water and land
  • The average american throws away about 81 pounds of clothing every year
  • Around 68% of fast fashion companies have no gender equality at production faculties

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Pollution resulting from fast fashion:

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Effects of the industry on its workers:

  • Fast fashion companies exploit their workers to maximize profits
  • The working conditions in the factories are very unsafe, dirty, and poorly ventilated
  • Underage woman are forced to work very long hours with minimal pay
  • Workers are sometimes verbally or physically abused
  • Diseases from toxins occur frequently
  • Injuries are also frequent
  • Since 2005, there have been more than 1800 deaths

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Fast fashion factory:

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What can we do?

  • Stop purchasing more clothes than you actually need
  • Stop throwing away clothes after just a few times of wearing them
  • Shop at second hand stores
  • Stop buying from companies who exploit their workers
  • Help spread awareness about this issue

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Works cited:

https://www.greenamerica.org/blog/factory-exploitation-and-fast-fashion-machine

https://goodonyou.eco/what-is-fast-fashion/

https://www.sustainyourstyle.org/old-working-conditions

https://labourbehindthelabel.org/our-work/working-conditions/