52. Sustainable Style: Mitigating Fashion's Environmental Impact with Anna Bakst and Michele Rutigliano
Forces for Nature
English - January 13, 2023 17:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBNature Science Kids & Family Pets & Animals environment climate change good news animals wildlife sustainability positive environmental education environmental issues nature Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
According to the OECD, if fashion were a country, it would be the fourth largest emitter of CO2 in the world*! And a significant percentage of those emissions comes from just the creation of the textiles and leathers that are to be used for clothing and accessories. Unfortunately, too many of these raw materials are left unused and either end up in a landfill or in climate-controlled (aka energy-guzzling) warehouses.
Anna Bakst and Michele Rutigliano are two fashion industry veterans that saw this waste as an opportunity and created the brand We-Ar4. Through their experience, relationships, vision, and skills, they are engineering a new fashion system with beautiful, limited-edition garments that have an immediate and sustainable impact. They use material excess for about 85% of their collection and are very conscious and transparent about what they utilize for the rest. They also have an option to resale items that have been pre-loved.
Before making your next fashion purchase, you must listen to this episode!
Highlights
What YOU Can Do
Over 100 billion items of clothing are produced a year**! Buy less.Before you buy, ask yourself, "Will I wear this clothing item at least 30 times before throwing it out ?”Buy better quality to wear for longer.Choose more sustainable materials.Resources
We-Ar4 Website We-Ar4 Instagram Wear Me 30x Campaign* https://theecohub.com/how-fashion-and-climate-change-are-linked/
** https://earth.org/fast-fashion-facts/
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