Today:::Unconsumption
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...If we refuse unfair prices and dangerous working conditions in our food
systems, we must maintain the same principles in all sectors. Awareness
of the environmental impact of human activities is growing. For food, it
means buying more organic, local, and seasonal products. For fashion,
it should mean more organic, local, and less seasonal. A piece of
clothing should last for decades. Like a recipe passed down from
generation to generation, we should pass our clothes down to our
grandchildren...
Pascale Brevet, in praise of quality and “slow fashion,” from Slow Fashion: Reconnecting Production and Consumption - Life - The Atlantic.
Pascale Brevet, in praise of quality and “slow fashion,” from Slow Fashion: Reconnecting Production and Consumption - Life - The Atlantic.
Pascale Brevet
Pascale Brevet is a French freelance writer, food consultant, and compulsive traveler....In its pursuit of profits, the fashion industry has relocated its production to North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. After the clothes are manufactured, they are transported back to the consumers' countries, depleting oil reserves and increasing greenhouse-gas emissions. These foreign producers are under pressure to achieve the lowest possible costs and to deliver within the shortest time. Neither the environmental impact of their production nor the appalling working conditions of the laborers -- low wages, myriad accidents, and child labor -- are of particular concern...
Source:theatlantic.com
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