Just a thought - does anyone have any info/stats re the impact of the
clothing/fashion industry on the environment/economy/society?
- material resources used (natural fibres, energy, water, chemicals....)
- materials currently used as opposed to ideal-world usage, e.g. are some
fibre sources more environmentally sound? (both in terms of land use and in
terms of processing) (e.g. should Australia produce so much wool? - I'll
bet the answer's no)
- pollution generated
- labour hours consumed
- percentage of different countries' work-force, economy....
- status/conditions/gender composition of workers
- genuine as opposed to hyped-up need for clothing production (how many
pairs of jeans do I really need in a lifetime?)
- impact of washing/drycleaning
- etc.
Any enlightenment most welcome!
Melissa Raven
(ardent (addicted) op-shopper and wearer of old clothes looking for excuses
to justify my faded, unironed, but generally clean attire)
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Melissa Raven
Lecturer
NCETA [National Centre for Education & Training on Addiction]
Flinders University
BEDFORD PARK SA 5042
AUSTRALIA
Telephone 61(0)8 201 7557
Fax 61(0)8 201 7550
Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Apr 19 09:52:46 MDT 1995
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From: "Jackie Van Brocklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],
"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 10:56:25 CST
Subject: Re: clothing/fashion
I am not enough aware of the mercantile industry, but I do see an
"excess" of clothing - especially for women! The "good news" is
that there is becoming a *NEW* and upcoming industry of "RESALE!"
This just makes so much sense, I can hardly believe it's being
done on such a scale (at least in MY area...).
Actually, it's to our benefit as women to have these recycled
clothing places! It's MUCH cheaper - and we can be happy that yet
another item has not been tossed in the landfill!!!
Jackie
