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The REAL Cost of Fashion
The following contains excerpts from the article The Environmental Costs of Fast Fashion by Patsy Perry, 8 January 2018. It’s tempting to bow to fashion pressure and replace our clothing as style and conformity dictate. It’s hard to resist the tempting deals in the January and other sales. But how many of us spare a thought for the impact of fast fashion on the environment? Fast fashion focuses on speed and low costs. But the price of delivering frequent new collections inspired by catwalk looks or celebrity styles is a high one. Pressure to reduce cost and the time it takes to get a product from design to shop floor…
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It’s a Wonderful World Photo Gallery
It’s still a beautiful planet and it’s always worth reminding ourselves what we stand to lose. Any of the photos in the following gallery are available to purchase as high-resolution digital downloads or as framed prints. For details, please visit our photo store. 30% of all proceeds will go toward our tree planting fund. The remainder helps us to run this website and other RECOVER EDEN initiatives.
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Capitalism and the Environment
Whatever you believe about global warming, the fact is that our planet really does face some pretty difficult times ahead and global warming appears to be just the tip of the iceberg – so to speak. Air pollution, acid rain, ozone depletion, and toxic waste in our rivers and oceans; our environment is being destroyed and it’s being destroyed in the name of profit.
