Ocean Art and Fashion
Water Walkers
-By Calla (USA)
Oceans poem
-By Laine (USA)
Ocean
The ocean is full of pollution
Dolphins dying galore
What’s the solution?
I implore
Recycle your trash
It’ll make such a splash
Reuse your clothes
It won’t be so hard, I suppose
Try turning off the lights, and the water too
It’ll be such a breakthrough
Help the ocean
It’s helped you before
Don’t you remember playing on its shore?
You’ve drunk its water
You’ve eaten its fish
Don’t you want to help the sea otters?
Take action
It’s not enough to make a wish
Fast Fashion to Ocean Pollution
Presentation created by Calla and Laine (USA)
Clothes account for up to 80% of all textiles entering our oceans each year. Not only do these items pollute the waterways and ocean, but they also affect the lives of marine life. People have found entangled sea life with plastic from fast-fashion clothing, threatening their overall health and life expectancy.
Enjoy our LOOK at this problem and how it is creating pollution in our oceans.
Fast Fashion to Water Pollution in India
Follow the route from field to factory to stores and the ways it pollutes our water.
Over production to Over consumption...
H&M and Zara
Chile’s Atacama Desert: Where Fast Fashion Goes to Die
Unsold clothing (59,000 tons that can't be sold in the USA or Europe) are dumped every year in the Atacama Desert of Chile. These are casualties and unpurchased lines of clothes, the garments are usually filled with toxins and dyes and are not biodegradable.
https://www.ecowatch.com/amp/chile-desert-fast-fashion-2655551898
The Environmental Disaster that is Fueled by Used Clothes and Fast Fashion
The dark side of the world's fashion addiction.
By creating a false demand for fresh looks, fast fashion is hurting the environment and our oceans!
Blue Tin Chicago
Reducing the need for fast fashion in Chicago; a local approach to creating fashion.
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/blue-tin-clothing-cooperative-chicago/
Behind the Scenes: The True Cost of fashion
Students in the USA watched the documentary: The True Cost of Fashion. This is a story about clothing. It’s about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world.
https://truecostmovie.com/