The idea of starting with sustainable fashion came about in 2015 after having studied Fashion Design. There I observed the great impact that fast fashion has on the environment, how it influences climate change, society and the economy. I am an entrepreneur and sustainable fashion designer-blogger.
Every spring-summer and autumn-winter season, fast fashion looks for different collections that generate tons of waste from unused fabrics.
Fashion is one of the most polluting industries and one of the most influential one. Currently, total greenhouse gas emissions from textiles production, at 1.2 billion tonnes annually, are more than those of all international flights and maritime shipping combined, that’s really alarming. By some estimates, emissions in this sector are expected to rise by more than 60% by 2030. In 2015 two large agreements realized the way to where we have to go, what direction to take and what we need to do to live on a more sustainable planet, this is how the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change were adopted. But when we talk about the SDGs and fashion we also refer to the human and labour exploitation of textile production, because sustainability must be analyzed around its three dimensions, i,e. social, economic and environmental. We can meet our needs without accumulating things and buying what we don’t need, without compromising with resources and possibilities for future generations. We have innovative ideas and this is our opportunity to take care of our planet because there is no planet B.
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭".
-María Emilia Burgos
