How to be a responsible consumer?
How to be a responsible consumer?
According to Ellen MacArthur Foundation (2020) consumers are responsible for 20% of the environmental impacts.
In a world ruled by supply and demand, consumers are also responsible for the environmental deterioration of our planet. The accelerated consumption and disposal of low-cost garments and products with no consciousness of the real social an environmental cost plus, the bad care of our products, are some of the actions that we can change to mitigate our impacts.
How can I help?
According to Fashion Revolution, 25% of the fashion industry carbon footprint, comes from the bad care that we give to our clothes.
Low-cost fashion is normally fabricated with low quality materials and unethical practices; therefore, they have a short duration. Nonetheless, in many cases, we don’t take the right care of our garments.
The right use and care of our clothing has an enormous potential to reduce carbon emissions. During the “Copenhagen Fashion Summit de 2020” simple actions for consumers to support the fight for climate change were mentioned.
Here are some of them:
- When you wash your clothes avoid 1 every 6 loads
- Wash your clothes with cold water or under 30 grades
- Air dry instead of the clothes dryer
- Change or buy 1 piece every 5 from sustainable or responsible brands
Textile Recycling
Another area of opportunity are recycled textiles.
According to the report “A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning Fashion Future” (2017), around 500 bill USD are lost every year due to the underuse of clothing and the lack of its recycling.
Stablishing better consume habits, or mechanisms that permits to reinsert products in the chain of value is necessary. Nonetheless, to make this happen consumers, enterprises, brands, manufacturers, and producers as well as governments must be aligned and work together so we can implement significant changes for a right transition.
¡Don´t wait anymore! Through responsible consumption and the right care we can make big changes. Small and simple actions such as improving the way we choose, care, and buy clothes is a great way to start. Follow the care labels of our garments can also signify huge impacts in the long run.
¡If you want to join the fight for climate change with design this is for you!
Since 2016 Creamodite has researched and fomented a zero-waste method to create garments without waste, promoting sustainability. If you want to learn this method, you can access here to our workshop. If you already know about it, you can participate in our design contest Fashion Alive
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