Lesson 3 Living Green: A Guide to Sustainable Choices
Why Fashion Needs to Be More Sustainable
Jessi is a fashion blogger ____ loves unique, vibrant clothes.
____ guess what? She does not buy new clothes. Instead, she buys them secondhand.
You may think secondhand clothes are ____ fashioned, but by buying them, Jessi can try different styles.
She also does not get too attached to any style or brand because there ____ always another exciting outfit waiting to be discovered.
Jessi’s ____ habits are not just about creating a style; they are about saving the Earth.
____ reason is that her actions help reduce the production and consumption of clothes.
Worth over $3 trillion
Worth over $3 trillion and making up 2% of the world’s GDP, the ____ industry today has an almost entirely linear approach.
____ process moves in a straight line from design to consumption to disposal.
Material extraction, textile ____ the supply chain, design, sales, marketing,
and other steps are guided ____ the aim of maximizing garment consumption without considering other issues.
Due to linear fashion, the fashion ____ negatively affects the environment.
____ of textiles go into landfills, only 1% of the material is recycled,
at least 500,000 tons of microfibers end up in the ocean (equal to 50 billion plastic bottles), and 93 billion cubic meters of water is required for ____ production annually.
Alarming ____ like these will keep increasing if producers maintain the old system.
It is clear that ____ and pollution from the fashion industry must be reduced.
Linear fashion must change, and this could happen through circular ____
Circular fashion is inspired by the principles of a circular ____ and sustainable development.
A circular economy is based on ____ waste, keeping resources and materials in use, and reusing them.
In a circular model, we make, use, and reuse materials for as long as possible to extract their ____ value.
Therefore, clothing and textiles are produced, ____ and reused to minimize waste.
It is a renewable approach to ____ the fashion industry’s environmental impact.
Circular fashion provides numerous benefits.
First, extending the lifespan of ____ significantly reduces textile waste, benefiting the environment.
Second, circular processes utilize chemicals and materials safe ____ human health and the environment.
This ____ protects the environment and consumer health.
Third, materials are ____ instead of being disposed of, which enables their long-term use.
The rise of circular fashion is facilitated by ____ technology and ideas.
Materials commonly used in clothing are not eco-friendly because they require considerable resources and ____ break down slowly.
This creates a ____ for eco-friendly textile alternatives.
Currently, companies are developing ____ fibers and fibers extracted from agricultural waste products like leaves, peels, and seeds.
One company uses nanotechnology ____ make soft material from orange peels.
____ makes fabrics from kapok tree seeds.
The trees grow well ____ poor soil without needing much water.
These new fabrics produce less waste, last ____ long time, and break down easily.
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In addition to these manufacturing techniques, technology will improve in such a way that it may become normal to produce ____ only when people order them.
This “make-to-order” method will cost more, but then less money will be spent on maintaining ____ stores.
And 3D technology will enable people to see how clothes will fit online without trying them on in ____ store.
In the long run, innovation in production and sales will facilitate sustainable ____ and considerably reduce material waste and logistics emissions.
Another key to making fashion ____ is the consumer: us.
If we want the fashion industry to adopt more sustainable ____ we must care about how clothes come to us.
We should then demonstrate our concerns ____ what we buy.
The market, ____ course, will respond.
____ can also reduce waste by discarding clothes responsibly.
To be specific, we should buy only what we need and pass clothing on to someone who will wear it or to a thrift shop when discarding ____
Circular ____ will not solve every problem in the fashion industry overnight.
However, small steps in ____ right direction are better than nothing.
Keeping things in the supply chain for as many cycles as possible is ____ important.
____ making small changes to our clothing habits today, the fashion industry will gradually improve.
After all, nothing is more ____ than saving the planet.