Lesson 3 Living Green: A Guide to Sustainable Choices
Why Fashion Needs to Be More Sustainable
Jessi is a fashion blogger who loves unique, ____ clothes.
But guess what? She does not buy new clothes. Instead, she buys ____ secondhand.
You may think secondhand clothes are ____ fashioned, but by buying them, Jessi can try different styles.
She also does not get too ____ to any style or brand because there is always another exciting outfit waiting to be discovered.
Jessi’s clothing habits are not just ____ creating a style; they are about saving the Earth.
The ____ is that her actions help reduce the production and consumption of clothes.
Worth over $3 trillion
Worth over $3 trillion and ____ up 2% of the world’s GDP, the fashion industry today has an almost entirely linear approach.
The process ____ in a straight line from design to consumption to disposal.
Material extraction, textile ____, the supply chain, design, sales, marketing,
and other steps are guided by the aim of maximizing garment ____ without considering other issues.
Due to linear ____, the fashion industry negatively affects the environment.
85% of textiles go into landfills, only 1% of the material is ____,
at least 500,000 tons of microfibers end up in the ocean (equal to 50 billion plastic bottles), and 93 billion ____ meters of water is required for textile production annually.
Alarming numbers like these will keep increasing if producers ____ the old system.
It is clear that waste and pollution from the ____ industry must be reduced.
Linear fashion must ____, and this could happen through circular fashion.
Circular fashion is inspired by the principles of a circular economy and sustainable ____.
A circular economy is based on limiting waste, keeping resources and materials in use, and reusing ____.
In a circular model, we ____, use, and reuse materials for as long as possible to extract their maximum value.
Therefore, clothing and textiles are produced, used, and ____ to minimize waste.
It is a renewable approach to reduce the fashion industry’s ____ impact.
Circular fashion provides numerous benefits.
First, extending the lifespan of ____ significantly reduces textile waste, benefiting the environment.
Second, circular processes ____ chemicals and materials safe for human health and the environment.
This ____ protects the environment and consumer health.
Third, materials are regenerated instead of being disposed of, which ____ their long-term use.
The rise of circular fashion is facilitated by new ____ and ideas.
Materials commonly used in clothing are not eco-friendly ____ they require considerable resources and often break down slowly.
This ____ a need for eco-friendly textile alternatives.
Currently, companies are developing recycled fibers and fibers extracted from agricultural waste products like ____, peels, and seeds.
One company uses ____ to make soft material from orange peels.
Another makes fabrics from ____ tree seeds.
The ____ grow well in poor soil without needing much water.
These new fabrics produce less waste, last a ____ time, and break down easily.
In addition to
In addition to these manufacturing techniques, technology will ____ in such a way that it may become normal to produce clothes only when people order them.
This “make-to-order” method will cost more, but then ____ money will be spent on maintaining offline stores.
And 3D technology will enable ____ to see how clothes will fit online without trying them on in a 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 sustainable is the ____: 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 ____ through what we buy.
The market, of course, will ____.
We can also reduce ____ by discarding clothes responsibly.
To be specific, we should buy only what we ____ and pass clothing on to someone who will wear it or to a thrift shop when discarding it.
Circular fashion ____ not solve every problem in the fashion industry overnight.
However, small steps in the right ____ are better than nothing.
Keeping things in the supply chain for as ____ cycles as possible is really important.
By making small changes to our clothing habits today, the fashion industry ____ gradually improve.
After all, nothing is more fashionable than saving the ____.