Lesson 3 Living Green: A Guide to Sustainable Choices
Why Fashion Needs to Be More Sustainable
Jessi is a fashion blogger who ____ unique, vibrant clothes.
But guess what? She does not buy new clothes. Instead, she ____ them secondhand.
You may think ____ clothes are old fashioned, but by buying them, Jessi can try different styles.
She ____ does not get too attached to any style or brand because there is always another exciting outfit waiting to be discovered.
Jessi’s clothing habits are not just about creating a style; they are about ____ the Earth.
The reason is that her actions ____ 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 moves in a straight line ____ design to consumption to disposal.
Material extraction, textile manufacturing, the supply chain, design, ____, marketing,
and other steps are guided by the ____ of maximizing garment consumption without considering other issues.
Due to ____ fashion, the fashion industry negatively affects the environment.
85% of textiles go into ____, only 1% of the material is recycled,
at ____ 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 textile production annually.
Alarming numbers like these ____ keep increasing if producers maintain the old system.
It is ____ that waste and pollution from the fashion industry must be reduced.
____ fashion must change, and this could happen through circular fashion.
Circular fashion is ____ by the principles of a circular economy and sustainable development.
A circular economy is based on limiting waste, keeping resources and materials in ____, and reusing them.
In a ____ model, we make, use, and reuse materials for as long as possible to extract their maximum value.
Therefore, clothing and textiles are ____, used, and reused to minimize waste.
It is a renewable approach to reduce the fashion industry’s environmental ____.
Circular fashion provides numerous benefits.
First, extending the lifespan of fibers significantly reduces textile waste, ____ the environment.
____, circular processes utilize chemicals and materials safe for 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 new ____ and ideas.
Materials commonly used in clothing are not ____ because they require considerable resources and often break down slowly.
This creates a need for ____ textile alternatives.
Currently, companies are developing recycled fibers and fibers extracted ____ agricultural waste products like leaves, peels, and seeds.
One company uses nanotechnology to make soft material from orange ____.
Another makes ____ from kapok tree seeds.
The trees grow well in poor soil ____ needing much water.
These new fabrics produce less waste, last a ____ 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 clothes only when people order ____.
This “____” method will cost more, but then less money will be spent on maintaining offline stores.
And 3D technology will enable people to see how ____ will fit online without trying them on in a store.
In the long run, innovation in production and sales will facilitate sustainable fashion and considerably reduce ____ waste and logistics emissions.
Another key to ____ fashion sustainable is the consumer: us.
If we want the ____ industry to adopt more sustainable practices, we must care about how clothes come to us.
We should then demonstrate our concerns ____ what we buy.
The ____, of course, will respond.
We ____ also reduce waste by discarding clothes responsibly.
To be specific, we should buy only what we need and pass clothing on to someone ____ will wear it or to a thrift shop when discarding it.
Circular fashion will ____ solve every problem in the fashion industry overnight.
However, small steps in the ____ direction are better than nothing.
Keeping things in the supply chain for as many cycles as ____ is really important.
By making small changes to our clothing habits today, the fashion industry ____ gradually improve.
After ____, nothing is more fashionable than saving the planet.