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Is fashion causing a biodiversity crisis?
Many of us are already aware of the link between the fashion industry and climate change: the clothing industry generates more greenhouse gases than international aviation and shipping combined. Less well-known is the contribution fashion is making to the biodiversity crisis.
Re-Fashion
“We exist to make sure clothes don’t go to landfill,” says Andrew Ferguson, Founder of Re-Fashion, a new and rapidly expanding preloved clothing retailer.
Don’t be fooled: Greenwashing in fashion
Accusations of greenwashing have been levelled at many fashion brands, whose eco-friendly marketing all-too-often disguises the reality of environmental harms and worker exploitation.
So, how can you tell real green from greenwashed?
Waste no More: Tackling Food Waste in the UK
Apps, charities and community fridges help to tackle food waste in the UK.
How You Can Practice Zero Waste Living this Summer
The less waste each of us can produce, the better those who come after us will live. Here are some tips on how to create a zero waste lifestyle.
Latvia: Drowning in imported textiles
If nothing changes, Western textile imports threaten to drown a small Eastern European country in textile waste within 15 years.
Why Secondhand is the New Black
REAL takes a look at the changing attitudes when it comes to second hand clothing and the impacts it’s having on the fashion industry. It considers the issues involved with used apparel.
Global Justice in the Fashion Supply Chain
REAL attended the Terra {Fora} event with a hard hitting panel looking at issues such as decolonisation and degrowth in the fashion supply chain and how we can change the focus from profit to people and nature.
Why the Government’s New Policies Won’t Make Fashion Sustainable
The clothing industry is unarguably exploitative, highly wasteful and a major contributor to climate change. However, effective legislation to address these issues has been frustratingly lacking so far. Government has instead preferred to rely on voluntary industry initiatives that deliver only incremental change, falling far short of the transformative action needed.
G7 to COP26
REAL attended the COP26 Coalition press conference. Panelists considered barriers to addressing the climate crisis, the militaristic response by nations and restrictions to civil liberties.
Beyond Net Zero – A Systemic Design Approach
The Design Council is the government’s advisor on design. REAL takes a look at their April 2021 report Beyond Net Zero. There needs to be a design focus on sustainability or regeneration, accessing information and working systemically.
Are Electric Vehicles the Solution?
REAL Sustainability looks at the social and environmental impact of two key resources used in batteries for electric vehicles. Also considered is the long-term sustainability of mass car ownership.
