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Bust the eco-fashion myth
To begin with, given an example of typical misperception or stereotype of sustainable fashion. Make it weird and funny. Use the sound track of Do It Right by Martin Solveig when create your video.
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Dress up in your eco-fashion look
Show how stylish and chic sustainable fashion could be! Tag your outfits and explain why they are sustainable. End the video with a simple pledge on promoting sustainable fashion.
SOME ECO-FASHION CHOICES:
- wear sustainable brands
- wear secondhand clothes
- repair clothes
- recycle clothes
- upcycle clothes
- rent clothes
- share closets with others
- participate in clothing swaps
- make your own clothes
- rediscover clothes you own
- make sure your clothes are made of good ingredients
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Use #MakeItFeelRight and #MakeAPledge and post
Make the pledge as your post description! Don’t forget to hashtag #MakeItFeelRight and #MakeAPledge.
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Redeem your Tree Certificate
Go to our “Tree Cert” page to register your TikTok/Instagram pledge post. We will plant a tree on your behalf with our partner One Tree Planted. In return, we will send you a Tree Certificate to thank you for your contribution to global reforestation.
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#makeitfeelright
how small fashion changes make a big environmental difference
making one cotton shirt costs
- about 4.5 months of power for the average US household
- about 3 years of water needed for the average adult
- about 2.1kg of CO2 emission
making one pair of jeans costs
- about 200 showers or 8,183 liters of water
- about 100 miles driven in a car or 41.1kg of CO2 emission
one less load of laundry saves 60.6 liters of water
making one adult wool sweater costs 221 gallons of water
if annual clothing microfiber pollution from our clothes was eliminated from oceans, it would equal the removal of 50 billion plastic bottles per year
- OECOTEXTILES: Carbon footprint of the textile industry
- World Wildlife Fund: The impact of a cotton t-shirt, 2013
- Changing Markets Foundation, Fossil Fashion: The hidden reliance of fast fashion on fossil fuels, February 2021
- Treehugger: How many gallons of water does it take to make…, 2018
- Dezeen: We need designers, not scientists, to show us how to change the world, says Babette Procelijn, 2017
- Prudent Reviews: How much water does a washing machine use? (With 28 real examples), 2021