Did you know 100 BILLION garments are produced every year and 87% of those garments end up discarded?

two fishermen walking across a shore littered with piles of clothes

Beach in Accra, Ghana covered in trashed garments. NOT cute!!!! Learn more at https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ghana-becomes-dumping-ground-for-the-worlds-unwanted-used-clothes"

60%-80% of garment makers are female. Around 50% have been sexually assaulted, abused, or harassed. Along with this, they have to face the risk of injury and death because of poor working conditions.

First responders surround a shoe factory fire in Jinjiang, China

Just this July, 28 workers were killed in a fire at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, China (https://www.nbcnews.com/world/china/major-casualties-fire-shoe-factory-china-rcna353646). There is a history of negligence and unsafe working conditions in garment production. Search up the "Rana Plaza collapse" to hear about most severe garment factory tragedy.

The clothing industry produces the same amount of greenhouse gases as France, Germany, and the UK COMBINED!!! AI data centers used 560 billion gallons of water annually. The garment making industry uses 24 trillion gallons of water annually.

A boy collecting pieces of fabric from a river stained an unnatural purple

Massive amounts of PFAs (cancer causing chemicals) have been found in the Turag river in Dhaka, Bangledesh, which is stained purple from the harmful concentrations of fabric dye leaking from factories. Read more at https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/29/alarming-levels-of-forever-chemicals-found-in-water-near-bangladesh-garment-factories

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Sustainable Style was created to educate students about more than just the surface level facts you see on TikTok about SHEIN and garment waste. We wanted to be an shame-free resource that shows people acessable, fun alternatives to fast fashion, while fighting overconsumption. Slow fashion doesn't have to just be pricey brands like Patagonia or Reformation, and it also doesn't have to be trashing all your Ross and Shein clothes. It can be creative, personal, and fun DIYs and repairs using what you already have or can find! Also for the thrifters: Once you learn how to alter/flip your finds, thrifting becomes 10 times easier and cheaper （˶•̀ ᎑-˶）

Did you know 100 BILLION garments are produced every year and 87% of those garments end up discarded?

60%-80% of garment makers are female. Around 50% have been sexually assaulted, abused, or harassed. Along with this, they have to face the risk of injury and death because of poor working conditions.

The clothing industry produces the same amount of greenhouse gases as France, Germany, and the UK COMBINED!!! AI data centers used 560 billion gallons of water annually. The garment making industry uses 24 trillion gallons of water annually.

How can students like us help?

Our Mission

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