Transcriber: Manisha Sharma Reviewer: Ayyappadas Vijayakumar
Life is so short to wear boring clothes. We all love fashion.
We have different dresses for each occasions.
Business suits, shoes, party wear, comfy joggers.
How much do you pay for the clothes in your wardrobe?
If you had the receipts, you can calculate this growing the cotton, dyeing the yarn,
sewing the buttons.
Nobody really knows how many places your shirt has traveled before it arrived
in your wardrobe. Fast fashion has a long, untraceable supply chain.
However, there is a cost behind each dress, pair of jeans,
shirt and socks that goes unnoticed by most people.
The cost to the environment I’m Bhavana
a first year tech student trying to speak out
and take action against climate change,
and I'm glad I have a great audience who are going to take action along with
me. The United Nations Environmental Program UNEP estimates that it
takes 10000 litres of water to create a pair of jeans.
This means roughly thirty three point four kilos of carbon equivalent emissions.
You might wonder why is there so much of water wasted in fast fashion?
Cotton is an extremely thirsty plant.
The textile industry not only wastes garment and energy,
but also a significant quantity of water.
As I said before, it requires 10000 litres of water to create a pair of jeans.
Consider how long you would take to drink it.
I’m lucky if I get two litres of water in a day. Regardless.
Millions of people who live in underdeveloped nations who cultivate
cotton or live near textile industries lack access to safe drinking water.
What is the relationship between cotton and climate change?
What's more surprising is that the world's fourth largest lake,
the Arals in Uzbekistan is on the verge of drying up.
According to the World Economic Forum,
the water level has decreased 23 metre zone when cotton farmers began utilising
the water for irrigation. The Aral Sea maintained a natural balance,
and its absence has caused the surrounding mountain glaciers to melt
as the temperature has risen. It's heartbreaking.
What was once a flourishing lake and a fishing village is now
a contributor to climate change and a significant health danger for
the locals. Unfortunately, Uzbekistan is still a big cotton producer,
and climate change is just a part of the problem.
Imagine the environmental cost of everything in a wardrobe.
Is this is just a case for a pair of jeans.
The UNEP and Ellen Macarthur Foundation have produce
the following figures to give us an idea.
The fashion industry utilizes 93 million cubic meters of water every year,
which is enough to cover the need of five million people.
Fabric dyeing and treatments accounts
for around 10 percent of global wastewater.
87 percent of the total input fiber used in clothing is burnt
or disposed in landfills. The fashion industry is responsible
for 10 percent of the annual global carbon emissions,
more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined.
By 2030, the fashion industry's impact
on climate change will increase by 50 percent.
Rate mentions the UNEP. Every year, half a million tons of plastic microfibres,
which is equivalent to 50 billion plastic bottles, are poured into the ocean.
What is the risk? Microfibers are impossible to remove
and can spread throughout the food chain,
so the fashion industry impact on climate change is titanic.
Where do these emissions come from?
You must search the supply chain to find out.
The supply chain is the web link that runs from your wardrobe to the retail,
transportation and shipping, production and processing,
and all the way back to the beginning of the line.
The raw materials used to make our items, such as cotton and polyester.
It may come as a surprise to find out.
Among all parts of fashion, fibers are the greatest source of emissions.
The textile fibers account for two thirds of carbon emissions.
Synthetic fibers, such as nylon and polyester,
are non-renewable and are made from fossil fuels such as crude oil.
Synthetic fibers consume an estimated of 342 million barrels of oil every year.
Recycled and reclaimed fibers are one option to mitigate these emissions.
A circular production chain can be followed instead of
a linear production chain in which the takes cells are made use
and discarded rather than being burnt.
A cloth is reintroduce it to the supply chain and is used to make another
garment. My dress is your dress.
There is a distinction between recycling and reclaiming when a product is recycled,
it's broken down into its components.
For example, a polo T-shirt into synthetic fibres,
and it can be reincarnated into anything made of synthetic fibers.
But when a product is reclaim,
it stays in the final condition and it's reused
for its intrinsic feature rather than being reduced to its components.
For example, a denim jean being transformed into a denim backpack.
While this solution is promising,
it requires the installation of systems to intercept
the textiles before they are discarded, have them processed,
and then have them return to the appropriate point of the supply chain.
One that, specializes for working with recycled products,
a similar fashion business,
is characterized as a regenerative system in which the clothing is circulated
as long as the maximum value is kept and then securely returned to
the biosphere we no longer use. Products are planned and developed in
a circular model with the next stage in mind.
Only around one percent of the clothes are recycled into new garments.
Buying less and using more is one of the best things we can do.
It would have a significant collective and a good influence on earth
on if everyone bought at least one used item this year.
Alternatively, fashion items should be designed with resource efficiency,
non toxicity, biodegradability and recyclability in mind.
When items aren't recyclable,
they should at least be biodegradable so that they can be used as a compost.
The connection between producers and consumers has pile of control,
like a treadmill that can only accelerate. Producers have artificially
stimulated the consumer demand through the use of technology such
as online shopping, which encourages impulsive
and extravagant purchases that offers and deals raising
the middle class audience. How can we fix this?
We can use alternative materials which are sustainable.
The world’s first outfit manufacturer of myeloma musroom leather.
At a sustainable leather substitute created for mycelium,
the perpetually renowned underground root structure of mushrooms will launch
by English fashion designer Stella McCartney in March with built in
partnership with the longtime collaborator .
Bold threats not just McCartney but the Hermes,
a premium design label debut to the bag made of fine mycelium.
Mycelium, interestingly, grows best in labs that air water and mulch
and is engineered to have no environmental effects.
Technology and research are playing a vital role in making
the industry more sustainable.
Athletic shoes and attires are getting made of plastics dumped into the ocean.
Fish skins and natural dyes are replacing chemicals.
Fruits skins are substituting fur, backpack
and purses are getting made of discarded canvas,
mentions the World Bank Organization.
Hemp is known to not only absorb carbon dioxide,
but also other hazardous contaminants in the environment,
making it as an important apparel of environmental friendly component.
Linen is a natural.
Linen is a natural cloth created from fibres of the flax plant,
linen dates back to roughly 7000 B.C. ,
making it as one of the world's oldest material.
It's white, lightweight and durable, despite being a superior material.
It's gentle on the environment, and it requires the least amount of water,
energy, pesticides in comparison with other fibers such as cotton
and polyester in and declined as cotton production becomes mechanized in
the 19th century. The recycling of polyester.
The recycling of plastics into fabrics is another example of footprint reducing
endeavor, the Patagonia are making
the first polyester free jacket would recycle bottles.
Polyester recycling employs less energy than original production,
resulting in lower emissions.
Finding solutions to finding solutions to climate emergency requires addressing
the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, which includes transportation,
food and energy sector. We are learning to make environmental friendly choices
about what we eat, how we travel about and how we power our houses.
But we don't typically look at what we are wearing. We should, too.
How do we stop it from happening any more ? Because you and me are the problem.
We can find solutions together. Buy less,
the root of the problem lies in excessive consumerism.
We buy 10, while our grandmothers bought 2
We tend to think think buying new clothes will make us happy.
Maybe we should reconsider some foundations of our lifestyle.
The more environmentally friendly,
sustainable jacket is the one already in your wardrobe.
Buy better quality, because clothes have becomes so cheap,
we no longer care about the quality.
We just buy new clothes when the old one loses its shape or appeal.
If you stop buying poor quality, it will push the brands to improve the quality,
which will make us to keep our clothes for longer,
which is good for our balance as well as for the environment.
Think twice before throwing your clothes, do not throw your clothes in normal bins
because most of them consist of synthetic and non-biodegradable materials.
Try to repair them, sometimes with a bit of imagination.
You can repair or redesign a tall garment.
Donate your clothes to friends, families or neighbors.
Take care of the garments to make them last longer.
As we all know, Miss Universe 2021 was recently conducted successfully
and India reclaimed the crown after 21 long years.
India’s representative Harnaz Sandhu was asked.
Many people think climate change is a hoax.
What do you do to convince them otherwise ?
India's answer and spontaneity would just masterly, she replied, Honestly,
my heart is breaking to see what nature is going through,
and it's all due to our irresponsible behavior.
And this is the time to take action because each action can save
or kill nature, prevent and protect is better than repent and repair
and this is what I'm trying to convince you guys to do as well,
said now it's never late. Instead of spectating,
let's start working together to prevent and protect is better than to pack
and repair a such great impulso woods.
Together, we can all take small actions every day to reduce our carbon footprint,
which is good for. Together,
we can all take small actions every day to reduce our carbon footprint for
a better world, for ourselves and
the future generations to come. Healing our planet starts from our wardrobe.
Change only happens when you and
I take action while your environmental friendly.
Clothing choice might look like a very small step.
It could be a small step for a big change. Thank you.