Lesson 3 Living Green: A Guide to Sustainable Choices
Why Fashion Needs to Be More Sustainable
Jessi is a fashion blogger who loves ____, vibrant clothes.
But guess what? She ____ not buy new clothes.
Instead, she buys ____ secondhand.
You may ____ secondhand 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 ____ about creating a style; they are about saving the Earth.
The reason is that her actions ____ reduce the production and consumption of clothes.
Worth over $3 trillion
Worth over $3 trillion and making up 2% of the world’s GDP, the fashion industry ____ has an almost entirely linear approach.
The process moves in a ____ line from design to consumption to disposal.
Material extraction, textile manufacturing, the supply chain, design, sales, ____,
and other steps are guided by the aim of maximizing garment consumption without considering other ____.
Due to linear ____, the fashion industry negatively affects the environment.
85% of textiles go into landfills, only 1% of the ____ is recycled,
at least 500,000 tons of microfibers end up in the ocean (equal to 50 billion ____ bottles), and 93 billion cubic meters of water is required for textile production annually.
Alarming numbers like these will keep increasing if producers maintain the old ____.
It is clear that waste and pollution from the fashion ____ must be reduced.
Linear fashion must change, and this could happen through circular ____.
Circular ____ is inspired by the principles of a circular economy and sustainable development.
A circular economy is based on limiting waste, keeping resources and ____ in use, and reusing them.
In a circular model, we make, use, and reuse materials for as ____ as possible to extract their maximum value.
Therefore, clothing and textiles are produced, used, and ____ to minimize waste.
It is a ____ approach to reduce the fashion industry’s environmental impact.
Circular fashion provides numerous benefits.
First, extending the lifespan of fibers significantly reduces ____ waste, benefiting the environment.
Second, circular processes utilize ____ and materials safe for human health and the environment.
This practice protects the environment and ____ health.
Third, ____ are regenerated instead of being disposed of, which enables their long-term use.
The rise of circular fashion is facilitated by ____ technology and ideas.
Materials commonly used in clothing are not eco-friendly ____ they require considerable resources and often break down slowly.
This ____ a need for eco-friendly textile alternatives.
Currently, companies are developing recycled fibers and fibers extracted from agricultural ____ products like leaves, peels, and seeds.
One company uses nanotechnology to make soft ____ from orange peels.
____ makes fabrics from kapok tree seeds.
The trees grow well in poor soil without needing much ____.
These new fabrics produce ____ waste, last a long time, and break down easily.
In addition to these manufacturing techniques,
In addition to these manufacturing techniques, technology will improve in such a way that it may ____ normal to produce clothes only when people order them.
This “make-to-order” method will cost more, but ____ less money will be spent on maintaining offline stores.
And 3D ____ will enable people to see how clothes will fit online without trying them on in a store.
In the long ____, innovation in production and sales will facilitate sustainable fashion and considerably reduce material waste and logistics emissions.
Another key to making fashion ____ is the consumer: us.
If we want the fashion industry to adopt more ____ practices, we must care about how clothes come to us.
We should then ____ our concerns through what we buy.
The market, of course, ____ respond.
We can also reduce waste by discarding clothes ____.
To be specific, we should buy only what we need and ____ clothing on to someone who will wear it or to a thrift shop when discarding it.
Circular fashion will not solve ____ problem in the fashion industry overnight.
However, small steps in the right direction are ____ than nothing.
Keeping ____ in the supply chain for as many cycles as possible is really important.
By making small changes to our ____ habits today, the fashion industry will gradually improve.
After ____, nothing is more fashionable than saving the planet.