Quick trend has made clothes extra inexpensive, however behind the low costs lie exploitative labour practices and environmental destruction. Staff within the World South obtain low salaries and sometimes work in unsafe circumstances whereas textile waste pollutes ecosystems. As customers push for moral alternate options, gradual trend promotes sustainability and truthful wages – however is it accessible for everybody? Can shopper selections drive actual change, or does the trade want systemic reform? We discover the excessive price of low-cost garments.
Visitors:
Venetia La Manna – truthful trend campaigner
Walden Lam – president and co-founder, Unspun
Katia Osei – lead researcher and bioengineer, Or Basis
Pleasure Buchanan – affiliate professor, Samford College
Presenter: Anelise Borges