According to McKinsey’s August 2020 Fashion on Climate report, the fashion industry alone contributed a staggering 2.1 billion metric tons to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2018. Add to that the unethical labour practices, all outsourced to developing countries like ours, and we’re sitting on a ticking bomb.

The very nature of the fashion industry—fast or slow—is at odds with the core values of zero-waste living. But if we were to stop buying clothes, completely, an entire industry would collapse, affecting lives and livelihoods and allied industries, such as agriculture, too. And that wouldn’t exactly be sustainable, would it? 

We don’t have all the answers, yet. This is an evolving conversation, a journey—there is always more to do, but there is a bare minimum we must do. Buy less, dispose mindfully, and make more conscious choices. Here is where it all begins…