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Are Homewares the New Fast Fashion?

March 25March 25Posted in Sustainable GuideTagged anti consumerism, conscious consumption, consumerism, ecogreenlove, environment, fast fashion, homeware, less is more, slow down, sustainability, sustainable, underconsumptionLeave a comment

Supermarkets and high street stores are full of cheap cups, cushions and ceramics. How can it ever be a good deal for designers, factory workers – or the planet?

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What We can do to Make Fashion more Sustainable

February 11February 11Posted in Sustainable GuideTagged consumerism, ecofriendly, ecogreenlove, environment, fashion, fast fashion, green business, slow fashion, sustainability, sustainableLeave a comment

According to a 2018 study by Fashion United, while there are 100 billion items of clothing produced each year, people only wear about 50% of their wardrobe. The demand for fashion fashion has grown tremendously, allowing popular brands to deliver clothing to customers in a matter of weeks from design to purchase.

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10 Statistics About Fast Fashion Waste [Visual]

September 15Posted in Man & Nature, Sustainable GuideTagged consumerism, consumption, ecogreenlove, environment, fashion, fast fashion, global emissions, infographic, Landfill, microplastics, production, recycle, textile, Waste, water2 Comments

The extremely detrimental impact of fast fashion waste on the environment is no news. Besides being responsible for nearly 10% of global carbon emissions, the industry is also infamously known for the amount of resources it wastes and the millions of clothes ending up in landfills every day. Martina Igini from earth,org gives 10 highly concerning statistics about textile waste:

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Greenwashing Companies & Corporations

July 17Posted in Sustainable GuideTagged advertising, banks, brands, climate action, climate crisis, eco-champions, ecogreenlove, fashion, fast fashion, greenwashing, plastic bottle water companies, plastic pollution, sustainableLeave a comment

Greenwashing can be as subtle as a misleading packaging choice all the way to fossil fuel companies touting themselves as being eco-champions. Either way, greenwashing is a harmful and deceitful way of advertising that a company is more sustainable than it actually is. Companies that make false claims should be held accountable. Here are 10 companies that have been caught greenwashing in various ways.

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“The Day the World Stops Shopping” by J.B. Mackinnon [Review]

July 7July 8Posted in Book Reviews, Chit Chat greeny corner, Man & NatureTagged book review, carbon footprint, climate action, climate change, climate crisis, consumerism, consumption, ecogreenlove, economy, environment, fast fashion, Shopping, sustainability1 Comment

"The Day the World Stops Shopping" by J.B. Mackinnon [Book Review] | ecogreenlove

What would happen if everyone would start to buy less? Would it be the end of the world?

This book is described by the author as a thought experiment that explores what would happen if we did not exactly stop shopping (you could say that the title is a bit of clickbait) but if we would shop significantly less – like 25% less.

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