HAS BEEN THE LUXURY OF IMPULSEHANDED TO US AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER HUMAN BEINGS.

Products that are easily accessible to us have created generations of suffering and poverty for others. The unanswered question here is loud: what do we do? Consumers are out of touch with the fashion industry’s unethical production processes. Companies profit off our ignorance while masking its effects on the people of the Global South.

There is no direct solution to the issues surrounding overconsumption in the world of fashion; However, a serious shift needs to be made in what we consider to be progress. To take a step back and examine the rate of our intake is something that can be done to put change in motion. Although these issues will take lifetimes to solve, recognizing the problem is the first step in creating change.

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Wohlgemuth, Viola. “How Fast Fashion Is Using the Global South as a Dumping Ground for Textile Waste.” Greenpeace International, Greenpeace, 15 Mar. 2023, https://www.greenpeace.org/international/ story/53333/how-fast-fashion-is-usingglobal-south-as-dumping-ground-for-textilewaste/.

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Rogerson, Caitriona. “Dandora Dumpsite, Nairobi, Kenya.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 26 Aug. 2020, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21739313@ N04/50272542776/in/photostream/.