SUSTAINABILITY: (environmental) the quality of not being harmful to the envi-
ronment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance for future generations.2
FAST FASHION: a term coined in 1977, is commonly defined as “an approach to the design, creation, and marketing of clothing fashions that emphasizes making fashion trends quickly and cheaply available to consumers.”3
CARBON EMISSIONS: “Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a colourless, odorless and non-poison-
ous gas formed by combustion of carbon and in the respiration of living organisms, and [it] is considered a greenhouse gas. Emissions means the release of greenhouse gases...into the atmosphere over a specified area and period of time,”4 and these are thought to be harmful to the environment. This is why our “carbon footprint” is measured in terms of CO2 emissions.
