Unraveling the Fashion Industry

It’s easy to ignore the huge influence garments have on workers and the planet. Luckily, activists and businesses are working to make the fashion industry better. If you wear clothes, you can too.

In this Issue

woman in black and yellow outfit walks in front of line of climate protestors from Extinction Rebellion

Unraveling the Fashion Industry

It’s easy to ignore the huge influence garments have on workers and the planet. Luckily, activists and businesses are working to make the fashion industry better. If you wear clothes, you can too.

Eleanor Greene

Unpacking Toxic Textiles

Business as usual in the garment industry is bad for people and the planet, from agriculture to factories, from stores to our closets.

Asher Weinstein (adapted from Toxic Textiles Report)

Regenerating Cotton Solutions

Cotton is one of the most water- and chemical-intensive crops, and it is largely used in clothing production.

Sytonia Reid

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A coalition of workers and feminist organizations after reaching a landmark agreement in Lesotho

Worker Tested, Worker Approved Social Responsibility

In the fashion industry, corporate social responsibility programs often work better for companies than for employees. Worker-led solutions do much more.

Charlotte Tate

Bringing More Color to Green Fashion

The fashion industry doesn’t exactly have a clean record on appropriation and racism. But these small business vanguards are reclaiming the narrative.

Sytonia Reid