The UN has predicted that the global population could reach a whopping 9.8 billion people by 2050. If this happens, we will need the equivalent of 3 planets to provide the resources needed to sustain our current lifestyles. So how can one planet create all these resources? And how can we as consumers change our behaviour to stop us killing our planet? How Bad is the Fashion Industry Environmentally? We all know that fast fashion is causing the fashion industry to be one of th

With the fashion industry’s effects on the planet under fire from the public, media and government, investment in sustainability is rising. A recent report claims that $20 billion to $30 billion per year is needed to see transformative change. Before we continue, let’s remind ourselves what this word we hear almost every day actually means: “Sustainability is the ability to exist constantly.” It means focussing on the needs of the present without compromising the needs of fut

Since 2018, Extinction Rebellion have been using non-violent direct action to demand the government ends its criminal inaction on the climate emergency. If you could advise government policy to set new sustainability standards for the fashion industry, where would you start? What changes are necessary for genuinely sustainable fashion? On a political level, the government should immediately pull the emergency break and communicate that since there is a climate emergency all b