It may surprise you to learn that
the fashion industry is one of the largest global consumers of Earth’s
resources: energy and water. If you’ve ever seen a fashion textile factory
operating in the distance you can immediately see its consuming maw of water
and power. On the other hand, the fashion industry is also an enormous
contributor to environmental pollution and degradation, producing waste,
byproducts and harming pollutants to water and air. In 2006, a study by Levi Strauss' researchers determined that the manufacturing of one pair of jeans is
equivalent to driving 78 miles, running a hose for 106 minutes (imagine that in
California’s current drought conditions) and providing electrical energy to a
computer for 556 hours. Think about this fact then: 500 million pairs of jeans
are sold in the U.S. alone every year.
Fair trade eco friendly fashion is
one of the best ways to offset the polluting, resource wasting impact of mainstream
fashion items. At SFAC, we offer a range of eco friendly (eco green) fashions
from baby and child items to wearable accessories. Shop here with
us and know you’re being a part of the solution, not the problem.
Here’s a useful link to a quick
quiz to see how small or big your environmental footprint is: footprint.
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