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Sustainable Fashion Resources

The #SustainableIRL Series at Old World New is highlighting a new eco-friendly theme each month of the year. Month 3/March is all about sustainable fashion and thrifting. Here’s the round up of sustainable fashion resources from Old World New, other blogs, and books. Don’t forget to join the Sustainable Living IRL Facebook Group to keep the conversation going.

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QUICK FACTS:

  • “The world now consumes about 80 billion new pieces of clothing every year. This is 400% more than the amount we consumed just two decades ago.” – The True Cost
  • “Right now, big brands are part of a system that pays poverty wages. In Bangladesh, for example, in 2018 garment workers were paid as little as 39 cents an hour. In Vietnam, it’s 64 cents per hour. It’s just not enough to live on.” – What She Makes
  • “It takes 2,700 liters of water to make one cotton shirt.” That’s “enough water for one person to drink for 2½ years.” – WRI

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Sustainable Fashion Resources via Old World New

SUSTAINABLE FASHION – ARTICLES:

  • Thrift Like A Pro
  • Fashion Revolution – #WhoMadeMyClothes
  • 5 Ways To “Buy Less. Choose Well. Make It Last.”
  • Thrift Fashion (& Why You Should Indulge In It)
  • Ultimate Guide to Sustainable Clothing Brands for Adults

SUSTAINABLE FASHION – BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

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  • Wear No Evil: How to Change the World with Your Wardrobe by Greta Eagan
  • To Die for: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World? by Lucy Siegle
  • The Sustainable Fashion Handbook by Sandy Black
  • Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline
  • Green is the New Black by Tamsin Blanchard

OTHER SUSTAINABLE FASHION RESOURCES:

  • Fashion Revolution is a website and a movement
  • melaninASS is a Black Woman owned and centered brand, encouraging and educating the masses about how black people and people of color have been and continue to be a central force in the sustainability movement.
  • Aja Barber defines herself as a “writer who loves fashion but fashion at its best is sustainable and inclusive.” Her Instagram Live videos are incredibly informational and insightful. She keeps it real and teaches her audience a great deal about sustainability and inclusivity in fashion.
  • The Sustainable Fashion Forum is an annual conference dedicated to celebrating the sustainability community while educating people about it, as well.
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Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
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Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
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Happy Earth Day 🌍🫶🏾🌱

I used to think “let me just get 5k followers.. 10k followers… one day I’ll have 20k followers…” to help people live more sustainably with the blog posts and social media posts I created. 10+ years of that led to burnout. And it never felt the same as when my friends and family started to live a little more sustainably because of something they learned from me. 

I hope you’ll be the inspiration for someone in your life to be a little bit more sustainable today. It’s such a good feeling to see the people closest to you thrift more, consume less, and think differently — more sustainably — about how we treat our world. 

Don’t push it, just live it. 

Happy Earth Day 🌍🫶🏾🌱
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Happy Earth Day 🌍🫶🏾🌱 I used to think “let me just get 5k followers.. 10k followers… one day I’ll have 20k followers…” to help people live more sustainably with the blog posts and social media posts I created. 10+ years of that led to burnout. And it never felt the same as when my friends and family started to live a little more sustainably because of something they learned from me. I hope you’ll be the inspiration for someone in your life to be a little bit more sustainable today. It’s such a good feeling to see the people closest to you thrift more, consume less, and think differently — more sustainably — about how we treat our world. Don’t push it, just live it. Happy Earth Day 🌍🫶🏾🌱
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🥶❌🌱 Not my plant babies! 

It’s been cold in Texas the past few days, so I acted accordingly to protect my little backyard garden that’s barely underway. 

Using thrifted sheets (once back drops in my “thrift fashionista style content” days lol) and thrifted clothes pins (I knew they would come in handy! 😆🙌🏾), as well as some old jugs, bottles, containers, and twigs. Hopefully they help keep the plants from getting too cold to survive.
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🥶❌🌱 Not my plant babies! It’s been cold in Texas the past few days, so I acted accordingly to protect my little backyard garden that’s barely underway. Using thrifted sheets (once back drops in my “thrift fashionista style content” days lol) and thrifted clothes pins (I knew they would come in handy! 😆🙌🏾), as well as some old jugs, bottles, containers, and twigs. Hopefully they help keep the plants from getting too cold to survive.
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Finally got a migrating bird LIGHTS OUT sign 🤩

Turn off your lights (outdoor & indoor) to limit light pollution and to protect migrating birds 🫶🏾🕊️

TURN ‘EM OFF! (in my Teddy Pendergrass voice 😂)

#lightsouttexas #lightsout #lightpollution #migratorybirds
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Finally got a migrating bird LIGHTS OUT sign 🤩 Turn off your lights (outdoor & indoor) to limit light pollution and to protect migrating birds 🫶🏾🕊️ TURN ‘EM OFF! (in my Teddy Pendergrass voice 😂) #lightsouttexas #lightsout #lightpollution #migratorybirds
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Do you reuse gift wrap?

Here are some things that I’ve thrifted to reuse as gift wrap each holiday season:

⭐️ tablecloths
⭐️ napkins & handkerchiefs (matching napkins sewn together can be used for larger gifts)
⭐️ Scarves (like from @wrappr)
⭐️ Cloth bags (like the ones your sheet sets come in)
⭐️ Pillowcases
⭐️ Curtains (can be used as gift wrap or to cover larger gifts like bikes or toy kitchens)

As long as you can fold the fabric into a square before wrapping the gift, it works well when using the furoshiki style wrapping technique. 

Comment WRAP for a few tips and tricks to wrap gifts in cloth fabric.
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Do you reuse gift wrap? Here are some things that I’ve thrifted to reuse as gift wrap each holiday season: ⭐️ tablecloths ⭐️ napkins & handkerchiefs (matching napkins sewn together can be used for larger gifts) ⭐️ Scarves (like from @wrappr) ⭐️ Cloth bags (like the ones your sheet sets come in) ⭐️ Pillowcases ⭐️ Curtains (can be used as gift wrap or to cover larger gifts like bikes or toy kitchens) As long as you can fold the fabric into a square before wrapping the gift, it works well when using the furoshiki style wrapping technique. Comment WRAP for a few tips and tricks to wrap gifts in cloth fabric.
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