Posts tagged Ellen McArthur Foundation
Circular fashion

We went from fast fashion (high volume, low prices, cheap labor, bad environmental practices) to slow fashion (low volume, lasting pieces, thoughtful materials and production methods). At least that was the idea and in theory it sounds very logical, because don´t we all want beautiful clothes that last a lifetime and that don´t hurt the people who make them and our planet?

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A Circular Economy

The problem of plastic pollution has been gaining more attention lately and more and more people have come to realize that recycling will just not be enough to stop or even reduce the enormous amounts of plastics entering the environment. The problem of plastic pollution starts long before it reaches our oceans, rivers and beaches. Too many barrels of oil are turned into plastic, and plastic packaging is designed without fully considering what happens to it after it’s used.

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