#overproduction

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Book of the Day - Less is More

Today’s Book of the Day is Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World, written by Jason Hickel in 2021 and published by Windmill Books. Jason Hickel is an economic anthropologist, author, professor, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. His research focuses on global political economy, inequality, and ecological economics. Less is More, by Jason Hickel I have chosen this book because…

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Haha wouldn't it be crazy if man's instinct for destruction outpaced nature's creative forces? I sure am glad this is science fiction.

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The rise of fast fashion and an even faster rise of pollution and overconsumption.

Fashion is what you make it and what you take from it. Anyone has the right to express themselves in their own way and experience any and all types of fashion at any age. Along with all of the best fashion statements are specific fashion trends that are very prevalent, either in that season or a decade-long type trend. Fast fashion has become a significant problem within the industry, and many people either fight against it or for it. In an article on Good On You, fast fashion is described as “cheap, trendy clothing that samples ideas from the catwalk or celebrity culture and turns them into garments in high street stores at breakneck speed to meet consumer demand (Rauturier, 2022).” About 20 or so years ago, fashion changed forever, it became an individual’s passion/hobby, it became an industry that was very quickly changing, and it became so much cheaper than ever before. Yes, there are still brands that have pricing that rises with each passing year; however, the problem lands with the companies that are charging $5 for a top and $15 for a full set. Companies such as Fashion Nova, Shein, Zaful, Pretty Little Things, and so many more, are fast fashion brands that are constantly producing more and more items that align with the fashion that other major brands, which are charging insanely high prices for their clothing. Brands such as Off-White, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Balenciaga, etc. are all companies that have been used by other companies to create pieces for hundreds and hundreds of dollars less than the real company. Fast fashion companies also sell many accessories, swimwear, tech accessories, shoes, etc. that are so much cheaper than anywhere else.

The problem with all of these companies is that they charge almost nothing for their clothing and it is mostly all made in China. This creates a major problem with unhealthy work environments and poor pay for the people creating these items. Another major issue is that fast fashion creates a large amount of overproduction, overconsumption, and waste in our world. This leads to a massive amount of pollution in the environment, especially when people purchase items that are popular at that moment and then a few weeks or months later it's out of style and they throw them away. I know many people try to sell these items to resale stores, such as Plato’s and Uptown Cheapstake, but the problem is that these items are so cheap they have such a small resale price and then eventually they end up in landfills or being disposed of in other ways. This process of creating clothes so fast and in such a high quantity is due to the Industrial Revolution that created technology that has made it easier to mass produce clothing, rather than having to prepare and then weave fabric to create the clothing. Therefore, so many clothes are produced, some not ever bought in store, and then trashed as quickly as it was to create them. Pollution has always been a factor that we as humans have to watch and monitor to make sure that our world is still safe to live in and so that our future family members that a safe place to live as well. For example, Polyester is one of the most popular fabrics, this fabric is created from the derivatives of fossil fuels, which emit and aids in the addition of global warming. Many other fabrics attribute to these problems as well, all rooting back to main fast fashion.

It is so very easy to want to purchase these items from these low-cost companies, but what does this really intel? It means purchasing from places that are destroying our environment, allowing their workers to suffer in unsafe work environments, and most of all adding to pollution.

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Noch Zeit zu handeln; 

die Zeit ist JETZT !

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Global Warming

The Amazon is on FIRE. The carbon battling, oxygen producing, life essentials, (known as trees), are disintegrating. If that occurs 20% of the Earth oxygen will disappear. How are people continuing to allow this to occur!?! It's really not that hard to stop. It just requires putting our instant gratification on hold, and realizing that human consumption is vastly out of proportion with what mother nature can provide for us. Think about the children, familes, and animals that will be killed when the temperature rises only a couple of Celsius. If people don't start rising up and taking this issue into their own hands we are looking at the possible extiction of the human race. That isn't hyperbole it's the most disgrundling fact that I've heard in my lifetime. Being "savage," and self-centered is the reason we are in this position in the first place. It's time for some critical thinking, and empathy about what we are going to go in the face of adversity. Will we change for the better, or will we die out? It's up to us to decide.

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Burberry says it won’t destroy unsold merch anymore. But plenty of other fashion brands still do.

An expert explains why Burberry, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, and Michael Kors would rather destroy merchandise than lose prestige.

In other news, fuck everybody who blames environmental waste on individual consumers and not on shit like the mass-incentivization of overproducing and destroying what hasn’t sold under capitalism.