Slow-Fashion versus Fast-Fashion
This year, Earth Overshoot Day was ”celebrated” on Wednesday the 2nd of August 2017, eight days earlier than last year. This is the day when we have used more natural resources than the earth produces in a year. With five months until the year end, it means that we would need almost two planets to sustain our current living standards. Yikes...we had better get that Mars expedition going! Luckily there are lots of things we can do to move the date back again. One of them in to bring our consumption to a reasonable and responsible level. Anyone who has been to H&M, Primark or Zara will be familiar with the concept of Fast Fashion and from a fashionista’s standpoint...