Sustainable fashion: Darmstadt: Discover environmentally conscious shopping inside!

Sustainable fashion: Darmstadt: Discover environmentally conscious shopping inside!

Last Saturday over 20 Darmstadt took part in an information event on the subject of sustainable shopping, which was organized by the world shop, common good economy and transition Townstadt. The event, known as the "sustainable city tour", started with an interactive game about the production of German fashion. Many participants were already aware that the vast majority of German clothing in Bangladesh was produced. The owner of Numero 5, Annalisa Calvisi, has experience as a seamstress in Italy and also informed about the pressing environmental problems associated with fashion production. It was particularly impressive that the huge 2700 liters of water are required to produce a single cotton-T shirt, which makes the sustainability problem even clearer.

Annika Waymann, one of the leaders of the leadership, reported on the environmental disaster of the Aralsee, which is strongly connected to cotton production. In Bangladesh, the situation is worrying for many seamstresses: With a weekly working time of 60 hours, a few only 94 euros per month earn. Many people bring these conditions into a precarity, while their families often live in corrugated iron huts without safe access to water.

Sustainable alternatives and local initiatives

Waymann recommended that you buy second-hand clothing to reduce environmental pollution from the clothing industry. In Darmstadt there are already shops that specialize in used clothing, including Djavas Vintage and Vinty Vibes. She also presented the change card from Transition Darmstadt, which lists over 96 addresses for unpacked and free shops as well as self-helping. These change cards are available in the world shop and in the Darmstadt shop or can be downloaded online as a PDF.

One of the next tours will take place on February 7th at 5 p.m. at the Stadtkirchplatz, where other initiatives such as Heinerbike and Heinerleih will be presented. The latter enable borrowing of tools for a low fee, while Heinerbikes provide free -to -use cargo bikes.

In a larger context, the clothing industry is increasingly pressure to operate more environmentally friendly. According to a current study, around 25 percent of all online orders are declining in Germany, with over 80 percent of the returns being clothing items. The most common reason for returns is that the clothing does not fit. Initiatives such as that of Hayley McDonald, who works at "ACS Clothing" in Glasgow, are intensively committed to more sustainable practices in the textile industry. McDonald is pursuing the idea of ​​cleaning, repairing and selling back on platforms such as eBay to extend and avoid the lifespan of the clothing.

a global problem

Global textile production has almost doubled in the past two decades and will be almost three times as high according to EU predictions by 2030. This development has dramatic effects on the environment because the clothing sector causes around ten percent of global CO2 emissions. In view of these figures, the importance of circular economy and sustainable consumption is becoming increasingly obvious. With the ecodesign regulation, the EU not only prohibited the destruction of unsold clothing and shoes, but also promoted programs that deal with recycling, upcycling and the development of bio-based materials.