Greta Thunberg against fast-fashion and disposable fashion: stop greenwashing, we need a change in the system

In an interview with Vogue, Greta Thunberg criticized the disposable fashion industry calling for a system change

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Unfortunately, even the clothes we buy and wear every day have their weight in environmental terms and often behind their creation there is also the exploitation of workers (including children). Now Greta Thunberg is relaunching the topic who, in an interview with Vogue, spoke about the climatic impact of fashion.

The fashion industry contributes enormously to the climate and ecological emergency, not to mention its impact on the countless workers and communities that are exploited around the world so that some can enjoy the "fast fashion" that many consider disposable.

So Greta Thunberg summarized her thoughts on the "fashion" sector in a tweet.

The fashion industry is a huge contributor to the climate-and ecological emergency, not to mention its impact on the countless workers and communities who are being exploited around the world in order for some to enjoy fast fashion that many treat as disposables. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/pZirCE1uci

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) August 8, 2021

More details can be found in theinterview with Vogue Scandinavia which earned Greta Thunberg the cover of the well-known magazine. On this occasion, the young activist asked fashion brands to take responsibility for the environmental impact of their products.

In practice, a "system change“, Given that disposable fashion is no longer sustainable.

It is no longer acceptable that the fashion industry uses about 93 billion cubic meters of water each year to produce clothes, enough for the survival of five million people!

Precisely with regard to the waste of water, which is also used to produce a simple t-shirt, Alberto Angela had made a curious experiment. Read also: How much water does a simple T-shirt consume? Alberto Angela fills the Stadio dei Marmi with 3900 (glass) bottles

As far as carbon emissions are concerned, the fashion industry itself is responsible for about 8% of the world total. That's more than all international flights and shipping combined, the UN says.

Greta (and she is not the only one) also accuses some companies of having designed "greenwash" advertising campaigns so as to make their clothes appear sustainable when in reality they are not at all. Many fashion brands are promoting solutions that only apparently, according to her, address the problem.

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Greta, as always, gives a good example first, in fact she declared that she bought an item of clothing the last time 3 years ago and "it was second hand" and that she chose to use clothes borrowed from people she knows .

Sources: Vogue Scandinavia