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Fast fashion presents significant challenges to climate sustainability due to its resource-intensive production processes and high levels of waste generation. To achieve climate sustainability in the fashion industry, transitioning towards sustainable practices such as ethical sourcing, reducing carbon emissions, and promoting circular-economic models is imperative.Â
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About Fast Fashion
About Fast Fashion
Fast Fashion Produces More Carbon Emissions Per Minute Than Driving a Car Around the World Six Times
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: Oxfam
Format: Informative text with links to infographics
Audience: Youth, teen
Source: CBBC
Format: Interactive story (online)
Fast Fashion and Its Environmental Impact
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Earth.org
Format: Problem-solution article with links
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: The Cool Down
Format: News article
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Audience: Youth, teen
Source: World's Largest Lesson
Format: Infographic
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: ThredUp
Format: Online calculator to determine environmental cost of manufactured clothing
Alternatives to Fast Fashion
Alternatives to Fast Fashion
7 Sustainable Ways You Can Fight Fast Fashion at Home
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Global Citizen
Format: News story, print and audio
Fashion Revolution Educational Resources
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: Fashion Revolution
Format: Lessons and educational activities for all ages
Audience: Upper Youth, teen, adult
Source: Global Goals Centre
Format: Lesson plans and resources to accompany the online game, Threads
9 Brands That Are Embracing Fashion Upcycling
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Weavabel
Format: Blog
Clothing Designers Reusing Materials to Save Environment
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: VOA Learning English
Format: News story with audio, images and word bank
Move Over Fast Fashion, Here Comes Slow Fashion
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: VOA Learning English
Format: News story with audio, images and word bank
UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion
Audience: Adult
Format: Website with infographic and links to resources
Conscious Fashion and Lifestyle Network
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Format: Website of links to organizations and businesses committed to the SDGs.
Plastics & Fast Fashion
Plastics & Fast Fashion
Audience: Adult
Source: UNEP News Stories & Speeches
Format: Problem-solution news story with links
Why scientists think they may finally have found a way to recycle clothes
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Washington Post via MSN.com
Format: News article
We could soon be wearing clothes made of plastic waste in eco battle to kill fast fashion
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Mirror
Format: News article
Videos & Podcasts
Videos & Podcasts
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Behind the News YouTube channel
The Simple Solution to Fast Fashion
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: TED YouTube channel
The fast fashion graveyard in Chile's Atacama Desert
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: BBC News
The Fast Fashion Problem| Kids Info
Audience: Youth
Source: Super save the planet (Children's YouTube channel)
H&M and Zara: Can Fast Fashion Be Eco-Friendly?
Audience: Teen, adult
Topic: Greenwashing
Source: DW Planet A YouTube channel
Audience: Teen
Source: PBS Learning Media - EcoSense for Living
Audience: Teen
Source: PBS Learning Media - EcoSense for Living
Rethinking Fast Fashion After Bangladesh
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: PBS Learning Media - Global Learning and Awareness Collection
Format: Podcast
Audience: Teen
Source: Spotify
Format: Podcast by Peruvian secondary students
Teaching Materials about Fast Fashion
Teaching Materials about Fast Fashion
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: British Council Teaching English
Format: Lesson plan and worksheets (CEFR A2)
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: British Council Learn English Teens
Format: Lesson and video with handouts (CEFR C1)
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: TED-Ed Earth School
Format: Video with quiz, critical thinking, and discussion options
The Wildly Complex Anatomy of a Sneaker
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: TED-Ed Our Changing Climate
Format: Video with quiz, critical thinking and discussion options
The Life Cycle of a Pair of Jeans
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: TED-Ed Our Changing Climate
Format: Video with quiz, critical thinking and discussion questions
Threads Fast Fashion Lesson Plans
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Global Goals Centre Resource Hub
Format: Eight lesson plans about fast fashion
Teaching Materials about Alternatives to Fast Fashion
Teaching Materials about Alternatives to Fast Fashion
Fashion Revolution Educational Resources
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: Fashion Revolution
Format: Lessons and educational activities for all ages
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: Global Goals Centre
Format: Lesson plans and resources to accompany the online game, Threads
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