Did you know?

Did you know... manufacturing clothing uses astronomical amounts of our water, energy, and land?
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Did you know... a majority of the fiber grown, processed, dyed, and treated to make our 'cheap' clothing require a mixture of chemicals? Some of which are known to be toxic. 
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Did you know... cotton farming uses 22.5% of the worlds insecticides and 10% of all pesticides? 
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Did you know... industrial runoffs and chemical fertilizers pollute over half of China's rivers? Due to this some have even turned red? 
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Did you know... that clothing is the second most polluting industry, right behind big oil? 
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Did you know... that the fashion industry accounts for 3% of global productions of C02 emissions? 
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Did you know... in the last 15 years clothing production has approx. doubled? 
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Did you know... the # of times each garment is worn as decreased by 36%? 
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Did you know... the average American is currently throwing away approx. 82 lbs of clothing per year? 
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Did you know... when clothing sits in our landfills it releases methane gas which is contributing to killing our ozone layer? 
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Did you know... this is how long it takes for your clothes to decompose?
Vicose T-shirt // 1 week to 6 weeks 
Cotton Socks // 1 week to 5 months
Merino Thermal Top // 9 months 
Denim Jacket // 10 to 12 months 
Silk Cami // 1 year to 3 years 
Leather Bag // 50 years 
Polyester Dress // 200+ years 
Nylon Tights // 30 to 40 years 
Wool Sweater // 1 year to 5 years 
Linen Sleeveless Top // 2 weeks 
Lycra Workout Clothing // 20 years to 200 years 
 
Did you know... that more than 97% of clothing sold in the US is manufactured overseas? 
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Did you know... most of the factories manufacturing our clothing overseas consist of forced child and slave labor?
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Did you know... these factories are surrounded with sexual harassment, discrimination, abuse, extremely hazardous and unhealthy work conditions?
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Did you know... most of these manufacturing countries have banned the formation of unions? When the workers speak out they have reported being beaten punished and have even been tear gassed and shot.
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Did you know... that The Global Slavery Index estimates 30 million people are living in some form of modern slavery? And that a significant portion of this number are people making clothing for western brands? 
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