For so long, the environmental movement has overwhelmingly focused on numbers and statistics, which are still failing to convince people of the urgent and sweeping action needed to save our home planet. Just as we have used our clothing lines, events and stories to call attention to certain cultural and social dynamics, it is time to use our passion for creative empowerment to reshape the way we contend with the environmental crisis and energize our generation into action.
Read MoreAt Patagonia, approximately 95 percent of our carbon emissions come from our supply chain―the term that textile manufacturers use to describe everything from the crops grown to make yarn, to shipping finished clothes to warehouses, stores and our customers’ front steps. To reduce Patagonia’s impact on people and the planet, we are working toward becoming carbon neutral across our entire business, including our supply chain, by 2025.
Read MorereMade is a revolutionary apparel startup striving to curb the toxic consumerism perpetuated by the fashion industry. Through this venture, we hope to design a world where consumers truly value the garments they already own. To bring this vision to life, reMade focuses on creating products from repurposed post-consumer and deadstock textile waste.
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In Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer—a botanist, member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, woman, mother—offers her stories and reflections on how she has come to know the world. Through each of these lenses, Kimmerer lyrically reimagines the nature of our connection with the places we call home.
Read More“Sustainable fashion looks a little different for everyone. Simply though, sustainability is the new paradigm of fashion. The industry as a whole is changing, consumers are changing. Although just the start, we, the fashion industry and its consumers, are making the transition,” said Russler. “But now, the question is: is it happening fast enough?”
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