It's great to hear this sort of stuff talked about more and more! I'd be curious to learn more about cellulose fibers like tencel and rayon -- I have heard that they can be quite bad for the environment to produce but know little more than that. Is that something we may see from you guys in the future?
Absolutely! There is a video dedicated to regenerated cellulose fabrics coming soon! We will talk about all the different brand names and which ones are more sustainable options!
Disclaimer: Most of the information included in this post came from my existing knowledge of the textile industry and supply chain management gained while completing my degree in Apparel and Textiles. However, I am a firm believer in fact-checking before sharing information, as I want to avoid the chances of ever sharing false information. Resources from the Environmental Justice Foundation, International Labour Organization, and Environmental Protection Agency were consulted for this post. If this is a topic you are interested in and want to learn more, those are a few sources I would recommend. Here are a few links to specific pages and studies that were referenced for this video (I'll admit, I forgot to save all of them, but these are the key ones!) Nutrient pollution from the EPA: www.epa.gov/nutrientpollution Data about pesticide poisoning was obtained from this recent study: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-020-09939-0 Child Labor in Cotton: www.ilo.org/ipecinfo/product/download.do?type=document&id=29655
Your apparel & textile department had a WAY more reasonable approach to teaching sustainability than my undergrad business school. The approach CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility because everything in biz school has to have a three-letter acronym) pretty much always posited environmental/social sustainability as in OPPOSITION to economic sustainability, rather than looking for OVERLAP. Sigh. The Three Pillars model seems vastly superior
Ooh! That is interesting. The fact that it is being taught this way doesn't surprise me, but it does say a lot. It opens up a whole can of worms about why the world is the way it is, and how much easier it is for businesses to make money when they aren't worried about social and environmental issues. But, it also makes me wonder - how much different would our world look and how much would we gain if it wasn't this way? I often wonder what unexpected benefits would come from it, because I think we'd gain much more than the obvious. - Kelly
