HOW I STOPPED BUYING FAST FASHION (and why you should too)

Over the past year, I’ve reevaluated my consumption habits when it comes to fast fashion and have decided that I am no longer buying it. I have always bought new clothes as well as thrifted and vintage clothes, but I never really questioned my own practices until recently. I started educating myself on exactly what goes on in the fast fashion industry, from dangerous and inhumane working conditions for people who make the garments that I buy in stores and online, to detrimental environmental impacts that are killing our planet. I can’t justify buying fast fashion for these reasons alone. The main point I wanted to make with this video is that this change I’ve made has not had a negative impact on my life at all. Even though I don’t live near a large city with access to cool thrift stores and vintage stores, by shopping on Poshmark I’m still able to buy clothes I want for an affordable price without contributing to the fast fashion industry. I want to explain how I made this switch and how I think it’s doable for most people to shop more sustainably if they put their minds to it. Information sources: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featur... https://www.publiceye.ch/en/media-cor... https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures... https://earth.org/statistics-about-fa.... https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/mark... Stock video sources:    • The environmental cost of fast fashion      • The True Cost: Who Pays the Real Price for...      • Watch: a behind-the-scenes look at the mak...      • The environmental disaster fuelled by used...   Music used in this video: Alex Nekita - Voice of angels on sea (bit.ly/2P9lD2H) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ♪ Animal Friends (Prod. by Lukrembo) Link :    • lukrembo - animal friends