Resources
If you're interested in learning more about the effects of fast fashion, and about how you can consume clothing more consciously, here are some great resources for further education.
Fashion Revolution is a nonprofit organization founded in the wake of the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in 2013. Today, they are the world’s largest fashion activism movement, mobilizing citizens, brands and policymakers through research, education and advocacy.
Good On You is a website and app that rates popular brands based on labour practices, sustainability, and animals. They also provide many alternative options to these popular brands.
Clean Clothes Campaign seeks to improve working conditions and empower workers in the garment industry. They lobby companies and governments at a regional and national scale, and cooperate extensively with other labour rights campaigns.
Women rights advocates and environmentalists on a mission to change the fashion industry’s harmful practices on people and our planet.
The True Cost exposes the dark secrets of the fashion industry, and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing? Watch it for free here.
A well-researched book written by Maxine Bedat, Unraveled goes through the life cycle of a pair of jeans, from the growing of cotton, to the landfill.