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The True Cost
2015 · Film · documentary · 92 min
Directed by Andrew Morgan
Film from Andrew Morgan. The True Cost is a documentary film exploring the impact of fashion on people and the planet.
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When buying clothes, never consider Goodwill or thrift shops as an outlet when you're done with them. Only consider wearing them, repairing them as necessary, as our ancestors did for the rest of your life.
Buy only clothes that will last forever. Thrift shops receive so much more "donations" (read: garbage while the person throwing their stuff away feels good about dropping their garbage on the less fortunate).
There are needy people who can use help clothing themselves. It does not help them to flood Africa with our waste, which buying cheap clothes contributes to.
Also, watch the documentary The True Cost, available free online: https://thoughtmaybe.com/the-true-cost
Noone in the elite wants to examine the exploitative capitalist relationships that support fast fashion
The True Cost (2015) documentary trailer: https://youtu.be/OaGp5_Sfbss?t=31
For anyone who cares about sustainability and how textiles and fashion relate, the documentary The True Cost will change everything for you. It's available free online: https://thoughtmaybe.com/the-true-cost.
The industry pollutes and oppresses beyond what you think.
Watch the True Cost, a documentary on clothing, and you might not like Uniqlo any more. It's available free here: http://thoughtmaybe.com/the-true-cost.
I said it in different comment yes i inflated it a bit but..
Made in USA is just part of it and it doesnt strictly mean it was ecological process.
For example where was the cloth made? Coloring is where lot of the worst stuff happens.
I don't really like sensationalist documentaries because it's never accurate but try "True Cost" or "River Blue".
I have another solution: stop shipping so much junk around the world.
Watch the Story of Stuff https://storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-stuff, the True Cost http://thoughtmaybe.com/the-true-cost, and films like them and it's hard not to conclude that reducing the amount of shipping by 75% or so would improve everyone's lives and Earth's capacity to support life and human society. Some industries would have to adjust -- mainly ones filling landfills and producing greenhouse gases.
The Story of Stuff site has the details, but something like 99% of stuff American's buy ends up in landfills within a year. Go to Craig's List free stuff and you'll see tons of stuff people can't give away every day. Just the tip of the iceberg.
I recently have 'converted' to minimalism, after having watched a few documentaries (Minimalism, True Cost, etc.) it made perfect sense to me that since using MORE and recycling MORE is not the solution (especially when 'recycling' it not actual recycling) and now I feel and I do better for me, and the planet's future.
I also came across this nice video: The History of Stuff [1] that describes ncely the current production - consumption model and why it is not sustainable.
It is 20mins long but I found a great educating value to it.
[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM
This conversation of externalised abstract costs is very closely related to the “true cost” of “fast fashion” (colloquialism for cheap and ephemeral but stylish clothing now available en masse). Those interested, please take some time to watch the documentary “the true cost” by Andrew Morgan. It is available on Netflix. While that movie is mostly about the human cost not being borne by the customers (because of the failure in the global system to impose the cost on manufacturers) - it touched upon the pollution cost as well.
The documentary The True Cost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaGp5_Sfbss covers many of the problems with fast fashion -- the pollution, exploitation, and more, but especially the pollution.
I stopped shopping those stores since watching it. I recommend it.
I hate to have to tell you this, but there isn't really such thing as a $2 shirt, please hear me out.
The monetary cost to you, acting as a consumer is an incredible $6 or, $2 a shirt; However, as a citizen of earth, the environmental and social costs of buying cheap garments from places like Walmart is absolutely, shockingly enormous. [1][2]
It's just currently impossible to produce clothing at that price in an even slightly responsible way. Unfortunately, buying super cheap garments is really taking out a loan out against the future and that bonded or forced labour is probably involved. [3] If you're a documentary person, "The True Cost" is really worth watching. [7]
There is a few apps that can help people make informed choices before a purchase [4][5] and of course, great brands like Patagonia [6] who make quality clothing in a responsible way.
There are also amazingly good quality items in second hand stores around the world too, I know there can be some stigma attached to second hand clothing, but it's only stigma, it wears off quickly and no one knows you have a second hand shirt on.
I have a friend who works at a second hand store, which is part of franchise, and there are a lot good quality, safe items in surplus around the world waiting to be worn again.
[1] http://source.ethicalfashionforum.com/article/introduction-to-fashions-key-environmental-issues
[2] http://source.ethicalfashionforum.com/article/introduction-to-fashions-key-social-ssues
[3] http://labourbehindthelabel.net/campaigns/living-wage/
[4] http://goodonyou.org.au/
[5] https://rankabrand.org/
[6] http://www.patagonia.com
[7] http://truecostmovie.com/
Please make sure you watch the documentary called "The True Cost"
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