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The price of fast fashion

The price of fast fashion

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Fiona Sheriff

Based on the book 'Fashionopolis’ by Dana Thomas
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This unit prepares pupils to write a short summary on ‘Can fast fashion ever be sustainable?

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Fashionopolis

The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes

Dana Thomas
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Fashion has blighted our planet. Today, one out of six people on earth work in fashion, churning out 100 billion garments a year. Yet 98 percent of them do not earn a living wage, and 2.1 billion tonnes of clothing is thrown away annually. The clothing industry's exploitation of fellow humans and the environment has reached epic levels. What should we do?

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KS3 - Geography - The price of fast fashion

Fiona Sheriff

In this recording introducing the Geography unit ‘The price of fast fashion’. Fiona walks through the resources and the research for this curriculum project.

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