STUFF YOUR STUFF
This challenge is all about working on the fine art of "intentional buying" which is just a fancy way of saying "think before you buy". There are loads of reasons to avoid accumulating a load of stuff you don't need, but the two most compelling ones are to avoid contributing to child labour and large-scale pollution.
WHY?
CHILD LABOUR
"Fast fashion has engendered a race to the bottom, pushing companies to find ever cheaper sources of labour," says this report in The Guardian. This means that small kids are working in appalling conditions that are tantamount to modern day slavery.
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POLLUTION & WATER WASTE
2 billion pairs of jeans are produced every year, and a typical pair takes 7,000 litres of water to produce. That’s the amount of water an average person drinks over the course of 9 years. Then, there’s the dyeing process using 1.7 million tonnes of various chemicals, not to mention the hazardous chemicals like PFCs.