The Cost of Fast Fashion

What's the real story behind your t-shirt? This fast fashion worksheet helps students uncover the environmental and social costs.

The Life Cycle of a T-Shirt What are two earth damaging things that are caused by growing cotton? Where is most cotton shipped after being harvested? What health hazards are there in coloring the cotton? After being dyed, where does the cotton go to be stitched into t-shirts? How are factory workers compensated for their work? What percentage of global pollution is caused by the clothing industry? What are two things you can do to help reduce the pollution created by the fashion industry? The True Cost of Fast Fashion What does the Rent the Runway company do? What is the Patagonia company doing to help eliminate clothing waste? Old Clothes! What was your favorite way to repurpose old clothes?