Making Climate Change Fashionable - The Garment Industry Takes On Global Warming

The apparel industry accounts for 10% of global carbon emissions and remains the second largest industrial polluter, second only to oil. This $3 trillion global industry uses a quarter of all chemicals produced on earth. But the Slow Fashion Movement has taken a different path and is producing eco-friendly garments that last years longer than the Fast Fashion we’ve become used to. As the COP21 climate change talks are underway in Paris this week, fashion has more of a role to play than ever imagined.