“If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.”

― Pete Seeger

  I already own fast fashion/I can only afford to buy fast fashion, now what?

>Sustain what you buy-sewing, washing, and an attitude that cares about the garment

>Fast fashion can break or wear out easily, you can upcycle the fabric

cut out prints for other projects

use fabric for patches

use fabric to repair other clothes

cut off sleeves/collars/make into crop top

t-shirt bags (an option- but inconvenient to use from personal experience)

other non-clothing crafts

>If you won’t use the clothing item and want to give it away, ask people you know before donating to a thrift store. Thrift stores are already overrun with fast fashion as it is, try not to give them more. But if the only other option is throwing it away, it’s fine to donate it.

>Don't buy excess to what you need. yes you can keep up with trends and accessories but hauls or multiple of an item with the same purpose isn't necessary (ex. more t-shirts than what you can cycle regularly)

>Reduce future fast fashion purchases

If possible consider alternatives such as thrifting, rummage sale shopping, and diy. 

Thrift stores and rummage sales support local economics! Your money is going to your neighbors instead of a company.

Rummage sales are preferable to places such as depop, becasue it involves local neighbors who want to get rid of clothes (that will possibly be thrown out otherwise) They can be much cheaper for much higher quality.

>There’s a difference between not being able to afford any other clothes, and buying hauls of fast fashion to wear for a short period of time only to donate immediately or throw away. Influencers who make hundreds of dollars worth of hauls aren’t the type of people who can say “i can’t afford anything else”. hauls aren’t sustainable. 

>Don’t feel guilty if you truly can’t afford anything else, but please consider your options and sustain what you already own before buying more.

Here are a couple of my favourite abstract collages I’ve made. These were all done using discarded materials I found and on wood panel. I made these two during the Covid years. They hang in my house for now.

Just be cool and recycle

#living life organically

#sustainable living

This trash can has a bottle rack so people dont have to dig through the garbage to find bottles or cans for recycling.

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Made this plant sculpture out of cans, wires, and nails for an art competition the other day.

Environmental Activism in Print

In the mid-1950’s a group of scientists, doctors, community members, and women activists based in St. Louis, Missouri became increasingly concerned about the health effects of atomic testing and fallout so they created a group called the Committee for Nuclear Information. They realized that the public did not have full and accurate information about the risks and decided that the creation of a magazine was their best chance of making a difference to inform the public. The magazine started in 1958 with the title Nuclear Information. After the Atmospheric Test Ban Treaty was signed in 1963 the group decided to shift their focus to more general environmental issues and changed title of the magazine to Scientist and Citizen and the name of their group to Scientists' Institute for Public Information.  The magazine changed names again to Environment in 1969 to 1997.  This magazine is extraordinary for its time because its purpose was to use the scientists as conduits of information to the public supposedly without political bias.

We have issues from 1969 to 1997. Environment

There's a great chapter on the creation of this activist committee in the book Disrupting Science by Kelly Moore.

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Druck („Das Zusammenwirken von einerseits dynamischen Spiel und Lautstärke“, Zitat: unbekannt), Januar 2023

Good news everyone!

I have hereby decided to recycle this tournament and use it for my new tournament: the best pokemon that Ash Ketchum owned. Buttttt, theres a twist, you can also submit pokemon that Ash defeated in battle, get it, because he owned them🤣. Whatevs just submit!

I will not be checking if he actually owns it so feel free to lie😄

So, submit some pokemons from the series, movies and games, and watch them battle in a good old-fashioned Tumblr bracket. Follow to see your favorite blow away the competition or, get blown away by the competition!

Tags: @bestsiblingstournament@best-animal-bracket@ultimatepokemontournament@respectthewolf@randomreasonstolive@bestpokemonevertournament@bestgirlsnametournament@worstinsultsever@catsthatlooklikepinupgirls@lunarnamesbracket@dead-character-showdown @the-ultimate-tournament @hellsite-hungergames@dead-character-showdown @best-green-character @bestsiblingstournament @bestgirlsnametournament @best-fictional-cat @hellsite-hungergames @the-ultimate-tournament @thelittlestguy-tournament @the-nobody-tournament and a bunch more.

Found this on the side of the road so I am cleaning it up and getting it nice for my kitties!

‘BE’ Buddy - Rag Doll from Scrap

Upcycled handsewn plushie made with a random draw string bag that came with my toilet hardware, in case people want to bring their chrome faucet in a velvet baggie when they go outside (?)

I don’t go outside nor would I carry a faucet with me if I do go outside, so this fancy faucet carry bag became raw material for a scrap buddy!

I quite enjoy incorporating silk-screened text onto a rag doll. It just BE. A doll cursed with existence.

Scrap fabric innards. Deep blue velvet skin. Wrapped with the original bag string. Fits in the palm of hand.

This is just one of many examples where fabric can be sourced from our absurdly abundant surroundings.

Available for adoption at my ko-fi shop!

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