Top 3 Clothing Changes to Help Stop Pollution

Help stop the pollution of over-consumption, over filling landfills and polluting the environment for people, animals, plants and insects as well as the world’s water sources.

Do it now and start today to make a big change in your personal and professional life and to significantly improve the life of others. You don’t need money to promote this information. Let’s start the trend.

1. Natural Fiber Clothing

   Natural fibers break down much quicker than synthetic fibers and are plastic-free. Visible and invisible mending and upcycling is a charming skill that can even be monetized. The ultimate goal is compost your old clothing that will eventually become healthy soil to regrow more textile plants or grass to feed wool-providing animals. Fibershed is a good resource to show how this circular textile economy works.

   
   

2. Organic, Local Textiles and Clothing Producers

   Take out the toxic pesticides and the slave labor as well as the fuel-driven shipping of goods and find local sources. Perhaps there should be high tariffs on textile and related imports to lessen the flow and halt consumers buying cheap goods. Locally produced environmentally-friendly goods will be more expensive than imported slave labor synthetic goods packaged in plastic but will automatically halt over-consumption and make thoughtful and functional capsule wardrobes and help declutter home decor and linens. A healthy minimalistic approach to textiles will be the result.

   
   

3. Promote or start a small local eco-friendly business.

   Think small with less processing and less machines. Promote local craftspeople and textile crops suited for your climate. This brings local culture and helps local economies and supports skill-based professions and artisans. It also passes down knowledge and traditions whether they are old or new ideas based on climate, weather, water sources and the ability to grow certain indigenous textile plants. You are renewing and fixing natural landscapes while helping local communities be financially independent.

   Encourage politicians to incentivize this with fewer regulation fees, easy loans and provide business resources and workspace at a very low cost.

   
   

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