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Final Exam Review Flashcards

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Definition: Sustainable Fashion

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a movement and process of fostering change in fashion products and the fashion system towards greater ecological integrity and social justice.

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4 Origins of sustainable fashion

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  1. 1962 slient Spring by American Biologist Rachel Carson
  2. 1992 United Nations Conference on Environmental And development - Green issues in Textile Publications
  3. Patagonia and ESPRIT pioneers of sustainable fashion: ESPRIT organic cotton and Patagonia Recycled fibres and Provocative Ad campaigns ( don’t buy this jacket )
  4. 2009 global fashion agenda works towards getting legislation passed and holds conference every year
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The goal of the Paris Agreement

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Limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels

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Climate Change Definition and Its Effects

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A long-term shift in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural such as through variations in the solar cycle BUT since the 1800’s humans are the main drive.
- carbon Dixiode
-methane

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What are 5 environmental issues relating to fashion

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  1. Landfills
  2. Overconsumption of water
  3. Soil Degradation
  4. Carbon Emissions
  5. Deforestation
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What is soil degradation and how is done

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Deterioration of soil health due to Monocropping, intensive tiling and use of pesticides

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What are 7 Social issues relating to fashion

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  1. Extinction
  2. Animal Cruelty
  3. Wage disparity
  4. worker rights
  5. Modern Slavery
  6. Child labour
  7. Chemical Exposure
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9 ways solutions

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  1. 6R’S: Reduce, Rewear, Reuse, Recycle, Repair and Resell
  2. Learn how to care for your garments
  3. Consider shopping secondhand
  4. Purchase From slow fashion rather than fast fashion
  5. Transparency
  6. CIircular Economy
  7. Net zero
  8. Thoughtful Design-
  9. End of life
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Greenwashing Definition

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Conveying a false impression or misleading information about how a company’s products are environmentally sound.

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What are 7 Greenwashing Tactics

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  1. colour
  2. misleading certifications
  3. Misleading numbers or percentages
  4. misleading recycling programs
  5. Grand Gestures
  6. Packaging
  7. Charitable donations
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List 6 Sustainable fibres

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  1. Organic Cotton
  2. Recycled Cotton
  3. Recycled polyester and nylon
  4. Renewable Viscose
  5. Vegan Leather
  6. Deadstock
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Who needs to be certified

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All facilities where each production step occurs should be certified and a recieve scope certificate.

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How can some companies escape getting certified

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Brand/retailers that just do the selling are not required to be certified

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How frequently does companies need to be audited to maintain their certification

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12months

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G.O.T.S stands for what? what do they do?

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Global Organic Textiles Standards; Traces organic fibres from farm to production. Make sure that workers are getting paid fairly

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O.C.S stands for what? What do they do?

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Organic cotton standards; Traces organic fibers from farm to production

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R.C.S stands for what? What do they do?

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Recycled Claim Standards; certifies recycled content

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R.D.S Stands for what? What do they do?

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Responsible down standard; certifies animals are looked after- no live plucking

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R.W.S Stands for what? What do they do?

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Ensures animals are well looked after

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OEKO TEX classifies what?

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Tests end products to see if any harmful chemicals are present

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BLUESIGN Classifies what?

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Ensures chemicals used are safe for workers and consumers

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Fair Trade Classifies what?

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Ensures workers are paid living wages
Safe working conditions

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1% for the planet Classifies what?

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Donates 1% of profits to charitable causes

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B Corp classifies what?

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For-profit companies dedicated to social and environmental change

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Define Fast Fashion

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The clothing industry’s business model of replicating recent catwalk trends and mass-producing them at a low cost and fast while the demand is at it’s highest.

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How and when did fast fashion start?

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It started in the late 1800s when mass production and the sewing machine were invented

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Define Diversity

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Diversity is the practice and quality of representing all types of backgrounds, ages, genders and sexual orientations

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