Textiles

Question 1

What impact does fashion have on the land

Answer 1

120 million trees get logged
Plant based materiel Need land
Clothes need trees and land

Question 2

What impact does fashion have on carbon and greenhouse gasses

Answer 2

Created by transportation and production of clothes fashion is responsible for ten percent of green house gases

Question 3

What impact does fashion have on chemicals

Answer 3

Many chemicals are used on cotton farms so bugs and insects don’t eat the crops
25% of chemicals are used by the fashion industry

Question 4

What impact does fashion have on the water

Answer 4

Fashion is the biggest water polluter of clean water

The fashion industry dumps dirty water into clean streams 10,000 litres of water are used to make one pair of jeans when people don’t have enough clean water to drink.

Question 5

What impact does fashion have on plastics

Answer 5

Polyester is the most common fibre in clothes but it takes 200 years to decompose

Question 6

Waste and resources

Answer 6

Their is 92 million tons of waste every year that’s 18 million elephants

Question 7

How many garments are produced each year

Answer 7

100 billion

Question 8

Even if your not interested in fashion, why is it important to still learn about the fashion industry

Answer 8

Because you still by and we’re clothes and it’s important to know where they come from and what your putting on your body.

Question 9

Who are some people that are part of clothing production? ( i.e. who handles your clothes before you buy them off the rack)

Answer 9

Factory worker
Truck drivers
Importers
Store workers

Question 10

How can you reduce your environmental impact when it comes to clothing?

Answer 10

Donate
Make it into something else
Compost if it is all natural material

Question 11

How is cotton processed

Answer 11

Spin it
Clean it
Then put it into the shape of a sheet

Question 12

Where does cotton come from

Answer 12

From cotton plants

Question 13

Where is cotton mostly produced

Answer 13

Cotton is mostly produced in India in China

Question 14

What is “fast fashion”?

Answer 14

Mass producing clothes at low cost quickly for new trends to start

Question 15

List 3 things you need to be sure you have done before you press the foot pedal and start sewing

Answer 15

Turn on the machine
put the presser foot down
Put the needle in the fabric
Then you can start sewing

Question 16

How is a sewing machine threaded

Answer 16

It is threaded from left to right through the take down lever and then down through the sewing needle

Question 17

List three safety considerations when using sewing machines

Answer 17

Don’t thread the machine while the machine is still on
Keep your hands away from the machine
Keep the machine off when you’re not using it

Question 18

What do you look for in high-quality clothing list three identifying factors

Answer 18

Good quality and it won’t break easy
It fit properly
Good for the environment