STOP DESTROYING OUR EARTH WITH FAST FASHIONS.

Attentions
A very pleasant evening I bit our lecturer Madam Nadzirah and respected members of the
floor. So tonight, I’m going to talk about fashions. Fashion is important, right? It’s a form of
expression. It’s a hallmark of an identity. Fashion is one of the world’s most powerful
industries, it is one of the key-value creating industries for the world economy. We all know
that, but did you know, this same industry that brings us joy and colours are one of the
biggest culprits in destroying our mother nature. According to the United Nations, the fast
fashion industry is one of the biggest contributors of environmental pollution, only second
behind the big oil industry. That’s right. You and your members were having fun in a
shopping mall, going from H&M to Padini at last, you innocently bought two pairs of stylish
yet cheap jeans.Well, congratulation, that jeans you bought for 30 ringgit had caused 16000
littles waste of clean water, approximately the same amount of a person's drinks over 14
years. Shocking isn’t it. This is the reality, my brothers and sister. And we're gonna talk more
about this. But first things first. Assalamualaikum…..my name is Siti Nur Aisya Binti Ghazali
and i’m standing here today, to persuade all of us to stop supporting the Fast Fashions
Industry.

Needs

Ladies and gentlemen, Let me quote Lucy Siegel, a British journalist specialising in
environmental issues,she said “ Fast Fashion Is Not Free, someone, somewhere out there is
paying the price. “ The idea of fashionable trendy clothes in a well known branded store, with
an affordable price always sounds too good to be true. How naive and not to mention
ignorant if we thought there’s nothing going on behind that.Hence , I felt after doing a
thorough reading and sitting through 1 and a half hour documentary called ‘’True Cost”, I felt
that the burden has fall upon my shoulder to advocate how our greeds and negligence will
cost us our earth. I feel the need to persuade my fellow audience to stop these ridiculous
shopping habits. Disclaimer, this is not gender related messages boys and girls, we all
have seen shopping in brands outlets. So pay attention.

A.) The reason why fast fashions have experienced rapid growth since 15 years ago is
because it gives us the satisfaction of owning something luxury without burning a hole in our
pocket.We all want to look expensive-ish. But come on, not all of us can afford Gucci and
Yves Saint Laurent. So what do we do, we go to Zara, we go to Padini.We bought a knock
off for 40 ringgit.

Fast fashion is characterised by its reliance on low-cost, rapid production and distribution of
low-quality clothing. As a result, fast fashion not only produces 92 million tonnes of waste
clothing and textiles annually, which is the equivalent of one and a half Empire State
Buildings annually, but it also generates more carbon emissions than the aviation and
shipping sectors combined. According to United Nations Framework Convention On Climate
Change,the greenhouse emission from the fashions industry are expected to rise by 50% by
2030 if the production practices do not improve.
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So if our favourite store is the source of crime against the environment, what’s the approach
to combat this said issue.

Every big plan should start with policy making.

Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action,

The mission of the Fashion Charter for Climate Action, which is to encourage the fashion
industry to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050 at the latest, in
order to keep the rate of global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius

Under UN Climate Change, the Signatories and Supporting Organisations of the Charter will
work collaboratively to deliver on the commitments enshrined in the document. This will be
done through Working Groups, which will bring together relevant stakeholders, experts and
initiatives in the fashion and broader textile sector.

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

EPR is a policy that holds companies and producers responsible for the treatment and
disposal of their products even after they have left the market. This form of policy is used to
incentivise companies to create a more circular economic model where they don’t just use a
linear model of ‘make, use, dispose’. Instead, companies are conscious of the disposal of
their products through preventing waste, supporting public recycling goals, creating
eco-friendly products, and following sustainable production practices.
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1. The Fashion Industry will become more sustainable to earth.

It would be unrealistic to expect consumers to stop shopping on a large scale, so I anticipate

more development and wider adoption of more sustainable production methods such as
waterless dyeing, using waste as a raw material, and developing innovative solutions to the
textile waste problem in the future.

2. Consumers will become more conscious in managing their shopping habits

I expect that after this, consumers will not fall into trends and start becoming more
responsible. We should always be aware that the satisfaction of looking edgy and stylish is
not worth the cost of losing our environment.

Action

1) Wear clothes longer

2) Donate and recycle
3) Shift to thrifting.