Sustainable Jeans?
For Step 7 or 9 of the Jeans example
In this step you have to identify possible and effective leverage points to turn the global cotton and jeans production more sustainable.
Tasks
- Visit the Ellen Macarthur Foundation’s Jeans Redesign webpage from the https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/our-work/activities/make-fashion-circular/the-jeans-redesign?utm
- Analyze the video on this webpage from the perspective of sustainable / unsustainable jeans production.
- Answer the following questions.
Questions
- Why has cloth production become unsustainable in recent years?
- Which steps of jeans production are unsustainable?
- Why does cotton-based cloth have a potential to contribute to a sustainable world?
- How can we change cotton and jeans production towards sustainability?