Lately, it seems like there has been a lot of doom and gloom surrounding the environment. Between the IPCC report on climate change from a few weeks ago, the climate change deniers running for office, and the Vox’s report on how hot our cities will be by 2050 (pretty sure ours is already much warmer than the 30 year average. Or at least the stretch of 110+ degree days made it seem like that), it feels pretty discouraging. So, it is always nice to hear some good news about the environment and the awesome people working to make change. I decided that I need to pay closer attention to that! So, I am going to start a semi-regular series called “Awesome Things Happening In Ethical Style.” I can’t promise that I’ll post to this section regularly, but as I think of it, I will!
Starting today, when I find awesome things happening in ethical style, I will post them here! And if you are doing something awesome in ethical style, let me know. I could use some good news!
Everlane has been criticized for not being environmentally conscious enough. Because of their tagline, “Radically Transparent,” I suppose they set themselves up for the criticism. I believe that ethical fashion is more of a journey. That goes for companies as well as consumers. So, I don’t entirely agree with the criticism. I believe they could do more but so could I, so no judgement here. So, when they announced that they will be virgin-plastic free by 2021, I was thrilled (and this means in their products, shops, offices, shipping, everything!). More on that here. 