Ethics Girls

Fairtrade wine - the story in South Africa

luxuryeq:

Missoni has teamed up with the ethical fashion company Muzungu Sisters and shoe company C.B. Made in Italy for a new collaboration: a loafer made using upcycled Missoni fabric. Missoni has donated three fabrics for the project that would otherwise have been unused and destroyed. 

The Muzungu Sisters was founded in 2009 with the aim to provide locally sourced and handcrafted products from around the globe. 10% of the sales from the shoes will benefit the Small Steps Project, a UK-based charity dedicated to improving the lives of children living on municipal landfills across the globe.

Read more: http://www.vogue.co.uk/blogs/the-green-style-blog/2012/05/missoni-and-muzungu-sisters

techstylista:

Is ethical fashion stylish? Yes, is my opinion but I will let you make up your own mind. This great short video from the lovely Ms Wanda’s Wardrobe in collaboration with Rewardrobe consultancy and People Tree fair trade designers looks at how ethical fashion is stylish.

An ethical fashion makeover - filmed by Green Lens Studio in London - the 1st UK sustainable photo studio. Styling by Lucy Harvey, ethicalstylist.com

H&M - here them talk about their sustainable plan.

We are not quite sure about the H&M input into changing the fashion industry to a more future proof road, mostly as they are the epitmy of fast fashion, as this is the killer issue at the moment. Far too much clothing is thrown away.  But we give H&M some good points for improving their business model. Lets hope they continue in this way.

Check out the Beads from Mzuribeads - direct from Uganda :)

Collection Day - a short film from Mzuribeads.com - they recycle old magazines into jewellery beads :)

Live Below the Line - many people in the world are feeding themselves for 33p a day - that is the challenge - can you do this ?

check out a new campaign - Love Your Tent

1 in 6 tents are left at the end of a festival, destined for landfill. We must stop this :)

Check the Tag - a political rap! 

Concerned with a lack of political courage and radical vision in today’s music, Lonnie Ray Atkinson, a hip hop and rap songwriter in the U.S., turned to music to raise public awareness on important social issues.  Utilizing songwriting as a tool of activism, he generously offers his creative work for protests and public education.  One of the issues he focuses on is workers’ rights.  “Check Your Tags,” reminds us how we are all connected with workers who are trapped in misery, sewing the clothes we buy in often prison-like factories in export processing zones in countries like China, Bangladesh, Jordan, El Salvador or Vietnam.  Lonnie kindly offered the song to the Institute, to help raise awareness of sweatshop cases from Nike in Southeast Asia to Foxconn in China, encouraging us to become conscious and responsible shoppers.

From the Institute For Global Labour and Human Rights