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Taking place in the Union Chapel Bar

Wednesday 2 November 2022 - 18:30 doors, 19:00 start

The colonialist mindset can still be seen in the fast fashion industry, with people seen as workers to be exploited in hazardous conditions for little pay. Natural resources are polluted, and land is seen as a dumping ground for our waste.

In the fast fashion industry only around 60% of clothes are sold. Of these items that are donated or sold second-hand, just 10-20% will be bought. Everything else is waste. The exporting of waste clothes to foreign landfills has its roots in colonialism with schemes starting in countries under British colonial rule and continuing today. The imported second-hand clothing prices out local industry, and clothing landfill poses an environmental danger with a risk of fire and pollution.

To discuss the impact of the fast fashion industry on the climate and colonialism today we’ll be joined by Bel Jacobs, former Style Editor to Metro who, following the Rana Plaza disaster, became a campaigner on the climate emergency and the toxic fashion system.

Part of our climate justice programme.