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Clothing & Climate Change
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Article/Backgrounder
Indicators of Climate Change
Learn about how we know the climate is changing.
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What Is The Greenhouse Effect?
Learn about why the climate is changing.
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Article/Backgrounder
Understanding Clothing Care Symbols
Knowing how to read laundry symbols on a clothing label can help you to keep your clothes looking their best as well as make smart purchasing decisions.
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Hands-on Activity
Recycling Yarn Part 1: Preparing the Fibres
Learn how to recycle fibres from yarn and prepare it for making new yarn.
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Hands-on Activity
Recycling Yarn Part 2: Spinning
Learn how to spin fibres to make yarn using a drop spindle you make yourself.
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The Circular Economy Opportunity
Explore how clothing could fit into a circular economy.
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Life Cycle of Clothing
Learn about the life cycle of clothing including a spotlight of two items of clothing - a cotton t-shirt and a pair of polyester yoga pants.
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![Drones over a cotton field](/sites/default/files/2021-06/XPCC_Cotton_ID_9_A.png)
Article/Backgrounder
A new U.S. rule could change what you wear
Article, 2020
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Scientific Journal
Carbon footprint of clothing and textile products (2015)
Journal article, 2015
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![Clothing on display inside a store](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Clothing_Consumption_ID_10_R_SJ.png)
Scientific Journal
Clothing consumption: analyzing the apparel industry’s current and future...
Journal Article, 2020
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![Folded bedsheets on display](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Linen_History_ID_37_A%20%281%29.png)
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A brief history of linen
Article, 2015
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![Clothing scattered in a haphazard pile](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Wardrobe_Cost_ID_32_A%20%282%29.png)
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How much do our wardrobes cost to the environment?
Article, 2019
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![Goodwill retail store sign](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Goodwill_Donations_ID_37_R_A.png)
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![Red clothing donation bin outside of a USPS hub](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Clothing_Donations_ID_36_R_A.png)
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What really happens to your clothing donations?
Article, 2016
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![Woman in fast fashion jeans leaning up against a railing](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Struggles_Fast_Fashion_ID_34_R_A.png)
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Struggles of youth with fast fashion
Article, 2020