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Clothing & Water Systems
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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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Article/Backgrounder
The Circular Economy Opportunity
Explore how clothing could fit into a circular economy.
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Article/Backgrounder
All about Microplastics: The Fall of Dr. Mike Roe Plastic
Dive into this treacherous tale about the causes and impacts of microplastic water pollution.
![Pollution header image with washing machine, green t-shirt, and natural green background.](/sites/default/files/2022-04/pollution-header.png)
Article/Backgrounder
How does clothing impact water systems?
Students will explore how producing and wearing clothes impacts water systems and what we can do to make it better.
![header image for impact on water systems](/sites/default/files/2022-06/header-ecosystems_1.png)
Article/Backgrounder
Diving Into the Ecosystem Impacts of Clothing
Students will explore the impacts of pollution on aquatic ecosystems and learn about youth who are taking action to address these problems.
![Illustrated header including physical items of clothing care as well as clothing care symbols](/sites/default/files/2021-06/clothing_care_labels_header_0.png)
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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Article/Backgrounder
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.
Search Keywords
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Article/Backgrounder
What Clothes Are Made Of
Learn about all of the different natural and human-made materials that clothing is made of.
![Microplastics comic header image](/sites/default/files/2022-02/comic-header-final.png)
Article/Backgrounder
All about Microplastics: The Fall of Dr. Mike Roe Plastic
Dive into this treacherous tale about the causes and impacts of microplastic water pollution.
![Pollution header image with washing machine, green t-shirt, and natural green background.](/sites/default/files/2022-04/pollution-header.png)
Article/Backgrounder
How does clothing impact water systems?
Students will explore how producing and wearing clothes impacts water systems and what we can do to make it better.
![header image for impact on water systems](/sites/default/files/2022-06/header-ecosystems_1.png)
Article/Backgrounder
Diving Into the Ecosystem Impacts of Clothing
Students will explore the impacts of pollution on aquatic ecosystems and learn about youth who are taking action to address these problems.
Image Source: Brian Yurasits, Unsplash
![Pollution dredged up on the shore in Massachusetts](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Microplastic_Threat_ID_131_R_A.png)
Article/Backgrounder
Accumulating 'microplastic' threat to shores
Article, 2021
Image Source: PlanetCare, Unsplash
![Clogged microfiber filter](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Microscopic_Fibers_ID_136_R_V.png)
Video
How millions of microscopic fibers are ending up in our bodies
Video, 2018 (6:16 min.)
Image Source: Kelly Sikkema, Unsplash
![Bottle of bleach](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Chlorine_Bleach_ID_64_R_A.png)
Article/Backgrounder
Image Source: Sören Funk, Unsplash
![Microplastics embedded into shore gravel](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Microplastics_Clothing_Pollution_ID_287_R_A.png)
Article/Backgrounder
Image Source: Counselling, Pixabay
![Cycle-setting dial on a washing machine.](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Correct_Washer_Cycle_ID_66_R_A.png)
Article/Backgrounder
How to select the correct washer cycle for clothes
Article, 2020
Image Source: Lu Gu, Unsplash
![Open ocean](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Youth_Voices_Ocean_ID_289_R_V.png)
Video
Image Source: Naja Bertolt Jensen, Unsplash
![Water pollution](/sites/default/files/2022-04/Water_pollution_ID_332_V.jpg)
Video
India: How our clothes cause water pollution
Video (11:55), 2021
Image Source: PDPics , Pixabay
![Trash pile](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Environ_Price_Fast_Fashion_ID_124_R_SJ.png)
Scientific Journal
The environmental price of fast fashion
Journal article
Image Source: Bicanski, Pixnio
![Clothing scattered in a haphazard pile](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Wardrobe_Cost_ID_32_A%20%282%29.png)
Article/Backgrounder
How much do our wardrobes cost to the environment?
Article, 2019
Image Source: FLY:D 🔶Art Photographer, Unsplash
![Straws turning into microplastics](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Microfiber_Pollution_ID_127_R_I.png)
Infographic
What is microfiber plastic pollution?
Infographic
Image Source: Naja Bertolt Jensen, Unsplash
![Plastic pollution in the ocean](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Laundry_Plastic_Ocean_ID_49_R_A.png)
Article/Backgrounder
Image Source: Steve Harvey, Unsplash
![Center-pivot irrigation system in Southern California](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Embodied_Water_ID_130_R_A.png)
Article/Backgrounder
Review of data on embodied water in clothing
Summary Report