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/ Join us, Greenpeace and WaterBear Network in taking a Stand With Nature to protect our parks, forests and the people who preserve them for generations to come. 🌱 Help us reach one million people against deforestation—where trees fall daily for timber, profit, and short-term gain-which remains the greatest threat to the people who protect our parks and forests. 🌲 📢 Repost this and sign up to take action at: https://lnkd.in/gpZGy-ED Why now? The road to COP30 The possibility that the Amazon forest system could soon reach a tipping point, inducing large-scale collapse, has raised global concern. This November at COP30, political leaders, surrounded by corporate lobbyists, will meet in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, to decide the future of the planet. Join us in demanding that they respect and protect our future. Communities across the Amazon, in the forest and in cities, are standing on the frontlines, pushing back these destroyers. They are demanding respect and justice, offering real solutions. They are asking for economic alternatives that allow them to thrive without harming the forest. You can stand with them. When we stand together, we stand stronger than the corporations destroying the Amazon rainforest and forests around the world.

/ Our non AI version of the trending Barbie Starter Kit, featuring our very own fashion activist and team member ❤️ AI can be a powerful tool, but to consume it at such a rapid speed for an internet trend in, its current form, goes against our values and uphold mindless overconsumption. Something to think about... Let us know if you want the template? 🌸 featuring Remake's Holly Carroll by our Digital Media Director Daisy Christophel #AI #Fashion #sutainability #trending

/ 🚨 URGENT: Myanmar can’t wait. Remake is partnering with our friends Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) directly on the ground in impacted ares, donate here: https://lnkd.in/gBzUmz9u 📢 A 7.7 earthquake hit Myanmar on Fri, 28 Mar. 📢 4,000+ dead. 6,500+ injured. Many still trapped. 📢 No rescue machines—people dig by hand. 📢 Survivors urgently need life-saving aid. 🆘 Aid is blocked in key areas. 🆘Military arresting activists helping survivors. 🆘Foreign rescue teams turned away or sent to less-affected zones. In solidarity with our Myanmar partners, we’re raising funds for direct relief. Your donation can save lives: $100 = 1 week food + clean water for 2 families OR medical aid for 1 family $200 = temporary shelter + blankets for 4 families All funds go directly to emergency relief, where most needed. * Solidarity means action. DONATE. https://lnkd.in/gBzUmz9u * Because of the dangerous situation, receipts may not always be available. We’re working closely with trusted partners (anonymous for safety) to get aid directly to people. #MyanmarEarthquake #EmergencyRelief #UrgentAppeal #Fundraiser #DonateNow #Solidarity #MutualAid https://lnkd.in/gBzUmz9u

On Saturday, Mohiuddin Rubel (মহিউদ্দিন রুবেল), a former director at the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, called an American reporter in a panic. He had been pouring over President Donald Trump’s April 2 executive order directing the federal government to impose so-called “reciprocal” tariffs on all imports to the United States, including a 37 percent hit on those originating from Bangladesh. That figure alone would be bad enough. But Rubel, an additional managing director at Denim Expert, a jeans manufacturer, also pointed out a clause under the section on implementation: “The rates of duty established by this order are in addition to any other duties, fees, taxes, exactions or charges applicable to such imported articles,” except as otherwise provided in subsections relating to Canada and Mexico. The South Asian nation’s goods are already subject to U.S. tariffs, including a 15.6 percent duty on apparel. An additional 37 percent hike would mean a tariff of of nearly 53 percent, on par with the 54 percent being levied on China—that is, unless Trump makes good on his most recent threat to slap another 50 percent in import taxes on the superpower if it doesn’t withdraw its own 34 percent increase. For the world’s second-largest—or third-largest, depending on how Vietnam is doing—exporter of garments after China, this would be an impossible burden to bear. The United States, its third-biggest trading partner after China and India, imported $8.4 billion worth of goods in 2024 alone, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. And despite existing tariffs, Bangladesh is the third-largest supplier of clothing after China and Vietnam to the United States. The new presidential calculus could change that status dramatically. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eMVwwypC

Emissions, decarbonisation, hypocrisy and fashion! This is an interesting read from The Business of Fashion and Bloomberg: 'Zara Owner Inditex’s Transport Emissions Balloon to Record Highs': https://lnkd.in/dqfimAH7. In addition to this, in one of our forthcoming research papers, we analysed the top 20 fashion brands by revenue and found that the only scenario in which fashion brands could reduce their carbon emissions by 2030 would be if the power grids of the sourcing countries in which their production takes place decarbonised by a factor of four, or 400%, from their 2021 levels, while at the same time the brands did not increase their production volumes by more than 50%, in contrast to the target of some brands to double their production volumes.    This means that not only will national electricity grids, often in low and middle income countries, need to be radically and rapidly decarbonised, but the brands' targets for increased production volumes will need to be sharply curtailed if there is to be any hope of reducing carbon emissions from current levels. The study will be published soon and my co-authors are Dr Heletjé van Staden (Assistant Professor, University College Dublin), Dr Fabiola Schneider (Assistant Professor, University College Dublin) and Prof Donna Marshall (Professor, University College Dublin).   In terms of just transition, the conversation is just beginning in the fashion industry and we do not see or have evidence that the fashion industry is talking about a just transition approach to decarbonisation, while current conversations often neglect the justice principles. Stay in touch to join the conversation. #Emissions #decarbonisation #hypocrisy #fashion #luxury #business #climatechange #climateemergency #justice #justtransition #inditex #fossilfuels #phaseout

Where do your clothes go when you donate them? 👖 Whose job is it to recycle clothes? ♻️ If you've never thought about these questions (or if you have!), I invite you to join me and remake.world for a webinar this week exploring and discussing the answers to these questions. Join us for an insightful webinar on Textile Composting and the assessing the potential of municipal composting as a sustainable solution for textile waste! (If you've been following me for a while, you know this is what my research is about. And I'm VERY excited to share it for the first time in this format.) 🔍 What we'll cover: 👚 The environmental impact of textile waste and the urgency to find sustainable alternatives 🏭 The role municipalities can play in transforming waste management systems Whether you're a sustainability advocate, urban planner, or involved in waste management, this webinar will provide valuable insights into the future of textile waste recycling and composting. 🗓 Date & Time: Wednesday April 9th, 1-2pm EST 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/eqb_QfiP

💡 Happening Now! 💡 This year, we are bringing together three exceptional voices in the environmental education space: Daniel Drak, Assistant Professor of Fashion Management and Social Justice and Director of the MPS Fashion Management program at Parsons School of Design. Soleil Sabalja, a Climate Justice Educator in NYC. Andreea Sofronea, Co-owner and Project Manager at REDU, a green social enterprise in Iași, Romania. Whether you’re an environmental professional, a climate enthusiast, or simply someone who cares about the future of our planet, this panel offers a unique opportunity to hear from leading experts and engage in meaningful discussions about how we can all take action this Earth Day and beyond. Zoom Link: https://lnkd.in/gRHiCQwN

/ We recently partnered with Vestiaire Collective on a space waste April fools' prank, and our educated community did NOT hold back 👏 🙈 see their reactions here: https://lnkd.in/gEV5m64N

/ Lock arms with us and United Nations EP globally to celebrate #ZeroWasteDay coming this Sunday-make a commitment to go 90 days with #NoNewClothes 🦋 Humanity’s current patterns of unsustainable textile production and consumption are contributing to the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature, land and biodiversity loss, and the crisis of pollution and waste. When we resist the fashion industry’s tactics to manipulate us into buying more we can band together and have enormous impact. By pressing pause on the purchase of new clothing, reflecting on ways to address overproduction, and holding corporations accountable for their actions, we take the first step in our journey to remake the fashion industry for good. Are you in? Sign up we'll track our collective impact: https://lnkd.in/gWBh8XNg #beatwastepollution #slowfashion #sustainablefashion

"The new guard of trash designers place themselves within the timely conversation on the future of fashion, but they also are having more fun than they could anywhere else. San Francisco’s lack of fashion cred means designers here can be more playful and operate outside the glare of critics’ eyes. There can be greater creativity, less commitment to regular collections, and more interactive events blasted all over social media.  The same week Slocum debuted her Neverend line, the Ferry Building was taken over by local nonprofit Remake for a sustainable fashion show called Walk Your Values. It featured the colorful, texturally rich clothes from Gathered Cloths, an upcycling textile project by Fafafoom Studio, among others. Former fashion blogger and designer Mira Musank is the visionary behind Gathered Cloths, a project she launched in 2021." https://lnkd.in/gCVcBGkH