Slow Fashion In the last years, the number of people concerned about the environment has grown. Nevertheless, it is still a challenge to change our behavior, because conscious consumption does not jus

Search from various English teachers...

Juliana

Slow Fashion In the last years, the number of people concerned about the environment has grown. Nevertheless, it is still a challenge to change our behavior, because conscious consumption does not just involve information, everyone should have the knowledge and the conscious to change this concept of sustentability into a real action. But is not easy to change our old habits. The impacts caused by humanity are devastating. Data from the Ministry of the Environment shows that we are consuming 30% more natural resources than the earth's renewal capacity. If we continue with this rate of consumption, in 50 years we will need two Earth planets to support our needs. The fashion industry has the second position in the ranking of most polluting industries, "losing" only to the petroleum sector. The numbers are staggering. Viscose is an artificial fiber, but it is raw material is cellulose, which requires the overthrow of 70 million trees annually. Polyester fabrics takes more than 200 years to decompose. Also, the cultivation of cotton causes severe impacts on soil and water because this natural fiber is the one that most demands the use of toxic substances. Although consumerism is often tied to fashion, there are other issues involved. In addition, to representing personalities through aesthetics, throughout history, it has established itself as a form of social status. It is the rampant consumption of clothing and accessories that has been making damages on the environment. However, there are ways to reduce the social and environmental impacts of this industry. Some brands are paying more attention to this issue, and also many people are more concerned about the environment nowadays, mainly about the “fast fashion” movement. We already have the “slow fashion” concept as a trend to motivating people to consume less, products with more quality, and searching information about the length of the product life cycle, the origin of them, how it is being producing, who is working on it, which kind of work condition do these people have and the right way to discards this product. We should keep in mind that sometimes when we buy some stuffs we are agreeing with this situation.

Corrections · 5

Slow Fashion

In recent years, the number of people concerned about the environment has grown. Nevertheless, it is still a challenge to change our behavior, because conscious consumption does not just involve information, everyone should have the knowledge and the consciousness to change this concept of sustainability into real action. But is not easy to change our old habits.
The impacts caused by humanity are devastating. Data from the Ministry of the Environment shows that we are consuming 30% more natural resources than the earth's renewal capacity. If we continue with this rate of consumption, in 50 years we will need two Earth planets to support our needs.
The fashion industry is in second position, only to the petroleum sector, in the ranking of most polluting.The numbers are staggering. Viscose is an artificial fiber, but it's raw material is cellulose, which requires the destruction of 70 million trees annually. Polyester fabrics take more than 200 years to decompose. Also, the cultivation of cotton causes severe impacts on soil and water because this natural fiber requires the highest use of toxic substances.
Although consumerism is often tied to fashion, there are other issues involved. In addition, by representing personalities through aesthetics, throughout history, it has established itself as a form of social status. It is the rampant consumption of clothing and accessories that has been causing damage to the environment. However, there are ways to reduce the social and environmental impacts of this industry.
Some brands are paying more attention to this issue, and also many people are more concerned about the environment nowadays, mainly with regards to the “fast fashion” movement. We already have the “slow fashion” concept as a trend to motivating people to consume less, use better quality products and to searching for information about the product's life cycle, its origin, production, mode of manufacture, empoyees' working conditions and the right way recycle these products. We should keep in mind that sometimes when we buy certain products we are in accordance with this situation.

This was my first time to do a correction on italki, so please forgive me if I got a little carried away with it! I'm sorry I didn't keep track of the changes I made or why. I remember the 2nd sentence was a bit long so I broke it up. And I changed one so that it didn't have through and throughout in the same sentence. 'two Earth planets' sounds a bit awkward. If you have any questions about the rest, please don't hesitate to ask!

Slow Fashion

In recent years, the number of people concerned about the environment has grown. Nevertheless, it is still a challenge to change our behavior because conscious consumption does not just involve information. Everyone should have the knowledge and the consciousness to change this concept of sustainability into a real action. But is not easy to change our old habits.

The impacts caused by humans are devastating. Data from the Ministry of the Environment shows that we are consuming 30% more natural resources than the earth's renewal capacity. If we continue with this rate of consumption, in 50 years we will need the equivalent of two Earth's to support our needs.

The fashion industry has the second position in the ranking of most polluting industries, "losing" only to the petroleum sector. The numbers are staggering. Viscose is an artificial fiber, but it's raw material is cellulose, which requires the destruction of 70 million trees annually. Polyester fabrics take more than 200 years to decompose. Also, the cultivation of cotton causes severe impacts on soil and water because this natural fiber demands the most use of toxic substances.

Although consumerism is often tied to fashion, there are other issues involved. In addition to reflecting our personalities aesthetically, fashion has established itself as a form of social status throughout history. But it is the rampant consumption of clothing and accessories that has been damaging to the environment. However, there are ways to reduce the social and environmental impacts of this industry.

Some brands are paying more attention to this issue. And many people are more concerned about the environment now, mainly about the “fast fashion” movement. We already have the “slow fashion” concept as a trend to motivate people to consume less, buy products of higher quality, consider the length of the product life cycle, product origin, how it is being produced, who is producing it, their working conditions and the best way to discard items when no longer needed or wanted. We should keep in mind that sometimes when we buy products we are contributing to the damaging impact on the environment.

Great article Juliana! I completely agree with you. I've made some minor alterations, but you write very well and the main message of your article makes perfect sense. Well done!

Olá Juliana, O seu inglês é muito bom. Mais melhor do que o meu português. Há uns poucos errors, não muitos. Eu acho que a maioria das pessoas não cuidar sobre ambiente porque é não afeta-los. Quando isto acontecer, será demasiado tarde.

Want to progress faster?

Join this learning community and try out free exercises!

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn a language from the comfort of your own home. Browse our selection of experienced language tutors and enroll in your first lesson now!

Start Learning Today