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Tips and tricks for buying less and buying better!
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The textile industry is perpetually being renewed. Ever-shifting clothing trends make fashion the second most polluting industry in the world, one now responsible for 10 percent of carbon emissions in the world. That represents 1.2 billion tons of greenhouse gases (GHGs) every year. If nothing is changed, the industry will be using a quarter of the world’s carbon budget by 2050*.

Fast fashion and ultra-fast fashion are built on unethical mass production and low-quality textiles, fueling overconsumption. What is its impact? Consumers buy more clothes but hardly wear them. To change this trend, it’s essential that we adopt more responsible consumption habits.

*Sources: GIEC, Recycling Council of Alberta et Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission

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Ready to take on the responsible consumption challenge?

This Little Guide to Responsible Consumption offers tips and tricks on buying less and buying better. It’s also a challenge: to create a capsule wardrobe made up of a maximum of 40 pieces of clothing per season. You’ll kill three birds with one stone: take some pressure off your wallet, free up space in your closet, and reduce your environmental impact.

In this guide:

Creating a capsule wardrobe for consumption for good

Buying responsibly

Recycling and upcycling

Buying better

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Icon numbered - Six tips to buying more responsibly

Six tips to buying more responsibly

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Look at what you already have.

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Ask yourself whether you really need it.

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Rent, borrow or trade.

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Favor local businesses.

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Make second-hand shopping a habit.

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Learn as much as you can about the quality of the product you want and on the good practices of the brand.

Quiz

Can you get killer style with second-hand clothes?

Your task is to guess which of these looks has been created from second-hand clothing. See if you can tell the difference.

Good luck!

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True

It's confusing! These second-hand clothes cost 9x less than if they had been bought new.

False

These new clothes cost 9 times more than if they had been bought second-hand.
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False

These new clothes cost 9 times more than if they had been bought second-hand.

True

It's confusing! These second-hand clothes cost 9x less than if they had been bought new.
2.
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True

These new clothes cost 10 times more than if they had been bought second-hand.

False

It's confusing! These second-hand clothes cost 10 times less than if they had been bought new.
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False

It's confusing! These second-hand clothes cost 10 times less than if they had been bought new.

True

These new clothes cost 10 times more than if they had been bought second-hand.

Reducing your environmental footprint

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The Little Guide to Responsible Consumption

Up for the challenge?

Discover advice, tips, and tricks on buying responsibly and starting a capsule wardrobe.

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