About Us
Who Works Here?
Megan
"I want to go off a waterfall in a barrel so bad."
- Founder of Fen Upcycled
Recent achievements:
- Spending 24 hours in a mine shaft
- Climbing the height of Everest on rock climbing walls in 48 hours
- Running a marathon in a turning circle
- Jumping a bonfire on a push bike
- Trying and failing to pencil roll the whole way down a mountain in a storm
Molly
- The best embroiderer by far
- Loveliest person you'll ever meet
Upcycling!
Is it worth it?
Depressing fashion facts:
- The fashion industry is responsible for 10% of annual global carbon emissions
- fashion companies generate more pollution than international aviation and shipping combined
- Buying just one white cotton shirt produces the same amount of emissions as driving 35 miles in a car.
- The textile sector still represents 10-20% of pesticide use.
- Globally, about 85% of clothes ends up in landfills or burned.
- 50% of clothing bought in the UK is never worn.
- Fast fashion emissions will grow by 50% by 2030, if current growth continues.
- Each year millions of tonnes of clothes are produced, worn, and thrown away. Every second, the equivalent of a rubbish truck load of clothes is burnt or buried in landfill
- 93% of brands surveyed by the Fashion Checker aren’t paying garment workers a living wage
- 80% of garment workers are women
Inspiring upcycling facts:
- 75% of consumers believe that sustainability is important and one-third are willing to choose brands that help environmental and social improvement.
- Extending the life of clothes by just 9 months of active use would reduce carbon, water and waste footprints by 20-30% each.
- If half the items bought in the UK were second hand it would save 12.5 BILLION kilograms of CO2 created by making new clothes from entering the atmosphere. This is the equivalent of 261,000 flights from London Heathrow to Athens or a plane flying around the world more than 17,000 times.
Resources
https://goodonyou.eco/fast-fashion-facts/
https://www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam-in-action/oxfam-blog/new-shocking-facts-about-the-impact-of-fast-fashion-on-our-climate/
https://earth.org/fast-fashion-facts/
https://ethicalhour.com/ethicalbusiness/business-sector-news/fashion/manufacturing-the-uks-jeans-is-comparable-to-flying-around-the-world-more-than-2300-times/
https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2021/06/10/why-fashion-needs-to-be-more-sustainable/
https://www.wrap.ngo/resources/report/valuing-our-clothes-cost-uk-fashion
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/fashion-industry-carbon-unsustainable-environment-pollution/
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20201208STO93327/the-impact-of-textile-production-and-waste-on-the-environment-infographic
shttps://changingmarkets.org/campaigns/fossil-fashion/
https://cleanclothes.org/issues/gender
https://fashionchecker.org/
https://www.ecowatch.com/upcycling-facts-ecowatch.html
https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/textiles-material-specific-data
://www.trvst.world/sustainable-living/fashion/fast-fashion-facts-statistics/#cmfSimpleFootnoteLink1
https://wrap.org.uk/resources/guide/extending-clothing-life-protocol
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