Making the Fashion Industry Sustainable
Ask students: Who is Camille Tagle? How many pounds of textile waste is there every year? Why did Camille start FABSCRAP?
Summary
Camille Tagle is co-founder and creative director of FABSCRAP, which is a textile recycling nonprofit. Textiles generate 21 billion pounds of waste that goes into landfills every year, and FABSCRAP works to divert that waste, either by downcycling or giving the fabric new life. Tagle shares her Brief But Spectacular take on textile waste and fashion sustainability.
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News wrap alternative: Check out recent segments from the NewsHour, and choose the story you’re most interested in watching. You can make a Google doc copy of discussion questions that work for any of the stories here.
Five Facts
- Who is Camille Tagle?
- How many pounds of textile waste is there every year?
- Why did Camille start FABSCRAP?
- What is the method they use to sort the fabric?
- When was FABSCRAP started?
Focus Questions
What are some of the best ways to reduce textile waste that you heard in this segment? Can you think of other ways to make clothing more sustainable?
News analysis: How can FABSCRAP and the message behind the nonprofit be spread to more people?
Alternative: See, Think, Wonder: What did you notice? What did the story make you think? What story would you want to find out more about? Where would you go to learn more?
For More
What students can do: Discuss — what are some of the environmental impacts of textile waste?
Student Video of the Day (August 1, 2018)
Republished with permission from PBS NewsHour Extra.
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