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We are back with a collective action for Pittsburgh! Today, we chat Collaction founder, Ron van den Akker. Collaction coined the term crowdacting: taking action knowing that you are one of many. One crowdacting campaign is Slow Fashion Season. From June 21st until September 21st, participants commit to making conscious fashion choices. Pittsburgh, we challenge you to join Slow Fashion Season. We want to contribute 100 people from our area to this campaign. Sign up for Slow Fashion Season!Follow Style412 as we highlight local, sustainable fashion brands. For more Style412 Fashion Revolution content:Style412 Fashion Revolution webpageInstagramFacebook

Tereneh Idia is a fashion designer and freelance writer. Tereneh was championing sustainable fashion and fair wages for makers with her partnership partnership, Idia’Dega, before it was a trending discussion topic. We hear Tereneh’s thoughts on how Pittsburgh's fashion community stacks up against other cities in terms of transparency and sustainability and we discuss her latest creative project. Idia’Dega Fashion InstagramIdia'Dega InstagramOAM Pgh, a community fashion projectTereneh's Local Sustainable Brand Shoutouts: Imani Jahaan VintageEonsCenter for Creative ReuseKnotzlandMad RecitalKelly LaneFlux BeneFor more Style412 Fashion Revolution content:Style412 Fashion Revolution webpageInstagramFacebook

Sarika Bajaj is a textile engineer and graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University. She is using her talents in engineering and robotics to help tackle a really big problem in fashion: post-consumer garment textile recycling. Click here to contact Sarika. Textile Waste Facts:United States alone produces over 20 billion pounds of textile waste a yearApproximately 73% of that textile waste travels to landfills or is incineratedChina, where most of textile garments are exported, will likely ban imports of fiber grade materials by 2021 [Resource Recycling, 2019]Textile Recycling | PittSustainbility (accepted items here). For more Style412 Fashion Revolution content:Style412 Fashion Revolution webpageInstagramFacebook

Today, we chat with leaders in textile education, Julie Chen, Instructor of textiles and sustainability at Carnegie Mellon University and Olivia Robinson, Assistant Teaching Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. We discuss the three pillars of sustainability - social, economic and environmental -  we talk the complete life cycle of a cotton t-shirt, the culture of discarding and where hope is sprouting in textile production cycles. PatagoniaPeople TreeTextile Statistics via Fashion Revolution:Buying one new white cotton shirt produces the same emissions as driving a car for 35 miles [Oxfam, 2019]60% of garments are now made from polyester. This quantity has doubled since the year 2000 [Kirchain et al., 2015]150 million tress are logged every year to be turned into cellulose textiles, like viscose [Canopy]Producing plastic-based fibers or textiles uses around 342 million barrels of oil every year. [Ellen MacArthur Foundation]The dyeing and finishing phase of textiles production can require as much as 200 tonnes of water for every tonne of textiles produced. [Yusuf, 2018]Want to share these statistics? Click here for free downloads from Fashion Revolution week to share across your social channels. Consider donating here so Fashion Revolution can keep this content free. For more Style412 Fashion Revolution content:Style412 Fashion Revolution webpageInstagramFacebook

Vintage and secondhand shopping is a way to recycle quality textiles from the past, give them another chapter of life, one that doesn’t send them to a landfill. Imani Jahaan is elevating Pittsburgh’s vintage scene, and simultaneously making sustainability desirable.  Imani Jahaan, shop her vintage find via her "For Sale" in highlightsImani Jahaan goes places you won't go for vintage treasures by Tereneh Idia, Pittsburgh City PaperYouTube video by Alexandra King on how to measure bust, waist and hips. Imani's Vintage Brand Mentions:ruhling // woven (local to Pittsburgh!)corniness (local to Pittsburgh!)LUVSICK Jo & JunesmallneedsFor more Style412 Fashion Revolution content:Style412 Fashion Revolution webpageInstagramFacebook

They will fix anything but a broken heart!Rebecca Harrison & Tia Tumminello are the dynamic duo behind Old Flame Mending. They are textile artists who specialize in modernizing and extending the life of our clothes.Instagram / Facebook Curbside Pickup: Email oldflamemending@gmail.com to set up your consultationRust Belt FibershedOther Pittsburgh Textile Artists: Louise & Sara Silk of SilkDenimMake + MatterFlux BeneKelly Lane DesignOtto FinnFor more Style412 Fashion Revolution content:Style412 Fashion Revolution webpageInstagramFacebook

Nisha Blackwell, founder of Knotzland Bowties, has given Pittsburgh a roadmap on how a transparent, sustainable fashion business can survive. Her latest endeavor, mask making, has also illuminated the issues that arise around fashion production, issues Fashion Revolution consistently points out. To date, Knotzland has rescued 2,212 lbs. and 13oz of textiles from landfills!!(mask) MAKERS PGHCreative Business Accelerator - Bridgeway Capital#WhatsInMyClothes / #WhoMadeMyClothes / #IMadeYourClothesNisha's Sustainable Fashion Favorites:Anemoia VintageEonsIdia'DegaFor more Style412 Fashion Revolution content:Style412 Fashion Revolution webpageInstagramFacebook

In our debut episode, we chat with Carry Somers, co-founder and Global Operations Director of Fashion Revolution, and Sara Longo, Vice President of Style412, about the impact of microplastics in the fashion industry at large and in Pittsburgh. eXXpedition, all-female voyages exploring the impact of plastic and toxic pollution in our ocean.  Cora Ball, world's first microfiber catching laundry ballFashion Resolution / Instagram / Facebook / Twitter#WhatsInMyClothes / #WhoMadeMyClothes / #IMadeYourClothesFor more Style412 Fashion Revolution content:Style412 Fashion Revolution webpageInstagramFacebook

Welcome to Style412 Lab, a podcast about ethical fashion during Fashion Revolution Week, presented by Style412 and hosted by writer, Jessa Gibboney.  S412 Fashion Revolution website / Instagram / Facebook#WhatsInMyClothes / #WhoMadeMyClothes / #IMadeYourClothesGlobal Movement: Fashion Resolution / Instagram / Facebook / Twitter#WhatsInMyClothes / #WhoMadeMyClothes / #IMadeYourClothesStyle412 Founder, Elysia NewmanStyle412 Counsel MembersHost, Jessa Gibboney