Sustainable Fashion: How Individual Actions Can Make a Big Impact
Source: https://cornellsun.com/2022/01/30/sustainable-fashion-how-individual-actions-can-make-a-big-impact/
Author: Tenzinkunsang
In response to the growing climate crisis, Cornell students and researchers have jumped on the global trend of sustainable fashion with studies on earth-friendly materials and dedicated academic programs. From COP26's inclusion of fashion in its yearly climate conversation to corporate promises to end plastic waste and reduce their carbon footprints, the sustainable fashion conversation has overtaken the world. In the first days of 2022, New York became the country’s first state to require big name brands to provide logistical information about the production of their pieces, such as the volume of recycled material used, through the Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act.