The textile industry isn’t perfect…no doubt about that. I want to take a second and explore some of the issues that this fashion community is facing. Two main issues are consumption and scale of production according to Kate Fletcher in her article titled “Local and Light”. She focuses on designing local which is concerned with developing a sector with a greater sensitivity to place and scale; a sector devised to sustain communities and support jobs while protecting the quality of the environment. Designing light is focused on promoting resourcefulness in production and consumption. These are used to minimize the use of unnecessary materials and amounts of materials.
Another issue that has been brought to concerned fashionistas is the large amounts of water being used in fashion production. In previous articles, water usage has been brought up several times. We have learned that though the production of apparel and textiles, the use of water has come to be out of control. Nike has noticed this little glitch, also. They thought of a solution to help minimize this issue. They teamed up with DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V., a Netherlands based machinery builder. Together, they developed & built the first commercially available waterless textile dyeing machines that use CO2 instead of water. This idea was formed to help control the amount of water and energy being used.
The textile industry has its issues, but these problems can start to be resolved though awareness and consciousness. Nike did a great job coming up with a solution in trying to fix a problem. Others need to jump on the band wagon and help out. It’s not easy, but it can be done.
Hi Morgan! I completely agree with the issue of large amounts of water being used, now if only other companies would become active in coming up with sustainable solutions like Nike!
ReplyDeleteIt has been said that in the not too distant future that our wars will be fought over water instead of oil. The more I learn in school and see around me, I think there is much truth to that. Oklahoma has just completed it's 50 year water plan, and there are many articles in it that deal with protecting our water resources from other states! It is a major problem, that starts with an industry response, that does need to be addressed. If we do not, we will have to face it eventually, and it will be much worse.
ReplyDelete