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Sustainable Fashion

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What is Sustainable Fashion? Sustainable fashion (also known as eco-fashion) is a movement and process of fostering change to fashion products and the fashion system towards greater ecological integrity and social justice. Sustainable fashion concerns more than just addressing fashion textiles or products. It addresses the entire manner in which clothing is produced, who produces it, and how long the life span of a product is before it reaches the landfill. This sustainable movement combats the large carbon footprint that the fashion industry and fast fashion have created by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing the environmental impact of fashion can combat air pollution, water pollution and overall climate change that could possibly prevent millions of premature deaths over the next century. Ethical fashion, a related term that is also prevalent in the conscious consumerism world, refers to clothing made in ways that value social welfare and worker rights. (Note: For vegans, e...
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Dying arts of India

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 India has always been known for its rich culture and heritage around the world. But due to modernization and technology development, the traditional arts and crafts of India are dying slowly, which is also affecting the livelihood of the artisans and their families. These Handmade tales of India are on the verge of extinction and getting replaced by machine-made products.  Dying Arts and Crafts of India  includes Rogan Art,  Thanjavur painting, Dhokra handicraft, Toda embroidery, Gara Gara embroidery, and many more...   In this blog, we are going to talk about such arts and a little about their history and techniques. One of such kind is Rogan Painting Art of Kutch, this art is dying slowly there is only one family left in the world who is still practicing this art of fabric painting. A little History of this beautiful art-  The word   Rogan   comes from   Persian , meaning varnish or oil, a term adopted under the   Mughal Empire . ...
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Recycle and Upcycle

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 What do we understand from recycling and upcycling? Recycling is the process of collecting and processing materials that would otherwise be thrown away as trash and turning them into new products. Upcycling means reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original. How are these helpful for us and for the environment? Recycling is good for the environment; in a sense, we are using old and waste products that are of no use and then converting them back to the same new products . Since we are saving resources and are sending less trash to the landfills, it helps in reducing air and water pollution . During the time of pandemic, everyone was stuck at home, no where to go, so they started exploring with the DIY techniques, make came across with a very creative ideas, some even started selling their sustainable handmade products. Many were upcycling their old goods. Some example, how we can practice recycle and upcycle...
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Say no to Plastic

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  Lets start with the composition of  plastic bag. Traditional plastic bags are usually made from polyethylene , which consists of long chains of ethylene monomers . Ethylene is derived from natural gas and petroleum. Polyethylene is a thermoplastic polymer which is widely used in the production of plastic and it's water-resistant, light weight and can hold certain amount of weight.  As it has so many good qualities then why we should stop using plastic bags ? The reason we should stop using regular plastic bags irrespective to its qualities is that Polythene bags have harmful effects to the environment. It tend to disrupt the environment in a serious way by getting into soil and slowly release toxic chemicals. They eventually break down into the soil, with the unfortunate result being that animals eat them and often choke and die. It's not only harmful for environment but it's bad for our health too. Now a days plastic is used every where, same is with our food, i...
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Natural Dyes

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  We all have heard this term called natural dye, during the times of pandemic it was very much in trend. So what do we understand by this term natural dye? Natural dyes  are  dyes  or colorants derived from  plants ,  invertebrates , or  minerals . The majority of natural dyes are  vegetable dyes  from plant sources— roots ,  berries ,  bark ,  leaves , and  wood —and other biological sources such as  fungi . History of Natural Dyes The development of natural dyes took place at the same time after the technique of weaving had been discovered in about 5000 BC. In India, the use of natural dyes for dyeing, painting, and printing goes to the prehistoric periods. Ajanta paintings, dated as far back as the 1st century AD, were painted with natural dyes. Synthetic vs Natural dyes The difference between natural dyes and synthetic dyes is large that synthetic dyes are chemically manufactured whereas natural dyes are purely d...
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Vocal For Local

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  The Slogan 'Vocal for Local' came to light when the pandemic was at its worst has finally come to bear fruit in India developing her very own indigenous vaccine to fight the pandemic. As the havoc of the pandemic wrecked through India the ‘vocal for local’ adage was evident in the most uncommon of places. One of them is perhaps the sale of sarees by energetic young women in Facebook live. As the pandemic forced many to resort to digital entertainment, these sites perhaps got popular. While the craftsmanship reflected in the wide variety right from Benarsi to Paithani is a treat for the eyes, the live shows of women entrepreneurs sometimes with, not so eloquent English, and yet being successful in their effort to sell the humble attire gives a glimpse into the wonder, that is, India. One cannot but marvel at the treasure trove that is imbibed in these six-yard pieces which women of the 21 st  century surprisingly love to adorn.  However, what is most surprising is to see...
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Alternatives of Leather

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 In my last blog, we talk about animal cruelty, how animals are slaughtered and tortured for their skin and fur. So in this blog, we are going to talk about the alternatives of leather, like Vegan Lether and Faux leather. Let's start from the beginning! What can we do to minimize animal slaughtering for their goods at our end? Buy second-hand or recycled leather. Go to your nearest vintage markets to find secondhand threads. Not only is vintage leather likely to be of higher quality than fast fashion leather products, buying secondhand is a great way to minimize your carbon footprint. Find ethical, sustainable vegan fashion labels for some eco-friendly alternatives. One of the alternatives is to buy vegan leather. We should also do our research before buying vegan leather as not all vegan leather is created equally, ‘pleather,’ (a type of vegan leather) is made from Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) plastic, which Greenpeace lists as one of the most environmentally-damaging plastics. Eco-fr...
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