Ebook Wear No Evil : How to Change the World with Your Wardrobe in DJV, TXT
9780762451272 English 0762451270 * For environmentally conscious, stylish consumers, clothes are the next eco frontier. This book exposes the real cost of cheap fashion, and then offers a guide to creating a sustainable wardrobe that unites style with substance. It presents the hard-hitting facts and stats on why the fashion industry and our shopping habits need a reboot., Child labor. Factory fires. Toxic dyes. Pesticide runoff. Landfills full of clothes--that never (ever) biodegrade. For an industry obsessed with change, it's ironic that fashion has been stuck in archaic and unsustainable methods of production, consumption, and discard. Luckily (finally ), the tides are beginning to turn, and more than any other time in history the future of fashion is coming into focus.Wear No Evil is not just another book full of stats and sad stories to motivate your conscience to buy better. This is the book that pushes you beyond the awakened state. It's the fashion reboot we've all been waiting for, combining style + ethics without sacrifice. After reading this book, every time you go shopping (online, around town, or on vacation), you'll have a navigation system built in and programmed to your specific preferences and values. In three distinct sections, Wear No Evil helps you to reclaim your power as a consumer and stop making the world a fashion victim.Part 1 presents the hard-hitting facts on why the fashion industry and our shopping habits need a reboot. Through cogent overviews of fifteen points of integrity in design and manufacturing, this section sheds light on the eco-fashion movement.Part 2 moves you into a closet-cleansing exercise to assess your current wardrobe for eco-friendliness. Next, Wear No Evil outlines how to shop green within each fashion category--from jeans to shoes to outerwear--and presents styling tips and recommended brands for both men and women.Part 3 shows sustainable style in action. Eco-fashion makeovers with stylish men and women present real-world examples of how to marry your eco-knowledge with your personal sense of style. Finally, the last chapter offers a directory of natural beauty recommendations for face, body, hair, nails, and makeup.Wear No Evil gives new meaning--and the best answers--to an age-old question: "What should I wear today?", For environmentally conscious, stylish consumers, clothes are the next eco frontier. This book exposes the real cost of cheap fashion, and then offers a guide to creating a sustainable wardrobe that unites style with substance. It presents the hard-hitting facts and stats on why the fashion industry and our shopping habits need a reboot., Have you ever wondered, "How can I inherently do good while looking good?" "Wear No Evil" has the answer, and is the timely handbook for navigating both fashion and ethics. It is the style guide with sustainability built in that we've all been waiting for. As a consumer, you regain your power with every purchase to support the causes and conditions you already advocate in other areas of your life (such as local or organic food), while upholding your sense of self through the stylish pieces you use to create your wardrobe.Featuring the Integrity Index (a simplified way of identifying the ethics behind any piece of fashion) and an easy to use rating system, you'll learn to shop anywhere while building your personal style and supporting your values- all without sacrifice. Fashion is the last frontier in the shift towards conscious living. "Wear No Evil" provides a roadmap founded in research and experience, coupled with real life style and everyday inspiration.Part 1 presents the hard-hitting facts on why the fashion industry and our shopping habits need a reboot.Part 2 moves you into a closet-cleansing exercise to assess your current wardrobe for eco-friendliness and how to shop green.Part 3 showcases eco-fashion makeovers and a directory of natural beauty recommendations for face, body, hair, nails, and makeup.Style and sustainability are not mutually exclusive. They can live in harmony. It's time to restart the conversation around fashion--how it is produced, consumed, and discarded--to fit with the world we live in today. Pretty simple, right? It will be, once you've read this book."Wear No Evil" gives new meaning--and the best answers--to an age-old question: "What "should" I wear today?", See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil. Wear no evil.Style and sustainability are not mutually exclusive. They can live in harmony. It's time to restart the conversation around fashion--how it is produced, consumed, and discarded--to fit with the world we live in today. Pretty simple, right? It will be, once you've read this book.Part 1 presents the hard-hitting facts on why the fashion industry and our shopping habits need a reboot.Part 2 moves you into a closet-cleansing exercise to assess your current wardrobe for eco-friendliness and how to shop green.Part 3 Eco-fashion makeovers and a directory of natural beauty recommendations for face, body, hair, nails, and makeup."Wear No Evil" gives new meaning--and the best answers--to an age-old question: "What "should" I wear today?", Too often, the cost of fast fashion is terrible working conditions for women and children and manufacturing processes that wreak havoc on environmental systems. As awareness grows through shocking news reports of accidents, pollution, and factory disasters, eco-fashion is an increasingly vital movement. 'Wear No Evil' is the first book to discuss the fashion dilemma in detail and offer solutions that guide consumers through accessing their own closet; building a sustainable and long-lived wardrobe; shopping green; and then putting sustainable style into action in their everyday lives. 'Wear No Evil' offers solutions in three parts: The first section of the book presents the hard-hitting facts on why the fashion industry and our shopping habits need a reboot. Through cogent overviews of fifteen points of integrity in design and manufacturing, the reader gains clarity on the eco-fashion movement.Section 2 moves readers into a closet-cleansing exercise to assess their current wardrobe for eco-friendliness. Next, the book outlines how to shop green within each fashion category--from jeans to shoes to outerwear--and presents styling tips and recommended brands for both men and women.The last section of 'Wear No Evil' shows sustainable style in action. Eco-fashion makeovers with stylish men and women--using the 'Wear No Evil' methodology--present real-world examples of how to marry your newly acquired eco knowledge with your personal sense of style. Finally, the book's last chapter offers a directory of natural beauty recommendations for face, body, hair, nails, and makeup.Wear No Evil is the ultimate guide to bridging the gap between style and sustainability, giving consumers the tools to reclaim their purchasing power and stop making the world their fashion victim.
9780762451272 English 0762451270 * For environmentally conscious, stylish consumers, clothes are the next eco frontier. This book exposes the real cost of cheap fashion, and then offers a guide to creating a sustainable wardrobe that unites style with substance. It presents the hard-hitting facts and stats on why the fashion industry and our shopping habits need a reboot., Child labor. Factory fires. Toxic dyes. Pesticide runoff. Landfills full of clothes--that never (ever) biodegrade. For an industry obsessed with change, it's ironic that fashion has been stuck in archaic and unsustainable methods of production, consumption, and discard. Luckily (finally ), the tides are beginning to turn, and more than any other time in history the future of fashion is coming into focus.Wear No Evil is not just another book full of stats and sad stories to motivate your conscience to buy better. This is the book that pushes you beyond the awakened state. It's the fashion reboot we've all been waiting for, combining style + ethics without sacrifice. After reading this book, every time you go shopping (online, around town, or on vacation), you'll have a navigation system built in and programmed to your specific preferences and values. In three distinct sections, Wear No Evil helps you to reclaim your power as a consumer and stop making the world a fashion victim.Part 1 presents the hard-hitting facts on why the fashion industry and our shopping habits need a reboot. Through cogent overviews of fifteen points of integrity in design and manufacturing, this section sheds light on the eco-fashion movement.Part 2 moves you into a closet-cleansing exercise to assess your current wardrobe for eco-friendliness. Next, Wear No Evil outlines how to shop green within each fashion category--from jeans to shoes to outerwear--and presents styling tips and recommended brands for both men and women.Part 3 shows sustainable style in action. Eco-fashion makeovers with stylish men and women present real-world examples of how to marry your eco-knowledge with your personal sense of style. Finally, the last chapter offers a directory of natural beauty recommendations for face, body, hair, nails, and makeup.Wear No Evil gives new meaning--and the best answers--to an age-old question: "What should I wear today?", For environmentally conscious, stylish consumers, clothes are the next eco frontier. This book exposes the real cost of cheap fashion, and then offers a guide to creating a sustainable wardrobe that unites style with substance. It presents the hard-hitting facts and stats on why the fashion industry and our shopping habits need a reboot., Have you ever wondered, "How can I inherently do good while looking good?" "Wear No Evil" has the answer, and is the timely handbook for navigating both fashion and ethics. It is the style guide with sustainability built in that we've all been waiting for. As a consumer, you regain your power with every purchase to support the causes and conditions you already advocate in other areas of your life (such as local or organic food), while upholding your sense of self through the stylish pieces you use to create your wardrobe.Featuring the Integrity Index (a simplified way of identifying the ethics behind any piece of fashion) and an easy to use rating system, you'll learn to shop anywhere while building your personal style and supporting your values- all without sacrifice. Fashion is the last frontier in the shift towards conscious living. "Wear No Evil" provides a roadmap founded in research and experience, coupled with real life style and everyday inspiration.Part 1 presents the hard-hitting facts on why the fashion industry and our shopping habits need a reboot.Part 2 moves you into a closet-cleansing exercise to assess your current wardrobe for eco-friendliness and how to shop green.Part 3 showcases eco-fashion makeovers and a directory of natural beauty recommendations for face, body, hair, nails, and makeup.Style and sustainability are not mutually exclusive. They can live in harmony. It's time to restart the conversation around fashion--how it is produced, consumed, and discarded--to fit with the world we live in today. Pretty simple, right? It will be, once you've read this book."Wear No Evil" gives new meaning--and the best answers--to an age-old question: "What "should" I wear today?", See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil. Wear no evil.Style and sustainability are not mutually exclusive. They can live in harmony. It's time to restart the conversation around fashion--how it is produced, consumed, and discarded--to fit with the world we live in today. Pretty simple, right? It will be, once you've read this book.Part 1 presents the hard-hitting facts on why the fashion industry and our shopping habits need a reboot.Part 2 moves you into a closet-cleansing exercise to assess your current wardrobe for eco-friendliness and how to shop green.Part 3 Eco-fashion makeovers and a directory of natural beauty recommendations for face, body, hair, nails, and makeup."Wear No Evil" gives new meaning--and the best answers--to an age-old question: "What "should" I wear today?", Too often, the cost of fast fashion is terrible working conditions for women and children and manufacturing processes that wreak havoc on environmental systems. As awareness grows through shocking news reports of accidents, pollution, and factory disasters, eco-fashion is an increasingly vital movement. 'Wear No Evil' is the first book to discuss the fashion dilemma in detail and offer solutions that guide consumers through accessing their own closet; building a sustainable and long-lived wardrobe; shopping green; and then putting sustainable style into action in their everyday lives. 'Wear No Evil' offers solutions in three parts: The first section of the book presents the hard-hitting facts on why the fashion industry and our shopping habits need a reboot. Through cogent overviews of fifteen points of integrity in design and manufacturing, the reader gains clarity on the eco-fashion movement.Section 2 moves readers into a closet-cleansing exercise to assess their current wardrobe for eco-friendliness. Next, the book outlines how to shop green within each fashion category--from jeans to shoes to outerwear--and presents styling tips and recommended brands for both men and women.The last section of 'Wear No Evil' shows sustainable style in action. Eco-fashion makeovers with stylish men and women--using the 'Wear No Evil' methodology--present real-world examples of how to marry your newly acquired eco knowledge with your personal sense of style. Finally, the book's last chapter offers a directory of natural beauty recommendations for face, body, hair, nails, and makeup.Wear No Evil is the ultimate guide to bridging the gap between style and sustainability, giving consumers the tools to reclaim their purchasing power and stop making the world their fashion victim.