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Life cycle analysis / T-shirt (Producing the raw material (Mechanically…
Life cycle analysis / T-shirt
Transportation - Supply: Selling the product
Sell them in national level - international level
By overland, air and sea transport
Emission of carbono dioxide
Huge environmental impact: One of the biggest causes of Global Warming
Individually packaged with plastic
They end up in ocean and seas
impact in the animals that live in and around there
They can take up to 100 years to decompose
They could reuse and recycle the packaging
Producing the raw material
China, India, USA, Pakistan, Brazil, Australia, Uzbekistan and Turkey
Mechanically process: defoliant and chemicalls
Alternative: manually
16 percent of global
insecticide
Cotton requires a huge amount of water and energy to grow and harvast: 20 000 liters for one kilogram of cotton
Child labor and forced labor
Production of the product - working conditions, child labor
Child labour:
"100% of Zara production in Asia is based on child labour"
168 millions of kids around the world are into child labour. 85 million of those work under extremely dangerous and unhealthy conditions.
H&M, Ikea, Mango, Nestlé...
During the last 15 years child labour has decreased
Weaving
Violation of rights
Colouring
Toxic dyes and huge amount of energy
Human and environmental impacts
Contaminated water goes to sea and rivers
Spinning
Health issues: Bisinosis
Better future?
Second hand
Expands the life span of the garment
Textile waste
Burning, landfills, transportation to African countries
Recycling into new products is hard due to difficulties in reusing mixed materials
Responsible brands and sustainability
Case: Pure Waste
This Finnish brand only uses 100 % recycled material, such as textile waste from factories. They use 90 % renewable energy in their production and use no harmful chemicals. They are socially responsible and they provide safe, legal and fair working conditions for their employees. One t-shirt produced by them saves 2700 litres of water compared to a regular t-shirt made with new material.
Case: Halla x Halla
This Finnish brand produces swimwear out of recycled material: fishing nets, carpet flooring and plastic from landfills and ocean. The products are made in a local factory in Bali, and the company visits the factory regularly.
Education
Reducing consumption
Finnish National Core Curriculum
Transversal competencies
Cultural competence, interaction and self-expresion T2:
Discuss with pupils how they can influence their surroundings and the related culture. Particularly human rights treaties
Working life competence & entrepreneurship T6:
Learn about different occupations nad understand importance of them and work in general for society - particularly for the daily lives and livelihood of families
Partipication, involvement and building a sustainable future T7
questions and rights reflected.. The concepts of justice, equity and reciprocity are disccused.. Consider what a fair and sustainable future is... How they can contribute to building such a future
Taking care of oneself and managing daily life T3
Technological development and its impacts on various areas of llife and many types of environments.. invited to reflect on its ethical questions
Class subjects
Environmental studies
Social studies?
Ethics?
Eveliina Laitinen, Anniina O'Rourke, Nerea Madinabeitia, Marta Jaumà, Laura Pollaert
