{"id":26298,"date":"2022-05-05T02:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiinewstg.local\/?p=26298"},"modified":"2024-02-23T16:05:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T16:05:22","slug":"op-ed-to-address-the-clothing-industrys-climate-problems-philanthropy-needs-to-get-in-fashion-op-ed-by-lewis-perkins-in-the-chronicle-of-philanthropy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/resources\/op-ed-to-address-the-clothing-industrys-climate-problems-philanthropy-needs-to-get-in-fashion-op-ed-by-lewis-perkins-in-the-chronicle-of-philanthropy\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed: To address the Clothing Industry's Climate Problems, Philanthropy Needs To Get In Fashion Op-Ed by Lewis Perkins in The Chronicle of Philanthropy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To address the Clothing Industry\u2019s Climate Problems, Philanthropy Needs To Get In Fashion Op-Ed by Lewis Perkinsin The Chronicle of Philanthropy By Lewis Perkins | May 3, 2022<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philanthropy.com\/article\/to-address-the-clothing-industrys-climate-problems-philanthropy-needs-to-get-in-fashion\">READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE<\/a><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-04-at-11.36.05-AM-1024x733.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-04-at-11.36.05-AM-1024x733.png 1024w, https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-04-at-11.36.05-AM-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-04-at-11.36.05-AM-768x550.png 768w, https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-04-at-11.36.05-AM-640x458.png 640w, https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-04-at-11.36.05-AM-1200x859.png 1200w, https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-04-at-11.36.05-AM.png 1364w\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>With billionaires grabbing headlines for their enormous donations and pledges, philanthropy is in fashion. But philanthropy isn\u2019t&nbsp;<em>in<\/em>&nbsp;fashion \u2014 that is, the multitrillion-dollar clothing industry and the innumerable environmental and social problems it causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This blind spot is dangerous for the planet and for people. If philanthropic leaders are serious about addressing the climate crisis, they need to start thinking more about the clothes on their backs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider that more than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cleanclothes.org\/fashions-problems\/waste-and-pollution#:~:text=A%20staggering%20100%20billion%20items,to%20'protect%20the%20brand'\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">100 billion garments<\/a>&nbsp;are made each year, and humanity\u2019s appetite for clothing is expected to nearly triple by 2050. Worldwide, 92 million tons of clothing \u2014 the equivalent of 15 Great Pyramids \u2014 head to landfills annually, and less than 15 percent is recycled. Fashion alone contributes 2 to 8 percent of the world\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions and creates 20 percent of the world\u2019s water waste. (more)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philanthropy.com\/article\/to-address-the-clothing-industrys-climate-problems-philanthropy-needs-to-get-in-fashion\">READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With billionaires grabbing headlines for their enormous donations and pledges, philanthropy is in fashion. But philanthropy isn\u2019t\u00a0in\u00a0fashion \u2014 that is, the multitrillion-dollar clothing industry and the innumerable environmental and social problems it causes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"%%post_title%% %%sep%% %%sitetitle%%","_seopress_titles_desc":"%%post_excerpt%%","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49,1],"tags":[],"media-types":[51],"class_list":["post-26298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thought-leadership-category","category-uncategorized","media-types-article"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26298"},{"taxonomy":"media-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apparelimpact.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-types?post=26298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}