Fast Fashion's Environmental Footprint: Analysing the Lifecycle of a Cotton T-Shirt
1. Trusting “eco-friendly” garments or “green collections” promoted by chain stores and retailers, though they might be greenwashing products.
2. The misbelief that donating or buying second-hand always reduces waste while overproduction still remains.
3. Overestimating the impact of individual consumer choices while underestimating the role of systemic change (industry regulations, production limits).
4. Believing that fast fashion garments are cheap because companies are efficient, ignoring low wages, pollution, working conditions, and child labour.
5. Confusing biodegradable with recyclable fabrics.
6. Considering cotton as a healthy and “innocent” material for fabrics.
Lesson Plan Details:
Learners will be able to understand, analyse, and compare information about fast fashion presented in different English-language media. They can use topic-specific vocabulary and appropriate search strategies to identify relevant information and communicate key findings in English.
