{"id":13857,"date":"2018-01-19T13:35:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T19:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=13857"},"modified":"2018-01-19T13:35:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T19:35:34","slug":"unconscious-conservation-of-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/01\/19\/unconscious-conservation-of-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Unconscious Conservation Of Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katherine Martinko on Treehugger.com<\/em><\/strong> reports<\/a> on a new retail model for clothing<\/em>:<\/p>\n

The fast fashion industry is notoriously bad for the environment. It is a top consumer of resources and energy, and a main source of landfill waste. Many eco-minded shoppers have sworn off fast fashion because they do not feel comfortable supporting an industry that treats clothing as disposable.<\/p>\n

For the shoppers who make this decision, the only real alternatives are thrift stores and independent, eco-friendly labels, both of which are great, but have some downsides — namely, the limited selection at thrift stores and the high price tags on sustainable brands.<\/p>\n

Now, however, some innovative entrepreneurs have come up with alternative ways to support the fashion industry. The following three companies specialize in sharing and borrowing high-quality fashion items through subscription services, which is exactly what the recent report on fashion<\/a> by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation said needs to happen. Learn how they do it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As the population swells and those who are on top continue to swill down the most in resources, those of us who are not must find ways to cope – and this seems to be one of them. Rental clothing reduces the number of clothes society must produce to clothe us while increasing our closet space.<\/p>\n

And then they make it feel cool, as they must. And should.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Katherine Martinko on Treehugger.com reports on a new retail model for clothing: The fast fashion industry is notoriously bad for the environment. It is a top consumer of resources and energy, and a main source of landfill waste. Many eco-minded shoppers have sworn off fast fashion because they do not \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13858,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13857\/revisions\/13858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}