Shifting The Thrifting Mindset: Addressing Consumption
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Shifting The Thrifting Mindset: Addressing Consumption

Can we really shop our way out of the climate crisis? Thrifting is often hailed as a sustainable solution, but can it truly combat overconsumption? In this article, we explore the reality behind secondhand shopping, its potential pitfalls, and how a shift in mindset could make thrifting a powerful tool for long-term change. Discover how your wardrobe can become a force for a better future.

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Second-hand September: How The Gikomba Market Keeps Fashion Circular
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Second-hand September: How The Gikomba Market Keeps Fashion Circular

Have you ever wondered how the vibrant world of second-hand fashion sustains itself? In Kenya, Gikomba Market is a hub where preloved clothes find new life. From the history of mitumba to the pulse of today’s thrift culture, our Africa Regional Manager, Chemitei Janet, dives into the circular economy that Secondhand September champions. This piece goes beyond the bales, exploring how shopping second-hand empowers communities and helps the planet.

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Intergenerational Mending: Restoring Our Relationship with Clothes
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Intergenerational Mending: Restoring Our Relationship with Clothes

Thoughts from the Khatsahlano Street Festival. The sun is out, a scorching 30 degrees and the cooling tent up the street from our booth is by far one of the most popular stops for the 150,000 people milling up and down West 4th St, enjoying the sights and sounds of the festival. In this heat, it only makes sense that our booth activity is… a blanket?

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Importance of Fashion Legislation
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Importance of Fashion Legislation

Legislation forces companies to shoulder the responsibility of ensuring their claims are genuine. Rather than allowing overambitious promises with no follow-up (greenwashing), legislation mandates accountability and compels companies to substantiate their promises with concrete actions.

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Fashioning Indigenous Identity and Resistance

Fashioning Indigenous Identity and Resistance

Written by: Isabelle Sain, Communications Designer @ Threading Change

Editor: Sarah O’Rourke, Communications Manager @ Threading Change

[14-minute read]

Since first contact by settlers, Indigenous peoples, Trans, and 2spirit relatives have been made vulnerable through the appropriation of traditions and culture, and assimilation and forced displacement; both are continuous colonial strategies of extraction through cultural genocide.

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