Der Beitrag Das Bio-Pizza Dilemma – Der überraschende Wegweiser zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit erschien zuerst auf Talk Slow.

Does our shopping addiction contribute to climate change? What’s so special about organic cotton? Who are the real fashion victims behind $5 jeans?

From green carpet glamour to ethical bling, slow and low travel to the joys of swap parties, Blanchard explains the principles of green fashion, from why it matters to how to do it, with fun facts and essential directories on every aspect of sustainable stylish living. Full of emerald-hued fashion secrets from Blanchard’s celebrity friends, Green is the New Black is smart, inspirational, and will show even the most diehard shopaholic how she can salve her desire and her conscience, and begin to pull off one of fashion’s toughest colors with ease. Ready to be eco-fabulous? If you want to change the world and your wardrobe, don’t go shopping without it!

Born in Liverpool, Tamsin Blanchard studied fashion journalism at St. Martin’s College, and went on to work as fashion editor of the Independent and then style editor at the Observer. She is currently style director at the Telegraph Magazine. She lives in London with her partner, Mark, their four-year-old daughter, Sybilla, and a small silkworm farm.

Der Beitrag Green Is the New Black: How to Change the World with Style erschien zuerst auf Talk Slow.

Drawing together an international team of leading textile and apparel experts, The Dangers of Fashion presents original perspectives on a wide range of topics from piracy and counterfeiting to human trafficking; from the effects of globalization on local industry to the peer pressure that governs contemporary ideals of beauty. Rooted in research into industry and consumer practices, it discusses innovative solutions–both potential and existing–to fashion’s dangers and moral dilemmas from the viewpoint of individuals, companies, societies, and the global community.

Sara B. Marcketti is Director of the Center of Excellence in Learning and Teaching and Professor of Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management at Iowa State University, USA
Elena E. Karpova is Putnam and Hayes Distinguished Professor of Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA

Der Beitrag The Dangers of Fashion – Towards Ethical and Sustainable Solutions erschien zuerst auf Talk Slow.

Fashion has blighted our planet. Today, one out of six people on earth work in fashion, churning out 100 billion garments a year. Yet 98 percent of them do not earn a living wage, and 2.1 billion tonnes of clothing is thrown away annually. The clothing industry’s exploitation of fellow humans and the environment has reached epic levels. What should we do?

Bestselling author and veteran journalist Dana Thomas has travelled the globe to find the answers. In Fashionopolis, she details the damage wrought by fashion’s behemoths, and celebrates the visionaries – including activists, artisans, designers, and tech entrepreneurs – fighting for change.

We all have been casual about our clothes. It’s time to get dressed with intention. Fashionopolis is the first comprehensive look at how to start.

Reviews:

‚A gripping blockbuster … Thomas researches meticulously and writes with simmering even-handed anger‘ TELEGRAPH.

‚Fascinating … Powerful … Thomas has succeeded in calling attention to the major problems of the fashion industry‘ New York Times

‚Thomas takes a story most of us think we know, but tells it better and in compelling, readable detail‘ The Times

‚Engaging and thorough … Fashionopolis has implications beyond cloth and thread‘ Financial Times

‚Thomas is a conscientious reporter – as evidenced in her research, which is studded with statistics‘ Times Literary Supplement

Dana Thomas is the author of Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes, Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano and the New York Times bestseller Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster. Thomas began her career writing for the Style section of the Washington Post, and for fifteen years she served as a cultural and fashion correspondent for Newsweek in Paris. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times Style section. She has written for the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and Architectural Digest. In 1987, she received the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation’s Ellis Haller Award for Outstanding Achievement in Journalism. In 2016, the French Minister of Culture named Thomas a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. And in 2017, she was a Logan Nonfiction Fellow at the Carey Institute for Global Good. She lives in Paris.

Der Beitrag Fashionopolis – The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes erschien zuerst auf Talk Slow.

Denn durch ihre Demystifizierung verlieren die großen, global agierenden Marken an Glanz und Macht – zum Wohle aller.

»Naomi Klein, die Ikone der Globalisierungsgegner«
Die Zeit, Thomas Fischermann, 6.9.2007

»Eine brillante Mischung aus Journalismus, Theorie und autobiografischen Einsprengseln. Statt zu moralisieren und zu agitieren, lässt Klein lieber die Fakten für sich sprechen.«
Der Spiegel

Der Beitrag No Logo! Der Kampf der Global Players um Marktmacht – Ein Spiel mit vielen Verlierern und wenigen Gewinnern erschien zuerst auf Talk Slow.

Klaus Werner-Lobo, 1967 geboren in Salzburg, lebt als Autor in Wien, wo er bis vor Kurzem auch Landtagsabgeordneter war. SPIEGEL ONLINE zählt ihn neben Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein und Jean Ziegler zu den führenden Köpfen der alternativen Globalisierung..
Hans Weiss, Studium der Psychologie und Medizinsoziologie in Innsbruck, Wien, Cambridge und London. Seit 1980 freier Journalist und Buchautor, vor allem bekannt für seine Wallraffiaden sowie Bestseller wie Bittere Pillen (aktuelle Ausgabe 2015), Kursbuch Gesundheit (aktuelle Ausgabe 2010), Schwarzbuch Markenfirmen – Die Machenschaften der Weltkonzerne (Neuauflage 2014), Korrupte Medizin (TB 2010), Schwarzbuch Landwirtschaft (2010) und gemeinsam mit Ingeborg Lackinger Karger Schönheit. Die Versprechen der Beauty-Industrie (2011). 2013 erschien sein Schwarzbuch ÖBB und 2014 eine Neuauflage des Schwarzbuch Markenfirmen.

Hans Weiss lebt in New York.

Der Beitrag Schwarzbuch Markenfirmen – Die Welt im Griff der Konzerne erschien zuerst auf Talk Slow.

Aus der Zusammenarbeit mit Werner Boote, mit dem zusammen sie das Drehbuch für seinen Film „The Green Lie“ (ab März 2018 in den Kinos) verfasste, in dem sie auch selbst mitwirkt, entstand dieses aufrüttelnde Buch.

Greenwashing, also das Bemühen der Konzerne, ihr schmutziges Kerngeschäft hinter schönen Öko- und Sozialversprechen zu verstecken, ist erfolgreicher denn je. Aber jenseits der grünen Scheinwelt schreitet die Zerstörung rapide fort. Laut dem Global Footprint Network lebt die Weltbevölkerung derzeit so, als hätte sie 1,6 Erden zur Verfügung. Würden alle auf der Welt so konsumieren, wie es Menschen in reichen Ländern wie Deutschland tun, bräuchte es 3,1 Erden, um den „Bedarf“ zu decken. Der Verbrauch pflanzlicher, mineralischer und fossiler Rohstoffe hat sich zwischen 1980 und 2010 von 40 auf 80 Milliarden Tonnen verdoppelt. Die Artenvielfalt nimmt ab, Wälder schwinden, Böden degradieren, Emissionen steigen und der Hunger wächst.

Alle wissen das. Trotzdem hält Greenwashing jedweder Aufklärung stand. Je gebildeter die Zielgruppe, je schädlicher das Produkt ist und je absurder das daran geknüpfte Öko-Versprechen, je offensichtlicher also die grüne Lüge ist, desto eher wird sie geglaubt.

Doch die Menschen wehren sich weltweit gegen die Zerstörung ihrer Lebensgrundlagen. Wie der peruanische Bauer Saúl Luciano Lliuya, der den Energiekonzern RWE vor einem deutschen Gericht verklagt.

»Ein kämpferisches Buch, kein Zweifel – und eine überfällige Aufklärung.«

Der Beitrag Die grüne Lüge erschien zuerst auf Talk Slow.

Lucy Siegle is the author of ‚Green Living in the Urban Jungle‘ and contributing writer on ‚A Good Life‘. From a strong journalistic background, she is a specialist in ecological and ethical lifestyle matters. As well as writing her weekly ‚Observer‘ column, she is an environmental columnist for ‚Marie Claire‘ and a regular contributor to ‚Grazia‘, the ‚Guardian‘, the ‚New Statesman‘, ‚Elle‘ and ‚New Consumer‘ magazine, and a frequent commentator on television and radio, regularly appearing on BBC One’s ‚The One Show‘.

Der Beitrag To Die For – Is Fashion Wearing Out The World? erschien zuerst auf Talk Slow.

The keys to global business success, as taught by a T-shirt’s journey
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is a critically-acclaimed narrative that illuminates the globalization debates and reveals the key factors to success in global business. Tracing a T-shirt’s life story from a Texas cotton field to a Chinese factory and back to a U.S. storefront before arriving at the used clothing market in Africa, the book uncovers the political and economic forces at work in the global economy. Along the way, this fascinating exploration addresses a wealth of compelling questions about politics, trade, economics, ethics, and the impact of history on today’s business landscape. This new printing of the second edition includes a revised preface and a new epilogue with updates through 2014 on the people, industries, and policies related to the T-shirt’s life story.
Using a simple, everyday T-shirt as a lens through which to explore the business, economic, moral, and political complexities of globalization in a historical context, Travels encapsulates a number of complex issues into a single identifiable object that will strike a chord with readers as they:
* Investigate the sources of sustained competitive advantage in different industries
* Examine the global economic and political forces that explain trade patters between countries
* Analyze complex moral issues related to globalization and international business
* Discover the importance of cultural and human elements in international trade
This story of a simple product illuminates the many complex issues which businesspeople, policymakers, and global citizens are touched by every day.

Der Beitrag The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy erschien zuerst auf Talk Slow.

Rachel Louise Snyder’s work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Slate, and the New Republic, and on public radio’s „This American Life“ and „Marketplace.“ She lives in Cambodia and in Chicago, Illinois.

Der Beitrag Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade erschien zuerst auf Talk Slow.