Fashion Industry

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St. John's Global Fashion Industry

Hello, my name is Aaron and my name is Catharine. We are from St. John’s School in Fulham. The Earth Summit in Johannesburg has made us aare that e ha!e to ta"e care of our #lanet to achie!e a fair, #eaceful and sustainable future for all. We need to ensure that e!eryone in the orld has a fair share of resources. $ut ho do e do this% &f course e "no that the orld is not a totally e'ual #lace and yes, there is #o!erty and #ollution. The #roblem seems insurmountable but there are little things that you and ( can do to ma"e a difference. Today e ant to tell you about the unfair #ractices going on in the global fashion industry and ho some  #eo#le are getting less than their fare share of life’s resources. resources. We started off our research in class by loo"ing at some  #hotogra#hs of #eo#le or"ing in different countries. We ere a##alled at hat e sa. There ere young children or"ing in the factories, #eo#le al"ing miles for their ater, others or"ing in cram#ed conditions and more. And these #eo#le ere or"ing to ma"e clothes for us. We don’t gi!e a second thought about here our clothes come from and ho they ere made. )o you "no here you clothes come from% We ent home and loo"ed through our ardrobes. Here’s a small selection of countries coun tries that our clothes ere im#orted from* Cambodia +ietnam China The hili##ines (ndia Sri -an"a (ndonesia $angladesh Cy#rus and $rail The list seemed li"e it ould go on fore!er. We found clothes from all o!er the orld. /ou see that many of these de!elo#ing countries here #eo#le are or"ing under stressful, cram#ed and miserable conditions and are being #aid a #ittance for their labours. We gathered some information from the internet, the library, &0fam and e!eryone in the class had the o##ortunity to #ut 'uestions to re#resentati!es from the 1o Seat Cam#aign, Friends of the Earth, 2ar"s and S#encer, Traidcraft and to 3ingston 4ni!ersity Students. The more e listened to hat they said and hat e read, the more e!idence e found of #eo#le li!ing in in hot #o!erty 5ustconditions so that efor in !ery the West can loo" trendy and fashionable. They or" long hours seaty lo ages.

 

Seat6sho#s in these #oor countries smell of #oerful sol!ents and the or"ers ha!e no  #rotection. )on’t be fooled into thin"ing that these #ractices # ractices don’t go on nearer home. We still ha!e seat6 sho#s in the 4.3. 2ic" )uncan from the 1o6Seat cam#aign told us he often !isits factories in the East End of -ondon cam#aigning for fairer rights for or"ers. &f course, not all factories are going to ta"e notice, but e!eryone that does listen ma"es a difference to the li!es of many  #eo#le. Another fact e found out is that half of the footballs made for the 4SA mar"et are manufactured in a"istan. The footballs are hand sen by girls under 78 years old. They or" for 9 hours on each ball and se : or 9 e!ery day but are #aid less than ;< #ence for each ball and they ne!er get to #lay ith one= Thin" about that ne0t time you #lay football or atch a football match= (n (ndonesia many families are du#ed by b y >middle6men’ ho #romise that they can find de decent cent  5obs in the city but the hole thing is 5ust a con. When they arri!e in the city they find a different story. They are forced to li!e in shanty tons and made to or" long hours. A famous brand of clothing e researched e0#ort their materials and ha!e the clothes made u# in the East because it ould be more e0#ensi!e to #ay or"ers in their on country. And then, hen that becomes too e0#ensi!e, they close don their factory and mo!e elsehere. -abour is chea#er abroad but li!es are not chea#. Hoe!er, not all factories are bad. We did find factories that ere clean and conscious of Health and Safety issues and #aid their or"ers a fairer age. 2ary Corrall from Traidcraft told us that their or"ers are treated fairly, #aid a decent age and are ell loo"ed after. So it can be done. As #art of our research e !isited 2ar"s and S#encer in Hammersmith. A member of their team, -yn Wagstaff, thatthere. ;<? of 2@S clothes ere e re made in Hong 3ong and that 2ar"s and S#encer ha!e atold sho#uso!er So, e set u# a lin" ith a school in Hong 3ong and e ha!e emailed the class a set of 'uestions for them to anser. We ant to "no if any of them sho# at 2ar"s and S#encer and if they can find out about clothing factories there. We ho#e ho# e to continue this lin" throughout the year. We are ho#ing to ma"e other young #eo#le aare of unfair #ractices going on. We also intend to #resent our re#ort to the Annual meeting of #arents later on in the year and are in the #rocess of ma"ing #osters to dis#lay around the school. When e s#o"e to Hesham El"omy and Shelley 2cCarthy from 3ingston 4ni!ersity, they said they li"ed to thin" they loo"ed trendy and fashionable 6 ho doesn’t% d oesn’t% After s#ea"ing ith us they said they ould thin" seriously about here they buy their clothes from.

 

2ic" )uncan from >1o Seat agreed that it’s difficult to change o!ernight. /ou may thin" >Well, hat difference can ( ma"e%’ $ut you can. We didn’t "no that children as young as 9 years old or" in clothing factories. We didn’t "no that some #eo#le or" ith #oisonous chemicals. We didn’t "no that some or"ers are #aid less than ;< #ence for hours of or". Any maybe you didn’t. $ut you do no and you can’t ignore it. We need to loo" toards the future. What ill be the state of the Earth in 7<< years’ time if e ignore these #ractices% Together, e can ma"e sure that e!eryone has affair share of the orld’s resources. 2i"e -achoic from Friends of the Earth told us about com#anies that ha!e a Fair Trade #olicy. These are the sho#s e should be  buying our clothes from. We can ma"e a difference.

 

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