How to fix fashion and protect the planet | Amy Powney | TED Talk

The TED Talk “How to fix fashion and protect the planet” offers viewers insight into the relationship between sustainability and business operations within the retail fashion industry. Did you know that we buy three times as many clothes as we did in 1980 while wearing them for half as long? In this video, speaker Amy Powney explores the fashion industry’s brutal impact on climate change and human health from manufacturing to supply chain. Powney also discusses what ethical, planet-friendly clothing can look like while inviting viewers to think beyond the label when it comes to the clothes they love to wear.