I stopped shopping for my clothes in retail stores 10 years ago when I began learning how much of the clothing in our stores is produced by sweatshop and bonded labor. When I switched to thrift stores for my clothing the idea gradually took hold that there are already too many articles of clothing in the world and it would be a much better idea to just reuse what already exists. This philosophy easily generalizes to almost any item we think we need to buy new. Between thrift stores and Freecycle we can really find everything we need and sometimes of better quality than we could afford new!
Comment by suzanne boucher — September 2, 2009 @ 6:33 pm
I stopped shopping for my clothes in retail stores 10 years ago when I began learning how much of the clothing in our stores is produced by sweatshop and bonded labor. When I switched to thrift stores for my clothing the idea gradually took hold that there are already too many articles of clothing in the world and it would be a much better idea to just reuse what already exists. This philosophy easily generalizes to almost any item we think we need to buy new. Between thrift stores and Freecycle we can really find everything we need and sometimes of better quality than we could afford new!
Comment by suzanne boucher — September 2, 2009 @ 6:33 pm