fast fashion

No. More. Plastic.: What You Can Do to Make a Difference – the #2minutesolution

by Martin Dorey  · 2 May 2018  · 54pp  · 13,620 words

of plastic when you wash them, they also never break down! So your nylon flares will live on for ever, somewhere. Aaargh! The #2minutesolution Forget fast fashion – where you buy something new every season and throw it out soon after – and invest your money in ‘slow fashion’, a concept that’s being

More Plants Less Waste: Plant-Based Recipes + Zero Waste Life Hacks With Purpose

by Max La Manna  · 21 Aug 2019  · 178pp  · 34,442 words

SHOPPING If you can, go shopping for bulk ingredients and be sure to bring your bags/jars with you for refilling. DAY 7: BUY VINTAGE Fast fashion is one of the most polluting industries in the world. Shopping more at your local thrift or vintage shop is a less wasteful alternative. DAY

Restarting the Future: How to Fix the Intangible Economy

by Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake  · 4 Apr 2022  · 338pp  · 85,566 words

international retail chains, which invest heavily in branding, software (for stock control, customer loyalty programmes, and e-commerce), relationships with suppliers (the secret sauce of “fast fashion”), and new product development—all intangible investments. Think of the pub chain JD Wetherspoons, of the midmarket chains that rapidly grow from successful independent restaurants

Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living

by Elizabeth Willard Thames  · 6 Mar 2018  · 179pp  · 59,704 words

, particleboard analogues. Same goes for clothes. The brand names I source from thrift stores are typically better made and more stylish than new and inexpensive fast-fashion outfits intended to be worn and thrown out in the course of a single season. After I slowly outfitted our entire home via the used

Abundance

by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson  · 18 Mar 2025  · 227pp  · 84,566 words

climate plan, it is to shut off or scale down areas of production it deems destructive, like military investment, meat and dairy production, advertising, and fast fashion. There is some appeal to this. All of us can identify some aspect of the global production system that seems wasteful, unnecessary, or harmful. The

Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom

by Grace Blakeley  · 11 Mar 2024  · 371pp  · 137,268 words

, 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/24/10-years-on-bangladesh-rana-plaza-disaster-safety-garment-workers-rights-pay. 4. Viola Wohlgemuth, “How Fast Fashion Is Using the Global South as a Dumping Ground for Textile Waste,” Greenpeace, April 22, 2022, https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/53333/how

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-fast-fashion-is-using-global-south-as-dumping-ground-for-textile-waste/. 5. Harriet Agerholm and Colletta Smith, “Growing Share of Under-30s Pay Unaffordable Rent,” BBC

How to Work Without Losing Your Mind

by Cate Sevilla  · 14 Jan 2021

insights that you’ll wonder if she’s been reading your Slack messages (she hasn’t)’ Lauren Bravo, author of How to Break Up with Fast Fashion ‘It’s funny and smart and incisive and smashes every narrative we’re fed as workers (and women). And it’s way beyond being an

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like a boss, ASOS’ in big, bold letters. I posted it to my Instagram Stories with the caption ‘I hate everything about this’. Buying unsustainable, fast fashion and potentially putting yourself into debt doesn’t make anyone a ‘boss’.10 Coincidentally, hours after posting that photo, the advert was destroyed in a

The Longing for Less: Living With Minimalism

by Kyle Chayka  · 21 Jan 2020  · 237pp  · 69,985 words

canvases was like a visual spa treatment. Still, commercialized minimalism intruded. The Martin retrospective was sponsored by the Swedish clothing brand COS, owned by the fast-fashion retailer H&M, which produced a series of monochrome shirt jackets and pants with grid patterns that were sold glibly on a rack in the

Investing to Save the Planet: How Your Money Can Make a Difference

by Alice Ross  · 19 Nov 2020  · 197pp  · 53,831 words

are perhaps not obviously in line with what climate-conscious investors want to invest in. They include H&M, a clothing company typically associated with fast fashion, but which has been making efforts to improve its practices more recently. They also include Microsoft, which took the unusual step in January 2020 of

Simple Matters: Living With Less and Ending Up With More

by Erin Boyle  · 12 Jan 2016  · 127pp  · 38,674 words

, stores mass-produce things like picture frames and vases and other bits that are easy to believe you need to buy every season. Like the fast-fashion clothing epidemic, there seems to be a similar schedule of big-box decorations being churned out in a manner that makes you feel as though

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collections—spring/summer and fall/winter—and major department stores had just four main selling seasons. But as department stores have been replaced by enormous fast-fashion chains, the choices on offer are constantly turning over. In her book Overdressed, Elizabeth Cline writes, “To an increasing degree, the look on display in

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makes keeping an edited wardrobe possible in the first place. Lest I oversimplify the task of donating unwanted clothes, I should also note that our fast-fashion problem has resulted in a thrift-store problem. Ten or fifteen years ago, browsing thrift stores meant a likelihood of taking home a real score

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leggings from a company that openly discloses its process. Question Quality: Cheap clothes rendered unwearable after the first wash quickly expose the affordability fallacy of fast fashion. But inexpensive clothes aren’t the only problem. Clothes at a range of price points can have questionable construction or dubious origins. And how very

Money in the Metaverse: Digital Assets, Online Identities, Spatial Computing and Why Virtual Worlds Mean Real Business

by David G. W. Birch and Victoria Richardson  · 28 Apr 2024  · 249pp  · 74,201 words

Moon Mexico City: Neighborhood Walks, Food & Culture, Beloved Local Spots

by Julie Meade  · 7 Aug 2023  · 527pp  · 131,002 words

Vaxxers: The Inside Story of the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine and the Race Against the Virus

by Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green  · 7 Jul 2021  · 296pp  · 96,568 words

Paris Like a Local

by Dk Eyewitness  · 170pp  · 35,516 words

Working Hard, Hardly Working

by Grace Beverley

Green Interior Design

by Lori Dennis  · 14 Aug 2020

The Default Line: The Inside Story of People, Banks and Entire Nations on the Edge

by Faisal Islam  · 28 Aug 2013  · 475pp  · 155,554 words

Chicago Like a Local

by DK  · 167pp  · 33,334 words

Berlin Like a Local

by Dk Eyewitness  · 170pp  · 32,491 words

The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters

by Diane Coyle  · 15 Apr 2025  · 321pp  · 112,477 words

London Like a Local

by Florence Derrick  · 169pp  · 33,905 words

Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World

by Jason Hickel  · 12 Aug 2020  · 286pp  · 87,168 words

Not Working: Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?

by David G. Blanchflower  · 12 Apr 2021  · 566pp  · 160,453 words

Badvertising

by Andrew Simms  · 314pp  · 81,529 words

The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee  · 20 Jan 2014  · 339pp  · 88,732 words

Uncanny Valley: A Memoir

by Anna Wiener  · 14 Jan 2020  · 237pp  · 74,109 words

The Pay Off: How Changing the Way We Pay Changes Everything

by Gottfried Leibbrandt and Natasha de Teran  · 14 Jul 2021  · 326pp  · 91,532 words

The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis

by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac  · 25 Feb 2020  · 197pp  · 49,296 words

Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation

by Kevin Roose  · 9 Mar 2021  · 208pp  · 57,602 words

Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology

by Anu Bradford  · 25 Sep 2023  · 898pp  · 236,779 words

There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years

by Mike Berners-Lee  · 27 Feb 2019

Vancouver Like a Local

by Jacqueline Salomé  · 165pp  · 33,113 words

Frugal Innovation: How to Do Better With Less

by Jaideep Prabhu Navi Radjou  · 15 Feb 2015  · 400pp  · 88,647 words

The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset That Drives Extraordinary Results

by Andrew McAfee  · 14 Nov 2023  · 381pp  · 113,173 words

Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth

by Ingrid Robeyns  · 16 Jan 2024  · 327pp  · 110,234 words

New York City Like a Local

by Dk Eyewitness  · 168pp  · 33,675 words

Barcelona Like a Local: by the People Who Call It Home

by Dk Eyewitness

Soulful Simplicity: How Living With Less Can Lead to So Much More

by Courtney Carver  · 26 Dec 2017  · 183pp  · 60,223 words

Dublin Like a Local

by Dk Eyewitness  · 167pp  · 34,693 words

Cities: The First 6,000 Years

by Monica L. Smith  · 31 Mar 2019  · 304pp  · 85,291 words

Talk to Me: How Voice Computing Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Think

by James Vlahos  · 1 Mar 2019  · 392pp  · 108,745 words

Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World

by Naomi Klein  · 11 Sep 2023

Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction

by Derek Thompson  · 7 Feb 2017  · 416pp  · 108,370 words

The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything

by Matthew Ball  · 18 Jul 2022  · 412pp  · 116,685 words

Austin Like a Local

by DK  · 171pp  · 34,369 words

Homemade Kids: Thrifty, Creative and Eco-Friendly Ways to Raise Your Child

by Nicola Baird  · 14 Sep 2010

The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America

by Victor Davis Hanson  · 15 Nov 2021  · 458pp  · 132,912 words

Live Green: 52 Steps for a More Sustainable Life

by Jen Chillingsworth  · 19 Feb 2019

The Smart Wife: Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot

by Yolande Strengers and Jenny Kennedy  · 14 Apr 2020

What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures

by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson  · 17 Sep 2024  · 588pp  · 160,825 words

The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being in Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be

by Moises Naim  · 5 Mar 2013  · 474pp  · 120,801 words

Aerotropolis

by John D. Kasarda and Greg Lindsay  · 2 Jan 2009  · 603pp  · 182,781 words

The Four: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Divided and Conquered the World

by Scott Galloway  · 2 Oct 2017  · 305pp  · 79,303 words

Edinburgh Like a Local: By the People Who Call It Home

by Dk Eyewitness  · 28 Sep 2021  · 827pp  · 75,043 words

Nashville Like a Local: By the People Who Call It Home

by Dk Eyewitness  · 28 Sep 2021

Shutdown: How COVID Shook the World's Economy

by Adam Tooze  · 15 Nov 2021  · 561pp  · 138,158 words

The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism

by Hubert Joly  · 14 Jun 2021  · 265pp  · 75,202 words

Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

by Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh  · 14 Apr 2018  · 286pp  · 87,401 words

European Spring: Why Our Economies and Politics Are in a Mess - and How to Put Them Right

by Philippe Legrain  · 22 Apr 2014  · 497pp  · 150,205 words

Slow

by Brooke McAlary  · 22 Aug 2017  · 149pp  · 44,375 words

The Pyramid of Lies: Lex Greensill and the Billion-Dollar Scandal

by Duncan Mavin  · 20 Jul 2022  · 345pp  · 100,989 words

What We Need to Do Now: A Green Deal to Ensure a Habitable Earth

by Chris Goodall  · 30 Jan 2020  · 154pp  · 48,340 words

Chasing Slow: Courage to Journey Off the Beaten Path

by Erin Loechner  · 10 Jan 2017

They All Came to Barneys: A Personal History of the World's Greatest Store

by Gene Pressman  · 2 Sep 2025  · 313pp  · 107,586 words

Lonely Planet London

by Lonely Planet  · 22 Apr 2012

Quality Investing: Owning the Best Companies for the Long Term

by Torkell T. Eide, Lawrence A. Cunningham and Patrick Hargreaves  · 5 Jan 2016  · 178pp  · 52,637 words

Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language

by Adam Aleksic  · 15 Jul 2025  · 278pp  · 71,701 words

Fodor's Seoul

by Fodor's Travel Guides  · 29 Nov 2022  · 373pp  · 107,111 words

A New History of the Future in 100 Objects: A Fiction

by Adrian Hon  · 5 Oct 2020  · 340pp  · 101,675 words

Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All

by Michael Shellenberger  · 28 Jun 2020

Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

by Michael A. Heller and James Salzman  · 2 Mar 2021  · 332pp  · 100,245 words

The Raging 2020s: Companies, Countries, People - and the Fight for Our Future

by Alec Ross  · 13 Sep 2021  · 363pp  · 109,077 words

Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century

by W. David Marx  · 18 Nov 2025  · 642pp  · 142,332 words

The Rough Guide to New York City

by Rough Guides  · 21 May 2018

Future Files: A Brief History of the Next 50 Years

by Richard Watson  · 1 Jan 2008

The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World

by Ruchir Sharma  · 5 Jun 2016  · 566pp  · 163,322 words

The Story of Stuff: The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-And How We Can Make It Better

by Annie Leonard  · 22 Feb 2011  · 538pp  · 138,544 words

A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies

by Matt Simon  · 24 Jun 2022  · 254pp  · 82,981 words

The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions

by Greta Thunberg  · 14 Feb 2023  · 651pp  · 162,060 words

The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History

by Kassia St Clair  · 3 Oct 2018  · 480pp  · 112,463 words

A Life Less Throwaway: The Lost Art of Buying for Life

by Tara Button  · 8 Feb 2018  · 315pp  · 81,433 words

Southwest USA Travel Guide

by Lonely Planet

Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth

by Juliet B. Schor  · 12 May 2010  · 309pp  · 78,361 words

Sustainable Minimalism: Embrace Zero Waste, Build Sustainability Habits That Last, and Become a Minimalist Without Sacrificing the Planet (Green Housecleaning, Zero Waste Living)

by Stephanie Marie Seferian  · 19 Jan 2021

Buy Now, Pay Later: The Extraordinary Story of Afterpay

by Jonathan Shapiro and James Eyers  · 2 Aug 2021  · 444pp  · 124,631 words

Making It in America: The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A. (And How It Got That Way)

by Rachel Slade  · 9 Jan 2024  · 392pp  · 106,044 words

Amazon: How the World’s Most Relentless Retailer Will Continue to Revolutionize Commerce

by Natalie Berg and Miya Knights  · 28 Jan 2019  · 404pp  · 95,163 words

Western USA

by Lonely Planet

Worn: A People's History of Clothing

by Sofi Thanhauser  · 25 Jan 2022  · 592pp  · 133,460 words

Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning From It

by Brian Dumaine  · 11 May 2020  · 411pp  · 98,128 words

Wasteland: The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, and Why It Matters

by Oliver Franklin-Wallis  · 21 Jun 2023  · 309pp  · 121,279 words

The Day the World Stops Shopping

by J. B. MacKinnon  · 14 May 2021  · 368pp  · 109,432 words

Hijacking the Runway: How Celebrities Are Stealing the Spotlight From Fashion Designers

by Teri Agins  · 8 Oct 2014  · 357pp  · 88,412 words

Minimal: How to Simplify Your Life and Live Sustainably

by Madeleine Olivia  · 9 Jan 2020  · 306pp  · 71,100 words

Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, From the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First

by Frank Trentmann  · 1 Dec 2015  · 1,213pp  · 376,284 words

We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now: The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages

by Annelise Orleck  · 27 Feb 2018  · 382pp  · 107,150 words

Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion

by Elizabeth L. Cline  · 13 Jun 2012  · 256pp  · 76,433 words