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Proud Sponsors of WMEAC's 2018 Women & the Environment Symposium

3/27/2018

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Clothing Matters has proudly partnered with the West Michigan Environmental Action Council (WMEAC) as sponsors of Women & the Environment Symposiums since the first one in 2012.  This year, a series of events took place for ten days in February, celebrating how women effectively advocate for themselves, for others, and for the environment. We were glad that apparel's impact on our personal and ecological health was included in the list of issues addressed at the symposium's Advocacy Workshop, and grateful for the opportunity to facilitate thoughtful discussion regarding how our clothing choices impact ecosystems of the world including our own Great Lakes and rivers.
Clothing Matters debuted our new sustainably manufactured "advocacy T-shirts", to support efforts that raise awareness of apparel as the 2nd biggest polluter of our world's waters and the 2nd most toxic industry after petroleum. Participants considered what a t-shirt can do and be, while not contributing to laundering polyester as a significant source of micro-plastic pollution in our Great Lakes, or causing 1/3 lb of insecticide from polluting 700 gallons of water just to grow one conventional t-shirt.
We were really impressed by those who came out to learn and take action on important issues, and especially encouraged by the amount of interest in how apparel choices impact health & well-being. It was a dynamic evening of awareness and empowerment. We were (and still are) elated to support and be a part of such a dynamic, empowering event.  Advocacy workshop participants received one of Clothing Matters' premium tees, branded with the invitation to "feel good in & about what you wear."
WMEAC was founded by a diverse group of concerned citizens and organizational stakeholders, WMEAC is a non-profit organization uniquely positioned to respond to emerging issues and new threats to West Michigan’s natural and human ecologies, focused on Building Sustainable Communities and Protecting Water Resources (WMEAC, 2017).



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12/20/2020 08:45:55 pm

Loved readingg this thanks

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