It Must Be an All-Pervasive Effort

We seem to forget that the making of each garment - even a handkerchief - leaves a carbon footprint that hurts the environment. Of course, items like denim jeans cause infinitely greater damage. It is the same story in the case of other personal possessions like shoes, handbags, watches etc.

- Krishan Kalra

SUSTAINABILITY has indeed become a buzzword and, happily, a lot of people individuals, organisations and even governments are making efforts to mitigate the damage done by climate change. Of course, only time will show how serious, honest and effective the steps being taken are. In many cases it could be mere lip service and for looking good in the eyes of neighbours and peers as well as to comply with regulations.

However, one thing is clear the efforts must be all-pervasive. Everyone must be onboard, and communities must get involved in coordinating individual efforts. Also, everything must be tackled - water, food and energy conservation, waste management, switch over to renewable energy, use of electric vehicles, slowing down on binge shopping just to possess more of everything, resource-friendly and least polluting manufacture, organic farming - the works! 

The Clothes We Wear

There are perhaps, a thousand ways in which we can move toward more 'responsible' living. I will divide the pontification over several issues. As the subject involves every facet of our lives and every economic activity, I will try to cover a different area in each article. For this piece allow me to present my views about what is physically closest to us - our attire, the clothes we wear.