Refuse Project Description:
The REFUSE Project was all started from the idea: What is Pollution and how is it affecting us? After we discussed how pollution has many sub topics, we all decided to do our own thing! This was how project Refuse was born, and how our team was able to pursue what inspired them. We were all given the opportunity to go in depth on a sub topic of pollution, and then have a "final product" to show for exhibition. Our final also included a Chemistry aspect to the project. What we really wanted to get out of the project however was our habits. Looking at changing small parts of our lives, and hopefully others, to start saving the planet.
My Project Description:
For my group and I's project, we decided to go the fast fashion route. For one, my partners and I all love fashion and clothes. Second, we wanted to have the project be ours, and something that we were all invested in. For our project, we hosted a fully donation based clothing swap, and thrift store at school. All donated items were from students at High Tech High, and all profits went back into our project. Along with the stores, we shared useful information on how the effects of fast fashion put a footprint on our world. What we ultimately wanted people to get out of this, was that shopping isn't as simple as it seems.
Excerpt from Final Reflection:
IMPACT:
"What we wanted others to get out of this, was that shopping second hand isn’t only good for your wallet. We want others to know that fast fashion is a real problem that has globally impacted our world; and that isn’t in a good way."
"During our thrift stores, we shared infographic explaining some of the facts about this industry. We handed out similar graphs during our ECO-Week and Earth Day Fair, which actually got people thinking."
RESEARCH and RESOURCES:
"We also reached out to a number of thrift stores hoping to do an interview to get more insight. Finally after getting a response from La Loupe Vintage, we got an interview! We hosted the email interview with Brandi Munoz, asking her some questions about how her stores run! This gave us some perspective on how a sustainable business can be ran."
"What we wanted others to get out of this, was that shopping second hand isn’t only good for your wallet. We want others to know that fast fashion is a real problem that has globally impacted our world; and that isn’t in a good way."
"During our thrift stores, we shared infographic explaining some of the facts about this industry. We handed out similar graphs during our ECO-Week and Earth Day Fair, which actually got people thinking."
RESEARCH and RESOURCES:
"We also reached out to a number of thrift stores hoping to do an interview to get more insight. Finally after getting a response from La Loupe Vintage, we got an interview! We hosted the email interview with Brandi Munoz, asking her some questions about how her stores run! This gave us some perspective on how a sustainable business can be ran."