What is the true cost of cotton? L/O: to examine the social and environmental effects of cotton...
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What is the true cost of cotton? L/O: to examine the social and environmental effects of cotton production Starter: brainstorm all the ways that fashion
What is the true cost of cotton? L/O: to examine the social and
environmental effects of cotton production Starter: brainstorm all
the ways that fashion can affect the environment
Slide 2
Fashion and the environment Carbon emissions transporting goods
Increasing landfill Use of pesticides Loss of biodiversity Large
scale manufacture noise, air and water pollution
Slide 3
Cotton Cotton has been grown and used by people in many parts
of the world for at least 5000 years. Most important of all natural
fibres, accounting for almost half of all textiles in the world.
Huge variety of uses - because it is so strong it can be made into
fine, thin textiles, as well as hard-wearing fabrics like denim.
Cotton is now the world's most important non-food crop, covering
five per cent of the planet's cultivated land area. It is grown in
more than 80 countries around the world. The conditions are found
in a band that stretches around the world between latitudes 45
north and 30 south.
Slide 4
What are the problems with cotton?
http://ejfoundation.org/cotton/white-gold- video Answer the
question whilst watching the video 1.Child labour 2.Depleting water
supplies 3.Pesticide use
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Slide 6
Become the expert! Read through the information Paired activity
Represent your information on one of the issues using one of the
following: Create an awareness poster Write a letter to the
government Design a cover page for The Big Issue Draw an
informative 6 box cartoon Write a song/rap/chant Use as many
symbols and pictures as you can and up to 15 words. You will then
be presenting to the class about the information you have found out
about.
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Swap your information! ALL: Go round the class room and take
notes summarising the key issues under the following headings Child
labour and cotton, water and cotton, pesticides and cotton MOST:
what do you think is the most significant issue and why? SOME:
Suggest ways in which each issue could be resolved.
Slide 8
How can you be part of a more sustainable and ethical fashion
industry? In pairs, come up with as many ways as possible to answer
the question Did you think of these? Look for items that are
certified organic and / or fairtrade. Re-use and re-cycle. Think
local. Buy to last. Ask your retailer where their cotton comes
from.
Slide 9
Plenary/homework ALL: Design a t-shirt with a slogan promoting
sustainable cotton production MOST: Annotate your t shirt to
explain your design SOME: is solving the issues of cotton
production easy? Justify your answer.