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Consumed - The need for collective change; colonialism, climate change & consumerism (Hardcover)
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Consumed - The need for collective change; colonialism, climate change & consumerism (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R442
Discovery Miles 4 420
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*** 'This powerful, speaking-truth-to-power book is an essential
read for everybody who wants to stop feeling clueless and helpless
about the impacts of cosumerism, and start doing their part to help
create a more sustainable world' - Layla Saad 'A critique on what
we buy, how it's made and the systems behind it that make an unfair
and broken cycle' - New York Times 'The book is a blueprint for
anyone who wants to do better' - VOGUE 'SUCH integrity. Aja is no
bullsh*t.' - Florence Given 'Consumed takes us through the
hideously complex topic of fashion and sustainability, from its
knotty colonial roots to what everyday people can do to uproot
those systems, today.' - Yassmin Abdel-Magied Aja Barber wants
change. In the 'learning' first half of the book, she will expose
you to the endemic injustices in our consumer industries and the
uncomfortable history of the textile industry; one which brokered
slavery, racism and today's wealth inequality. And how these
oppressive systems have bled into the fashion industry and its lack
of diversity and equality. She will also reveal how we spend our
money and whose pockets it goes into and whose it doesn't (clue:
the people who do the actual work) and will tell her story of how
she came to learn the truth. In the second 'unlearning' half of the
book, she will help you to understand the uncomfortable truth
behind why you consume the way you do. She asks you to confront the
sense of lack you have, the feeling that you are never quite enough
and the reasons why you fill the aching void with consumption
rather than compassion. And she makes you challenge this power
disparity, and take back ownership of it. The less you buy into the
consumer culture the more power you have. CONSUMED will teach you
how to be a citizen not a consumer. 'an absolute must-read' - Red
Magazine 'An absolute must-read for any person who wears clothes.'
- Orsola de Castro 'A hugely compelling exploration of a culture of
exploitation and how, together, we can end it.' - Gina Martin
'Barber's isn't just a voice we should listen to - it is a voice we
MUST listen to.' - Clementine Ford 'If you buy one book about
sustainable fashion, make it this one. Consumed is an urgent call
to action to demand a fashion system that is actually fair for both
people and planet, not just Big Fashion billionaires. I adore Aja
and I love this brilliant book.' - Venetia La Manna
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