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There's an awful lot that's wrong with the world right now. In fact, some would say, there's a lot that feels broken.So how about some inspiration and practical ways you can mend just a teeny tiny bit of the world?Today’s episode is all about mending and repair!

DID YOU KNOW..?

• Keeping clothes in use for just an extra 9 months can reduce their carbon and water footprints by 20-30%
• 80% of discarded textiles are doomed to landfill or incineration
• Only 1% of collected textiles are recycled into new yarns or fibres
• A study in 2017 found that 60% of us couldn’t sew on a button – one of the most common mends

In this episode I’m chatting to someone who is on a mission to skew those stats and get us all mending our clothes. Ros Studd is the founder of website Repair What You Wear and is passionate about making mending our clothes accessible, and as easy as possible.Enjoy!

Useful links

• Repair What You Wear- Website- Facebook- Instagram- You Tube
• What's so wrong with fast fashion? - blog post
• 5 ways to get your fashion fix (without trashing the planet) - blog post
• Sustainable(ish) Fashion - podcast episode
• Sustainable(ish) Facebook group

Do you mend? What got you started?If you don't, are you tempted to have a go?Let me know in the comments!

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