'If all adults in the UK bought half of their next wardrobe second-hand instead of new, it would prevent 12.5 billion kg of carbon emissions.'

Second-hand wholesale involves purchasing pre-owned goods in bulk.

https://blueandgreentomorrow.com/features/how-second-hand-wholesale-is-making-retail-greener/

Empowering designers to connect with the beginning of the textile value chain — starting with the farms

The clothing we wear has a story—a journey from soil to garment that connects farmers, designers, and ecosystems.

https://fibershed.org/2025/01/13/designing-for-connection-how-new-york-textile-lab-is-reimagining-the-fiber-system/

'What if the deepest of capitalism’s evils is the survivalism it perpetuates in all of us?'

Miho Soon says that he "grew up in the intersection of class change between Malaysia and China, reflecting what some would call ‘new money.’"

https://medium.com/postgrowth/decoupling-the-good-life-from-capitalism-ef6e3b9199ef

Abraham Lincoln believed that both human advancement and political stability for the American democratic republic depended on workers’ dignity and ability to improve their conditions.

In 1847, Lincoln wrote that goods rightfully “belong to those whose labour has produced them,” and any good government should ensure that workers receive the entire product of their labor “or as nearly as possible.”

https://daily.jstor.org/abraham-lincolns-labor-theory-of-value/

"The good thing about everything being so messed up is that no matter where you look there’s good work to be done.”

- Derek Jensen