My activism has been two-pronged this week. I've been trying to follow some of my clothes back to their origin in an attempt to find the ecological footprint of my wardrobe, but tracking a pair of pants from a department store to a cotton field is rather difficult. I'm assuming that clothing companies cover their tracks so well for a reason, but other than the blacklists of various free trade advocates I've been hard pressed to discover where my clothes come from.
The second part of my project kind of developed on accident. As I was thinking about how I should rid myself of my enormous excess of clothes, I realized that I had no formal goal of how big my wardrobe should be. So, I decided to do a mini lifestyle project involving the clothes I wear. I managed to go all week on one load of laundry's worth of clothes. The first three days I was a little self-conscious about re-wearing clothes so much so I alternated the three pairs of pants that I allotted myself, but I think I've worn the same pair of pants for the past three days and I can don't really feel any dirtier than usual. I suppose I should do some research on the health impact of re-wearing clothes, but for now I'm content to be moderately dirty.
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I know re-wearing t shirts is a little tough, but I'll give you my dad's motto about bluejeans, "they aren't dirty til you throw them in the corner and they stand up on their own!"
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