EcoAction Partners is hosting a fun new event, the Full-Circle Fashion Fundraiser, at the Ah Haa School for the Arts this weekend. Community members have donated and consigned clothes so that people can shop for something “new” and minimize waste.
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– EcoAction Partners, we are your local sustainability nonprofit. We oversee San Juan, Ouray, and San Miguel counties. And we do everything from supporting rooftop solar and home electrification to kind of bigger systemic things like how can we put pressure on our utilities to have a greener grid. And then of course we do things like zero waste programming. We do in-school programming to make sure that our youth are being raised with the right tools. Fashion is one of the dirtiest industries on the planet. So fashion is the second largest industrial consumer of water globally. And as you know, we’re in a really drought- stricken moment in time. Really important to focus on ways we can conserve water. You might not think that buying secondhand is one of those ways, but it is. The fashion industry also creates a huge amount of waste. And so that’s just a massive amount of waste that we want to avoid by encouraging people to shop in a circular fashion. The Full-Circle Fashion Fundraiser, is happening the 29th, and 30th, of August. It will be taking place at the Sky Deck, at Ah Haa, who are partnering with us. Everything you buy there goes directly to support the arts and local sustainability nonprofits. And the idea there is to avoid linear consumption. So rather than buying something, using it, and throwing it away in a line, we recirculate garments, can be other things as well, but in this case we’re focused on garments to keep them in circulation and prevent buying new. And then you get great deals like this gorgeous jacket, which will be on sale this coming weekend. And you get to shop kind of guilt-free knowing that these clothes are not negatively impacting our environment because they’ve already been bought and paid for. A fashion fundraiser is a really fun way to raise money, I will tell you. We’re getting such wonderful pieces coming in. Our office is full of these beautiful garments. We’re getting everything from very high-end clothes to things you can get at J. Crew. We’ll have all sorts of different prices available.
– We got silk tweed, linen, velvet, jean, denim, polyester, just a little bit. We hope to see you this 29th, and 30th, at the Sky Deck at Ah Haa. You’re going to find some great finds, and great deals, and get to hang out with your community. ♪ Full circle fashion fundraiser ♪
