Out of a tragedy, socially responsible fashion

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The movie is filled with disturbing facts. Here's a few:

-- 250,000 Indian cotton farmers have killed themselves in the last 15 years, partly as a result of going into debt to buy genetically modified cotton seeds.

-- There are 80 billion pieces of clothing purchased worldwide each year, up 400% from two decades ago.

-- Americans throw out 82 pounds of textiles annually.

-- Only 10% of the clothes people donate to thrift stores get sold -- the rest end up in landfills or flood markets in developing countries.



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