New R&Di Policy Brief Out: “Clothing the Planet Within Limits: A Degrowth Approach to Fashion”
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From: Federico Arcuri <degrowt...@lists.riseup.net>
Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Subject: [degrowth-world] New R&Di Policy Brief Out: “Clothing the Planet Within Limits: A Degrowth Approach to Fashion”
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Dear All,
The fashion industry plays a major role in the global economy. Over 100 billion clothes are produced annually, and the industry is only projected to grow in the coming years. This will not come without cost: the fashion supply chain is a significant source of global CO2 emissions, water pollution, and land degradation. What’s more, fashion for the EU is not produced locally, but rather through large-scale appropriation of land, resources, and labor largely from Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Our new policy brief, “Clothing the Planet Within Limits: A Degrowth Approach to Fashion” by Marula Tsagkari, highlights the unequal practices on which the fashion industry is built and argues for a degrowth transformation of clothing systems. The brief proposes defashioning as a framework to reimagine the way we produce and consume fashion. This means moving beyond the treadmill of fast-changing trends and disposability, and instead embracing clothing cultures that prioritize identity, care, durability, repair, creativity, and connection to the land. It lays out a plan for degrowing the fashion industry through ambitious policies in three areas: consumption, production, and just transition strategies.
Find the full policy brief here: https://degrowth.org/blog/2025/11/10/clothing-the-planet-within-limits/
Stay tuned for the publication of the full report co-authored with War on Want (WOW), with a launch online event scheduled for December 10th at 13.30 CET (tbc). More information soon on our social media!
Media Invitation:
Research&Degrowth International invites journalists, editors, and media outlets to:
Write an article or feature on the policy brief and its proposals.,
Publish the brief or a summary / blogpost on your website or on social media platforms (reels, posts).,
Organize a public event (debate, webinar, roundtable) to discuss the findings.,
Interview the author, Marula Tsagkari, for deeper insights into the policy proposal.
Contact fede....@degrowth.org or pro...@degrowth.org for collaboration proposals.
We would be grateful if you could help us disseminate this policy brief within your networks. Please feel free to share this email and the brief with colleagues, friends, and other interested contacts.
Best regards,
Federico Arcuri, Milena Hanenberg, Lorenzo Lonardi
Research & Degrowth International
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