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Welcome to Advocacy Magic, my blog series about finding the enchantment in being an advocate! Today’s post is all about bringing out your inner ethical shopper and figuring out your ethical “style.” But first- why shop for ethical clothing in the first place?

Did you know…

Most clothing is made by young women (as young as 14), and these women work an average of 14 hours a dayearn less than $3 a day. The working conditions are substandard and they often face sexual harassment at work. Contrary to popular belief, clothing sweatshops do not alleviate poverty. Higher wages are not unachievable. In fact, if we were to double the salary of sweatshop workers, garment prices would only go up 1.8%.

Only 10% of clothing that gets donated ends up being resold. What happens to the rest? 13 million tons a yearend up in landfills in the…

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Sweden’s ReTuna Recycling Galleria is the world’s first ever shopping mall where shoppers can find only reclaimed, recycled and upcycled products.

ReTuna Recycling Galleria, located in the Swedish city of Eskilstuna, is host to 14 stores, a restaurant serving organic food, and a conference centre.

The idea behind ReTuna Recycling Galleria is that customers visit the mall where they can donate old furniture and clothing to the mall’s recycling depot, The Return. Staff from Eskilstuna’s Activity, Motivation and Work (AMA) unit then go through the donated goods, which is then “repaired, fixed up, transformed and refined” and sold at the mall.

ReTuna Recycling Galleria’s website states: “This [ReTuna Recycling Galleria] is not an ordinary mall. Here you can experience shopping in a whole new way – a climate friendly way. The shops in the mall refine, repair and transform old things into new things, which they then sell on. We…