Did you know that the average amount of times we wear clothing before throwing it away is 7? American saviorism deludes us to believe that “people in need will wear my old clothes” but what’s actually happening is the Global South becomes the dumping ground for the lifestyle and convenience of the Global North. This exploitation has turned Asia into a garment dump. <br /><br />So what can we actually do? Prioritize consuming less, elongating the lives of the clothes we have by repairing and mending, wearing hand-me-downs, buying used, and repurposing old clothes. Donating our clothes isn’t superior thinking disguised as a good deed. And outside of making changes to our own wardrobe, here’s how we can hold the perpetrators of waste colonialism accountable. <br /><br />Host <br />Sophia Li<br /><br />Producer<br />Stephanie Tangkilisan<br />Sophia Li<br /><br />Associate Producer<br />Manal Ahmed<br /><br />Researcher and Writer<br />Sophia Li<br /><br />Additional Researcher <br />Manal Ahmed<br /><br />Director of Photography<br />Alison Boya Sun<br /><br />Editor<br />Alan Pun<br /><br />Post Production Coordinator<br />Skolastika Lupitawina<br /><br />Editor-in-Chief<br />Keshia Hannam<br /><br />Head of Production<br />Stephanie Tangkilisan<br /><br />Animator<br />Alan Pun<br /><br />Graphic Design<br />Samuel Kang<br />Fitra Pratama<br />Annie Zhao<br /><br />Additional Archival Material<br />Getty Images<br />@CeceXie <br />Netflix<br />@ZeroWasteCartel<br />Artlist<br />@SummerJade<br />Insider Business<br />TikTok/bibty.fashionrental<br />TikTok/nihaelety<br />TikTok/kaatelynlo<br />The New York Times<br />WGBH<br /><br />Additional Music<br />Life as We Make it by Olive Musique<br />Winds of Change by A-List Music
