Thank you for sharing this. It can be so frustrating to find that in many situations, no matter what we choose, we will be contributing to some sort of suffering and/or destruction on some level - just a function of the society in which we live today. Eager to continue to collaborate to find ways to lower this impact as much as we can, while still functioning and participating fully in our communities.
One question: What are your thoughts on second-hand less sustainable purchases vs. new purchases that were manufactured more sustainably? Is a purchase of something that has already been bought and paid for and then sent to a second-hand store (even if less sustainable originally) perhaps better than one that would be contributing to manufacturing brand-new clothes with new dyes and/or water consumption/etc.? No agenda here - it's just something I've debated with myself about a lot so just wondering what your thoughts are.
Thanks for your insight. I've also always felt the most comfortable with clothing swaps among friends and/or shopping at second-hand stores, since the way I see it, that's the way to contribute to further manufacturing as little as possible.
Side note: I have boycotted the Salvation Army ever since they released those disgustingly homophobic statements, though. True, I agree that "people get the freedom to be douchebags," as you say, but that doesn't mean that we have to support them!
Fuck, this is bad. Batik & tie dye are something that I like and was planning to do quite a lot of in the future - and that includes dyes. :( Besides that, there is other art stuff - glues, paints, oil pastels, etc., that I really doubt are vegan. Some of them, possibly, but surely not all. Maybe they have all been tested on animals though. I haven't checked yet because I'm afraid that I will have to decide between not wanting to hurt animals and my dream of becoming an artist
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I didn't look specifically into batik and tie dyes. Thinking about paint, oil paints have been used a rather long time so I don't know why they would have recently been tested on animals. I am also aware that paint used to be made by the artists just prior to use? In regards to glues, I have no idea, and I am similarly concerned. I'm partially through a tube of fabric fray and have no idea how I'm to replace it later. Off hand, hairspray kind of comes to mind
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One question: What are your thoughts on second-hand less sustainable purchases vs. new purchases that were manufactured more sustainably? Is a purchase of something that has already been bought and paid for and then sent to a second-hand store (even if less sustainable originally) perhaps better than one that would be contributing to manufacturing brand-new clothes with new dyes and/or water consumption/etc.? No agenda here - it's just something I've debated with myself about a lot so just wondering what your thoughts are.
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Side note: I have boycotted the Salvation Army ever since they released those disgustingly homophobic statements, though. True, I agree that "people get the freedom to be douchebags," as you say, but that doesn't mean that we have to support them!
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There is apparently a brand of vegan paints?
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