The summer-clothes collection on behalf of Inspire was a great success. The boxes and bags of clothes were collected in three trips. On behalf of Inspire, I would like to thank the UM community for participating in this initiative, whether by contributing clothes or by volunteering to collect them at the various designated areas. Apart from supporting charity, this was a practical way of promoting sustainability, recycling and reusing textiles, fabrics and material.
We should also become more savvy and conscious about purchasing clothing items. According to an article on The Guardian (Sept 2024) ‘There are enough garments in the world to dress the next six generations. Yet the number of clothes being produced in the global north is soaring – and poisoning poorer countries’.
