We’re having glasses of champagne, we’re talking about climate change, climate victims, people who are surrounded without water in flooded areas with no food,” she says, adding that Davos was “the worst one” and that “nothing changes.”
She continues: “The contrast is too severe, and we’re actually achieving f**k all. The environmental movement like the peace movement. Really, when you think about how long it’s been going, we’ve achieved so little. We’ve really got to up our game and do things differently. I went there [to Copenhagen] to say that. I thought it was an opportunity to get some points over, including my legislation idea, which I think fixes everything!”
That’s a bold statement, but Hamnett’s fine with that. Bold is what’s needed in the face of fashion’s far-reaching negative environmental impacts. Hamnett wants fashion to adhere to the right livelihood – “the Buddhist principal that each person should follow an honest occupation, that fully respects other people and the natural world.”
She says she has a new job description for the fashion industry: “We must make our livings, yes, but for the good of all living things, because otherwise we won’t survive.”
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