In Colin Beavan’s blog “No Impact Man,” Beavan addresses the current dilemmas with the environment. He started a project that would eliminate his carbon footprint. By doing so, Beavan wanted to leave as little impact as possible on the environment as possible. He only bought locally grown foods, never spent on anything unnecessary, rode his bicycle from place to place, etc. I am going to have to agree with what Beavan is trying to promote – healthier, green living. Although, this isn’t stated in Beavan’s project, I want to familiarize you with the world of fast fashion. It’s just as environmentally harmful as what Beavan emphasizes but isn’t talked about enough in the environmentally concerned world. Fast fashion affects our environment because it promotes the employment of low wage employees, advocates for unnecessary resource depletion, and causes pollution. People affect the environment everyday without even thinking about it. Everyday, our world is becoming less and less eco-friendly. Unless everyone agrees to start reducing his or her carbon footprint, our environment will not prevail. One thing that people don’t think about and do everyday is affecting our environment – shopping. Not very many people know, but many stores are “fast fashion” corporations. Fast fashion is basically budget-friendly retail stores that create and ship out new clothing every week, instead of having seasonal collections. Stores that exercise fast fashion are Forever 21, H&M, Topshop, and Zara. In Renee Dudley’s article “The Hidden Cost of Fast Fashion,” Dudley explains that more than 100 low-wage clothing production factory workers were killed in fires at Bangladeshi factories, igniting concern that fast fashion product suppliers are too heavily labored. Dudley proclaims that Asian factories are so overly used for production that production becomes dangerous for its workers. She continues to explain that if fast fashion keeps demanding too much production, workers work overtime and pay the price. Dudley states that factories are run down and the working conditions aren’t exactly pristine. She concludes that if companies want to keep pleasing consumers at the rate that they are, they should pay for the improvement of working conditions for the low-wage workers. In paragraph 12 of Dudley’s article, a quote from Fazlul Hoque (owner of Bangladesh garment make, Plummy Fashions) states, “Consumers always want new designs; they always want to stay in season. Clothing companies follow the new trend, and we pay the price.” Fast fashion ultimately harms the environment because it harms people. Consumerism has caused companies to enlarge production because of our economy’s popular demand. Companies believe that without the rapid and large amount of production, consumers will start to shop at a competing company. Because of competition, companies feel the need to step up their game and produce more. Consumers get what they want – a lot of clothes at a cheap price. However, factory workers are the people that fast fashion repercussions punish. Working overtime in such bad conditions can be dangerous to work