Clothing and textile manufacturing's environmental impact and how to shop more ethically

The shirt you're wearing right now: what's it made from? In its rawest form, was it once growing in a field, on a sheep's back or sloshing at the bottom of an oil well?

How did the fibres that make up your clothes come to be?

We wear clothes literally every day, but few of us spend much time reflecting on what goes into manufacturing various textiles and their environmental impacts.

This is interesting considering how much we think about the food we eat or the skin care products we use.

Most of us don't realise how environmentally intensive it is to make a single article of clothing, says fashion sustainability expert Clara Vuletich, whose PhD research focuses on sustainable textiles.

Read the ABC News story by Tegan Taylor - “Clothing and textile manufacturing's environmental impact and how to shop more ethically.”

Darwin and the Top End warned to prepare for Cyclone Marcus

Darwin is in the direct line of a cyclone expected to form into a category 2 storm north of Australia on Friday.

Cyclone Marcus forecast track map issued at
11:13 am ACST Friday 16 March 2018.

Residents of the Northern Territory capital city and across the Top End have been warned to prepare for Cyclone Marcus, which is predicted to make landfall overnight and hit Darwin in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Areas from Maningrida to the Daly river mouth, including Darwin and the Tiwi Islands, are on an official cyclone warning, along with areas from the Daly river mouth to the Western Australia border.

WA emergency services have also issued a blue alert, urging those in areas from the NT border to Mitchell plateau, including Kununurra and Wyndham, to make preparations.

Read Helen Davidson’s story from The Guardian - “Darwin and the Top End warned to prepare for Cyclone Marcus.”