Introduction

= **Do your clothes cost the Earth? ** =

===We all care about our planet but how often do we stop and think about the impact our clothes have on the environment? A lot of fibres used in textiles are processed using harsh chemicals or may consist of synthetic materials which take ages to break down in the environment. Buying cheap clothes often means that those clothes were made overseas using the cheapest methods available and shipped or flown to Australia, leaving a big carbon footprint behind. ===

===What do you know about the leather used for your shoes, belts, bags etc? Do you know what type of animal was used and if you did, would you still buy leather? How many clothes in your wardrobe never get worn? Can you think of a green way of recycling them? === ===Green Threads will answer all of those questions and give you lots of ideas to help make Earth a better place for the future. === ===Looking good and wearing cool clothes doesn’t mean your clothes have to cost the Earth. This WebQuest is all about finding out what your clothes are made of, how they are made, what the environmental impact of different materials is and how we can all refuse, reduce, reuse and recycle so that our planet is a cleaner and happier place for everyone! ===

So let's act now before it's too late, click on the image above to get started!
