Georgia Southern Sustainability Programs fighting fast fashion with campus thrift store
March 16, 2021
Sustainability Programs at Georgia Southern University is teaming up with student organization Fashion Menagerie, a group of fashion merchandising and apparel design students, to fight fast fashion by hosting the first campus thrift store on the Statesboro Campus. Clothing donations are currently being accepted through March 26 at various locations around campus.
Geneisa Ragin, president of Fashion Menagerie
Fast fashion is a textile trend where clothes are mass-produced to be quickly sold and thrown away.
“Tons of textile waste gets dumped from people throwing away their clothes, even the ones that are lightly used, but more clothing is constantly being produced,” said Geneisa Ragin, president of Fashion Menagerie. “This thrift store can help our campus prevent that increase of waste and give students a sustainable way to donate and shop that can discourage fast fashio