As part of a scholarship program, a Black Mountain high school student has organized a garments push to help reduce quick fashion results.
The Climate Leaders Fellowship, a program that is a partnership between the Stanford University Deliberative Democracy Lab and Rustic Pathways, a student traveling firm, was accepted by Eva Schneider, a young at Carolina Day School.
As part of this plan, Schneider put on a clothes pull at her class. Schneider told Black Mountain News that she had collected more than 375 pounds of clothing to be donated at the conclusion of the travel. Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry and Black Mountain Home for Kids split these collected items into two groups.
Students from more than 20 nations are now enrolled in the environment leaders fellowship, an international system. The program is offered in both the fall and spring weeks in groups. Schneider said it is fascinating to her to hear how many of her peers have concerns about the culture regardless of whether or not they sit in the same area.
It is really inspiring to see how students from different high schools are attempting to influence others, ” Schneider said. “Many of the struggles were actually pretty similar. ”
Schneider, who will be the leader of Carolina Day School’s climate club next time, said her love for weather issues stems from her love of being barefoot, reading and diverse cultures. She described herself as being “outdoorsy” and said it helps that she wants to preserve the environment around her because she plays soccer and hikes frequently.
Schneider had to come up with a project that would benefit the environment in some way in order to participate in the Climate Leaders Fellowship program.
She claimed to have conducted a survey to her school to find out what she could do for her project and had consulted with teachers and students to come up with a clothing drive to combat fast fashion. Schneider claimed that while some of her classmates were purchasing fast fashion, they were looking for a way to be more responsible with it.
“Some of them shopped fast fashion, but they were trying to upcycle more and thrift, ” Schneider said. This might be a good time to conduct spring cleaning and give people the chance to be the ones who are donating and recycling their clothing. ”
The clothing drive commenced at the end of March and ended on April 12. When Schneider and Black Mountain News spoke, Schneider had already donated to SVCM and Black Mountain Home as of April 15, and she planned to do so soon.
According to Schneider, it is crucial to grasp that clothing from online retailers like Shein and Amazon may be popular and convenient but can only be worn a few times.
People sometimes avoid going out of their way to recycle it because it’s just not our society right now, Schneider said. It is n’t intended to encourage going out of your way to help the environment, and I just want to give people an opportunity to be a part of that, and I was happy to coordinate it. ”
The Climate Leaders Fellowship Program, according to Schneider, is “empowering young people and can influence the future.”
A clothing drive might not solve systemic issues, but it will at least help with the presentations and raising awareness among attendees and enlightening them about how to mindfully dispose of that without causing harm to the environment, Schneider said. I simply believe that making a conscious choice one step at a time is important because if everyone thinks that way, we will eventually be able to make a lot more change. ”
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