World News Headlines July 11, 2020 Under One Ceiling 0 How to donate clothes in the most ethical ways possible 0 0000 0 0 more How to donate clothes in the most ethical ways possible July 11, 2020 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options July 11, 2020 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day July 11, 2020 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason July 11, 2020 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 July 11, 2020 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas July 11, 2020 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience July 11, 2020 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men July 11, 2020 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine July 11, 2020 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal July 11, 2020 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found July 11, 2020 Under One Ceiling How to donate clothes in the most ethical ways possible Liz Ricketts has seen where some of your donated used clothes end up. The fashion designer and cofounder of the University of Cincinnati’s Sustainable Fashion Initiative (a zero-waste effort within the university’s fashion program) has spent years shuttling between the U.S. and Ghana since 2011. NEXT STORY: There, she’s spent the bulk of her time in the Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana’s capital. Kantamanto is Ghana’s largest secondhand clothing market, and possibly the biggest in West Africa, according to Rickett’s nonprofit the OR Foundation, whose website will be up and running soon. (For now, Ricketts has this website, a multimedia research project looking at the second-hand clothing market in Accra.) Her U.S.-based foundation has worked in Ghana since 2009 and aims to challenge consumer behavior by educating people on the fashion industry. Read more… More about Social Good, Social Good, Donations, Clothes, and Ethics Related Related posts: Would you like to see a ‘fluffy’ galaxy? Check out Hubble’s spectacular new photo. Trump says the European Union was ‘formed in order to take advantage of the United States’ Does pineapple really make your cum taste better? An investigation. Netflix’s ‘Choose or Die’ trailer is like ‘Saw’ meets ‘Black Mirror’ tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous Stressed out? One of these can help you relax. next Bill Gates calls for COVID-19 meds to go to people who need them, not 'highest bidder'
