The life cycle of a t-shirt - Angel Chang

Trace the life cycle of a classic white t-shirt to find out how they’re made and what is their ultimate environmental impact.

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Consider the classic white t-shirt. Annually, we sell and buy 2 billion t-shirts globally, making it one of the most common garments in the world. But how and where is the average t-shirt made, and what’s its environmental impact? Angel Chang traces the life cycle of a t-shirt.

Lesson by Angel Chang, directed by TED-Ed.

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[akshitrajput]

Lifecycle of a t-shirt in India->
1 purchased
2 worn by some dude
3 worn by his younger sibling
4 used as night/home wear or gym tshirt
5 donated if still good enough
6 otherwise, used for cleaning/ mopping purposes in the end

[chiehhsu]

"Fashion is the second biggest polluter in the world."

[irissanderson]

Finally, a good reason not to do my laundry

[IvandeJesusVlogs]

*I didn't know that shirts cause this huge environmental problem. Very good eye-opening video Ted Ed!*

[cup_check_official]

Lifecycle of my t-shirt
My body -> My bed -> my computer chair -> my bed -> my computer chair (and the cycle goes on)

[_innerpeacekeeper]

The irony of wearing a cotton tshirt saying Love the Environment or Save the Earth

[gelnox]

Who else is watching while wearing a t shirt

[SitStandWalk]

if we stopped sneering at each other for wearing "last seasons" fashions. we could cut production by 90 %.

[AbhishekSingh-epnn]

is there anything humans can make without harming the environment ???

[SharieFernandez]

how to save this??
*thrift.*
*buy second hand clothing, sell ur clothes. :)*
Saves so muchhhh

[thesmashgamer]

4:03 how can a household wash 400 times a year, that would mean washing several times a day.

[CharlesTheClumsy]

Thank you for letting me watch this for free.

[justBETHANY]

As someone who had to count roughly 6, 000 shirts in at work today, I found this very interesting. I've often thought about what their journey is to getting to the warehouse I work in. You guys skipped the part where the shirts go to get some design printed on them and all the chemicals used in the printing process to get a design on a garment. But then you mentioned the "fast fashion" part later. We make so many shirts that I know will just be worn for a day and never used again.

[shashazhu]

I would kill for some Chinese subtitles on these so I can share with my family in China. Unfortunately my Chinese isn't good enough but it would be so so so helpful trying to explain why fashion is one easy thing we have control over to reduce harmful chemicals and environmental impact. Bravo Ted-Ed team, amazing video!👏

[wakamiti]

Damn, I never thought I'd feel this guilty for owning a t-shirt 😂😂

[enasan]

Watching this video makes me feel way better about the fact I'd been wearing the same clothing over a decade. You're welcome planet.

[literallyafuckingspoon]

0:38
"Self-driving machines carefully harvest these puffs"
A giant truck bulldozes everything

[elscruffomcscruffy]

Awesome video. It took me until 5yrs ago to break away from the over-consumer need. I now own 7 t-shirts, different colours and am happy to pay upwards of $50 per tee for the numerous ethical reasons. Plus, if you drop more $$ on a quality tshirt, you'll want to take care of it!

[mokshithbhyri]

Exceptional. What an informative video!!! Literally mindblowing. It really helps in pointing out the "unwanted and unnecessary practices, being done by all of us. Excellent work Ted, hands-off.

[LavendelDuftspray]

"Life cycle of a shirt" more like "how to make everyone feel bad about everything involving clothes".
I think I'm gonna become a nudist now