BUY NOTHING DAY OPPOSES OVER CONSUMPTION|響應國際不消費日 呼籲回歸減法生活

To promote the global Buy Nothing Day, Greenpeace Taiwan arranged for a female giant wearing a dress made from recycled clothes to stage a runway show at the busy Ximending shopping district in Taipei. Buy Nothing Day is a movement that urges people to reduce consumption and lead a simple lifestyle. Surveys conducted by Greenpeace show that globally people spent US$1.8 trillion on ready to wear last year alone. A female giant appeared at Ximending, wearing a dress made of recycled clothes and did the catwalk with a group of models to promote the Buy Nothing Day campaign launched by the Canadian artist Ted Dave. It's a protest against overconsumption and the return to a simpler life, starting with buying less clothes. ==REPORTER WITH MS. HUANG== Did you ever buy clothes that you never wore or just wore once? Yes Will you do the same thing again? Yes. I'll probably do it again. Because you cannot resist the desire to shop? That's right. ==REPORTER WITH MR. HE== I'll try to control my urge to shop. No, actually I have been trying to control it, but I have failed. According to Greenpeace surveys, clothing overconsumption is the worst. Sales revenues for ready-to-wear garments grew from US$1 trillion in 2002 to US$1.8 trillion last year, and the number is still climbing. Compared to 15 years ago, per capita clothing consumption increased by 60%. However, over half of purchased clothes are thrown away. The more people buy, the more they throw away. ==LO KO-JUNG Greenpeace Taiwan project manager== Overconsumption contributes to water pollution, environmental pollution, and human rights abuse to laborers. Fast fashion is about producing low-cost clothing at a rapid pace. In the process, workers are sacrificed, having to endure poor work environment and low wages. Stores put up signs with slogans of all kinds of promotions to encourage consumers to buy more. Greenpeace is calling on people to reflect upon the damage to the environment and the exploitation of labor that are caused by overconsumption. Reducing consumption is being friendly to the environment. TRANSLATED BY：CHRISTINA LIU 週日下午在西門町，出現一位鶴立雞群的女巨人，她身穿回收衣做成的洋裝，率領模特兒一起公開走秀，希望呼應加拿大藝術家發起的「不消費日」活動，讓民眾反思過度消費的習慣，回歸「減法生活」，從少買衣服做起，不過多數人都覺得難度很高。 ==記者民眾 vs 黃小姐== 會不會有就是買了然後沒有穿 或是穿一次這種情況 會有 下次還是會做一樣的事嗎 下次還是會做一樣的事情 對 忍不住那種消費的欲望　 對對對 ==記者 vs 民眾 何先生== 以後會試著想要去 節制這樣的欲望 不是以後 是現在就一直在節制 但是節制不了 根據綠色和平的調查，在眾多購物促銷中，服飾過度消費最嚴重，全球成衣銷售額從2002年的1兆美元，去年成長到1.8兆，仍在直線成長，比起15年前，每人平均購買的衣服增加了6成，但丟掉一半以上的衣服，顯示買得多丟得也多。 ==綠色和平專案主任 羅可容== 那它造成的水的汙染 環境的汙染 還有包括勞工人權 因為像快速時尚他們標榜的 就是以比較低的成本 然後快速地生產成衣 那在這個情況之下 其實犧牲的就很多 是勞工他們的工作環境 他們的薪資 走進商圈，從優惠促銷到買一送一，各式各樣的廣告標語都在鼓吹民眾多多消費，但綠色和平希望民眾能思考到過度消費對於環境的破壞與勞工的剝削，節制消費就是對環境友善、付諸行動。 記者 林靜梅 王興中 台北報導