Google Moves Sustainability Needle With ‘Your Plan, Your Planet’

One hundred billion garments are produced every year on average, according to Google. And that’s why the tech firm’s new initiative, the “Fashion Friday Pledge,” is centered on outfit-repeating as a method for reducing climate impact. Google’s Fashion Friday Pledge takes form in its interactive tool, “Your Plan, Your Planet,” which gives consumers an inside look on the “misuses” of fashion and its negative effects on the environment. Referencing the pressure consumers face to continuously display a variety of outfits on social media outlets — namely Instagram — Google said “Fast fashion has given us ‘disposable fashion,’ clothes so cheap that people can afford to buy new ones constantly. In the process, our society has developed a sense of shame regarding repeat fashion appearances, which has devastating environmental consequences.” As its panacea to garment waste, Fashion Friday is a multistep process consumers can oblige to take action: First, learn the various ways to extend the lifecycle of a garment, reduce waste, increase reuseability and “wisely” use shared natural resources via its Your Plan, Your Planet platform; take its pledge to change bad habits; share it on social media, urge others to take part, and finally, every Friday, wear clothing you haven’t worn

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