The Outside View: Fashion’s EcoRenaissance, a Cultural Rebirth

Quite like the European Renaissance that spanned several centuries, we are being holistically reborn. Our perspectives and levels of awareness are changing rapidly. Thanks to the Internet, we have access to unlimited information — and misinformation. This global COVID-19 pandemic accelerated an awakening that was already in motion. It placed a monumental “pause” on Western life and business. We’ve had to pivot and adapt in new ways after years of settling into prescribed systems. The pandemic has devastated the already vulnerable, especially oppressed populations and the food insecure.  Then, after decades of police brutality coming to light, thanks to mobile phones, CCTV, dash and body cams, George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police sparked a fire in our love-deprived, dried out and flammable towns and cities. Our combined outrage at the lack of justice within law enforcement exploded, compounded by the pandemic. When we look back at this time in history, we will see this painful moment as a critical turning point for humanity. Human beings from all walks of life are waking up to the injustice, suffering and division that have been sown over time — all symptoms of a planet and species out of balance. Our global

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