Ukiyo Co and

Sustainability

In a world where ethical consciousness is vital, as a clothing brand Ukiyo stands forward in its pursuit of creating quality. Standing for small production, ethically created, minimalistic clothing made from natural fibres, that will last season after season, is at the forefront of the Ukiyo ethic.

We align with manufacturers that equally believe in taking care of our community, at home and at large. That care for their workers, their families, pay correct wages and don’t eliminate waste directly into the environment. The textile and clothing industry is one of the worst offenders in the manufacturing industry. Piece by piece ethically aware brands can make HUGE change in the pursuit of minimal waste elimination.

I stand incredibly firm on this process, willing to spend that little bit more, and willing to look into the brand that I’m buying from. It’s not difficult. Creating in Australia, we are lucky as we have very strict laws on protecting our environment, looking after our workers, having full exposure to how we operate. Unfortunately it’s not the same in the major manufacturing companies, and it’s up to us to make the change.

Film TEXTILE MOUNTAIN : Extract from https://www.textilemountainfilm.com

“There is no such thing as ‘away’. When you throw something away, it must go somewhere”

— Annie Leonard

Europeans throw away 2 million tonnes of textiles each year. Every second, the equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned.

Many of us donate our unwanted clothes to charity shops & clothing collection banks - but do we really know what happens to them then?

Globally, 70% of our donated clothing is baled and sold to textile merchants who ship them overseas for resale in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Textile Mountain exposes the social and environmental cost of the second hand clothing trade, tracing the path of our unwanted garments from recycling bins in Europe to landfills and waterways in the Global South.

Shot in Kenya, Ireland and Belgium, this film calls on us to re-imagine the way the way we design, wear and reuse our clothes - so that our fashion waste no longer becomes another country’s burden.

PLEASE WATCH and educate : https://www.textilemountainfilm.com/