Reuse and repurpose clothing! According to Forbes, the clothing industry is a $12 billion business and the average American family spends $1,700 on clothes annually. This amount is excessive. The amount of resources and underpaid labor that goes into making clothes is outrageous. Donate to and shop at Goodwill. Shopping at Goodwill is a great way to save money and help out the Earth. Always donate clothes you don’t want anymore, it goes to a good cause.

I also agree that reusing clothes in our society could benefit us all. The clothing industry will forever continue to grow due to the change in our fashion trends and necessary changes to styles depending on the weather. On average the clothing industry is responsible for 1 ton of 19.8 tons of CO2 emission produced by the average American.  Clothing, once produced must be distributed and then sold to the general public. For clothing to be transported there are three options, by air, by land, or by water. All three ways releasing a great amount of CO2 into our environment. By buying secondhand clothing or repurposing old clothing you are completing an act that may someday help save the earth. By not throwing away your old clothes you are reducing the amount of trash in the landfill. Instead you are giving another person clothing that is still useful and by that small act you friend will not have to purchase any clothing that was recently transported reducing their  carbon footprint as well.

http://goodonyou.eco/carbon-climate-clothing-and-you/
http://www.ethical.org.au/3.4.2/get-inf … footprint/

I concur with Dylan and Natalie. If you do not destroy more cotton plant and less cotton is not made into shirts, shorts, jeans and other clothes then there will be less people driving to work making C02 emissions in their car and adding more C02 to our atmosphere.

This is definitely a great idea that many other people need to do more often! I too recently found a surprising study that explained that the clothing industry was the second largest polluter in the world, right behind oil. This was surprising not only to me, but I'm sure to others as well. Normally, when people think about carbon dioxide polluters in the world, they think of oil, coal mines, manufacturing, or any others. While it is true that these are all top producers of the pollution in our world, many people do not even consider or even realize how much the clothing industry is affecting us negatively too. I think your idea to donate and shop at places such as Goodwill is a great idea that many more people need to start. I agree that this helps so much in slowly lowering the amount of the clothing industry's pollution. It saves great amounts of water, money, and helps out the earth, which seems beneficial to everyone. My family and I try our best to recycle and reuse as much clothing as we can, and all of these interesting studies I've read has really showed me how  much the clothing industry is affecting our earth.

Here is the interesting article I found on the clothing industry's pollution:
http://www.alternet.org/environment/its … wearing-it

I agree that thrift store shopping will improve the environment. This is one of the best ways to recycle clothing because the manufacturing of a new pair of jean contributes a significant amount of CO2 emission. It is ranked 5th in highest contributor in the United States which is shocking because as a country we are not ranked high in clothing manufacturing. So thankful to Goodwill and other nonprofits/ used clothing stores. It can give a community nice used clothing for a reasonable price. Which makes it easy for everyone to make a choice to switch to buying more used clothing no matter the socio-economic status.   
https://oecotextiles.wordpress.com/2011 … -a-fabric/
http://unwrinkling.com/why-thrift/