When hospital staff are in full scrubs(手术衣)， their faces are almost completely covered by their caps and face masks, and we can only see their eyes and eyebrows. In order to solve the problem, a doctor in Sydney, Australia, called Rob Hackett launched a campaign named “ Theatre((手术室) Cap Challenge”- encourage hospital staffs to write their＇ names and roles on their caps. At first, his colleagues didn't take it seriously. However, with time going on, it has been adopted around the world with studies from the US and UK reporting how this simple idea can decrease human errors in healthcare.

“I went to a theatre where there were about 20 doctors and nurses in the room,”   Dr. Rob Hackett said. "I struggled to even ask to be passed some gloves because the person I was pointing to thought I was pointing to the person behind them, because I don’t know their names. "said Rob. As we all know, doctors are a stressful profession. When faced with life and death, they need to save the patient's life for a second. At the moment, effective communications are important.

“The ‘Theatre Cap Challenge’ is in response to concerns about how easily avoidable mistakes and poor communication are contributing to rising harmful events for our patients.” said Rob. "We need to develop systems which reduce mistakes and misunderstanding without causing harm. For this to happen, we need to let everyone know we’re human. ”he added On the other hand, from the patients' viewpoint, caps with names on them can make patients more unworried. When everyone appears the same, it is extremely difficult to distinguish who is who. Knowing them relaxed.

If you constantly feel like you “never have anything to wear”, you might be a victim of fast fashion. Constantly purchasing fast fashion clothes means clothes easily break down and lose their shape, causing you to consistently replace them. It’s a challenge on your wallet, not to mention the environment. 【小题1】

Organize a clothing swap.

“One man’s rubbish is another man’s treasure.” You might have an item in your closet (壁橱) that you’ve grown less fond of. Organizing a clothing change is one of the best ways to give clothing a second chance at fulfilling their destiny: being worn. Make a night of it!【小题2】

Rent clothes.

Can you remember that wedding you went to three years ago?【小题3】 Renting clothes is one of the smartest approaches to sustainable fashion available to us today. It allows you to try new trends without taking up space in your closet or creating waste.

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If you own more than 50 articles of clothing, you might forget about each item you own. Purchasing the same or similar items is a common problem with fast fashion victims. Go through your closet monthly or seasonally and take a mental record of what’s in there so you do not risk item duplication(重复).

Invest in timeless pieces.

There is a common misunderstanding that sustainable fashion is expensive. In fact, those items save you money in the long run.【小题5】 For example, if you buy a pair of good quality jeans that cost $ 150, and you wear them at least once a week for a year, divide $ 150 by 52 and the true cost of your jeans is actually around $ 2 per wear in an entire year.

The impact of fast fashion on the environment is significant. Recently Zara, one of the largest fast-fashion retailers (零售商) in the world, put forth a concept that only sustainable fabrics are used in clothing production. But how can Zara ever be sustainable? They produce around 450 million garments (衣服) a year and release 500 new designs a week, about 20,000 a year. Zara’s fast-fashion model has been so successful it has inspired an entire industry to follow them.

Clothing production doubled from 2012 to 2022. The average consumer bought 60 percent more clothing in 2022 than in 2012, but kept each garment half as long. And less than one percent of all clothing produced globally is recycled.

I spend a lot of time reading the corporate social responsibility reports of large brands and interviewing micro-to-small sized enterprises to see how they approach sustainability. The largest significant difference between them is culture.

Small brands focus on creating a culture of sustainability by using strategies like producing made-to-order, so they are not making more than what is sold. Most small brands are opting to work under, an “anti-fashion calendar”. They choose not to follow the intense seasonal calendar that fashion functions under. They do this because waste is one of their biggest concerns. They also design clothing to be of the highest quality, ensuring durability and longevity, so you may keep it longer.

Fast fashion is a “grow or die” business, and the fast-fashion growth model used by all large companies is predicated on limitless growth. Large global corporate retailers are not seeking to change their fundamental business model or create cultures of sustainability. That would require re-working their entire business structure and ultimately hurt their bottom line.

I would start to believe Zara and other large fashion brands had good intentions to fight climate change if they started to look at how to move away from their continuous offerings of weekly new products. They need to introduce alternative sustainable business model practices. One small step could be to offer repair or tailoring services. Tailoring creates clothes that fit perfectly, subsequently increasing their emotional value, so that we love them and keep them longer.