T-Shirt Life Cycle & Environmental Impact 🌱
Explore the journey of a white t-shirt from creation to disposal and its environmental footprint.

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3.4M views • Sep 5, 2017

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Trace the life cycle of a classic white t-shirt to find out how they’re made and what is their ultimate environmental impact.
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Consider the classic white t-shirt. Annually, we sell and buy 2 billion t-shirts globally, making it one of the most common garments in the world. But how and where is the average t-shirt made, and what’s its environmental impact? Angel Chang traces the life cycle of a t-shirt.
Lesson by Angel Chang, directed by TED-Ed.
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Alexandra Panzer, Jordan Tang, Christopher Jimenez, Juan, Tracey Tobkin, Alex Neal, Louie Lapat, Emily Lam, Kathryn J Hammond, Elliot Poulin, Sam, Noel Situ, Oyuntsengel Tseyen-Oidov.
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Consider the classic white t-shirt. Annually, we sell and buy 2 billion t-shirts globally, making it one of the most common garments in the world. But how and where is the average t-shirt made, and what’s its environmental impact? Angel Chang traces the life cycle of a t-shirt.
Lesson by Angel Chang, directed by TED-Ed.
Learn more about TED-Ed Student Talks: https://ed.ted.com/student_talks
Support Our Non-Profit Mission
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Keep Learning
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View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-life-cycle-of-a-t-shirt-angel-chang
Dig deeper with additional resources: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-life-cycle-of-a-t-shirt-angel-chang#digdeeper
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Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you, this video would not be possible.
Alexandra Panzer, Jordan Tang, Christopher Jimenez, Juan, Tracey Tobkin, Alex Neal, Louie Lapat, Emily Lam, Kathryn J Hammond, Elliot Poulin, Sam, Noel Situ, Oyuntsengel Tseyen-Oidov.
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Published
Sep 5, 2017
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