Choosing eco-friendly clothing is one of the biggest and easiest ways to reduce your impact on the world, reduce your carbon footprint and live more sustainably. It’s no secret fast-fashion is devastating for our world. It is the most high profile example of our throw-away linear society. To put it into some digestible numbers the Ellen MacArthur Foundation reports that global clothing production has doubled in the past 15 years, plus on average garments are being worn… Read More

Have you ever bought something online and thought – ‘Oh well, I can just send it back if I don’t like it?’ Or even ordered clothes in multiple sizes to try on at home and return the items you don’t want? You’re not alone, in fact, 51% of shoppers admit to overbuying items with the intention of returning unwanted garments. It’s so common, it has even coined its own phrase ‘bracketing’. Bracketing… Read More

Always wanted to repair your own clothing but don’t know where to start? Lucky for us, One Tree seamstress Gina has made us some videos outlining basic repair techniques: wool darning; a trouser patch; and repairing an inside seam. And it wouldn’t be #VirtualFixIt without Gina! Without her help, the first Fix It events would never have taken off. She repaired over 125kg of clothing, resulting in a saving of 2,900kg of emissions by… Read More