The impact of the clothing industry on the climate and environment: Teaching package

Did you know that the fashion industry is responsible for 10% of the greenhouse gases emitted by humans?

Why is it that this industry is so harmful to the climate and the environment? And why does it take so much water to make one t-shirt? What does plastic pollution have to do with my clothes? And what is the link with insects and other animals?

Discover the answers to these questions with your students with this free resource on climate change and the environment.

Offer for secondary education

• a video (in French, subtitled in Dutch) in which the students discover everything about the impact of the fashion industry on climate change and the environment;
• a quiz (Kahoot!) with a number of questions and slides to test your students' knowledge! The link to the quiz can be found in the teacher sheet, which can be downloaded for free. In this sheet we also propose a number of activities that you can do with your class.

Offer for primary education

• a sheet with activities for students of the third and fourth grade;
• a sheet with activities for fifth and sixth grade students.