4. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OF
SUSTAINABILIT Y
Management of Resources
Consumption of Resources
Related Effects
Transport
Air Quality
5. HOW TO CLEAN THE SHIRT
I had to Learn About:
Coffee
Shirts
Cleaning Chemicals
6. COFFEE STATISTICS
The U.S. drinks about 400
million cups of coffee per day.
Five million people in Brazil are
employed by Coffee Trade.
54% of Americans drink coffee
daily.
35% drink coffee black.
COFFEE
STATISTICS
8. Non-organic coffee is one of
the most chemically treated
crops in the world.
Over the past 40 years, over
2/3 of rainforests in Central
America were cleared for
coffee farming.
10. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS
Market price to coffee farmers is 80
cents a pound.
Fair trade farmers receive $2.35 per
pound.
Workers paid living wage with safe
working conditions and no child labor.
11. TRADE STATISTICS
Fair trade in the U.S, organic and
shade grown coffee, represents
5% of coffee sold.
U.S. imports $4 Billion coffee
beans per year.
Brazil has $4 billion coffee
trees.
TRADE
STATISTICS
13. ALL ABOUT SHIRTS
Lifestyles
Consumerism
Fair Trade
Trade Balance
14. CLOTHING STATISTICS
FASHION QUOTES
“The fashion wears out more
apperal than the man.”
William Shakespeare
“Fashions, after all, are only
induced epidemics.”
George Bernard Shaw
CLOTHING
STATISTICS
FA S H I O N
Q U OT E S
15. CONSUMERISM STATISTICS
8,000 apparel manufacturers in
the U.S. They generate about
$14 billion in revenue per year.
China controls ½ of the world.
Market estimated to be $315
billion per year.
CONSUMERISM
STATISTICS
17. ENERGY USE
$150/year to heat water for
laundry.
WASH
22 cents per load (cold) (cold)
89 cents per load (hot) (warm)
DRY
30 - 40 cents per load (electric)
15 – 20 cents per load (gas)
18. Michael Patton
The Metropolitan
Environmental Trust
MetRecycle.com
918-584-0584
RecycleMichael@yahoo.com
MetRecycle.com