Clothes too fuel global warming: World Economic Forum
Saving the Himalayas an urgency: Bhikkhu
Sanghasena
The whole world is troubled by global warming.
Scientists are trying to figure out why the global temperature is changing so
rapidly. In the meantime, one reason has come to light that short shelf life of
our clothes is also responsible for the menace of global warming.
According to the statistics of World Economic
Forum, nowadays people randomly wear a cloth for a longer time. Clothes are
cheaper day by day and are thrown out very soon. Clothing sales have been
increasing faster than world GDP. In the year 2000, 50 billion clothes were
sold in the world, while in 2015 this number swelled to 100 billion. Due to
this, mountains of garbage have come up everywhere.
Bhikkhu Sanghasena, Founder, Save The Himalaya
Foundation (STHF) says, “Time has come that we consider environmental issues
seriously and take appropriate measures to save the Himalayas
and the environment for the sake of our future generations.” Sanghasena, the
Buddhist monk from Ladakh, was here in connection with the establishment
of Chandigarh
It is important to know that 63 percent of raw
material for clothing is derived from petroleum. Thus, huge amount of petroleum
goes waste annually. It causes global warming. People must not throw away their
clothes too frequently and use it few more times.
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