Betty Biodiesel Visions – The Sunflower’s Ball
Do you like dress up parties?
Betty does! Betty loves to go to the thrift store to find great items to buy for much less than you would when buying brand new. But Betty doesn’t stop there, she wants to use her creativity to design a new dress from the clothes she bought at the thrift store or what she has in her closet. Do you have clothes you don’t use anymore and would like to use your creativity?
Spending lots of money and buying more than we can afford is getting people into money trouble, not to mention that buying clothes from large department stores is connected to a larger problem of people in other countries making very little money to make the clothing. This is called sweatshop labor and it is no fun for those who work there.
Resources for change
Want to learn how to take old clothes and turn them into new ones
Check out the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) online connect for current fashion trends
www.threadbanger.com
Serious about reconstructed clothing? Purchase the RC handbook
Reconstructive Clothing for Dummies
Learn more about where the “Stuff” we buy comes from and where it goes
www.storyofstuff.com
Support the end to children laboring in sweatshops…
www.coopamerica.org/programs/sweatshops/
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