VeganPizza69 ⓋⒶ<p>10/🧵</p><p>The greenwashing of wool, explained </p><p>(thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://phocks.eu.org/@josh" class="u-url mention">@<span>josh</span></a></span> for the link)</p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24008053/wool-marketing-environment-sustainable-claims-sheep-animal-cruelty-fast-fashion" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vox.com/future-perfect/2400805</span><span class="invisible">3/wool-marketing-environment-sustainable-claims-sheep-animal-cruelty-fast-fashion</span></a></p><p>&lt;💬&gt;<br />Ruminant farming’s hunger for land has made it a prime engine for colonial expansion around the world; we see this in Brazil, for example, where cattle ranching is driving illegal seizures of Indigenous land. Sheep brought by colonists to Australia “immediately trampled and destroyed all of the native yams and edible vegetables that Aboriginal people had. The land that Aboriginal people never ceded was taken for pastoral practices,” said Emma Hakansson, the Australia-based founding director of Collective Fashion Justice, which advocates for what she calls a “total ethics” fashion system: one that’s fair to people, animals, and the planet. “Animal-derived materials in particular are a focus for us because it’s in those supply chains that all three of those groups are consistently harmed.”<br />&lt;/💬&gt;</p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/pastoralism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pastoralism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/herders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>herders</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sheep" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sheep</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/wool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wool</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/primaryAccumulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>primaryAccumulation</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/livingCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>livingCapital</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/livestock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>livestock</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>imperialism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/extensive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>extensive</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/grazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grazing</span></a></p>