Colorado retailer, designer promoting sustainability in fashion

The fashion industry has a staggering impact on the environment. It's linear "take-make-dispose" model leads to excessive waste, pollution, and resource depletion. About 92 million tons of textile waste are created every year, and about 85-percent of that ends up in landfills. Sustainable fashion focuses on environmentally and socially responsible practices from beginning to end. It's a shift from the traditional fast fashion practices which emphasize low cost and rapid production. 

"It's hard to avoid fast fashion, but there are labels and brands that do it a little better," said Kayte Green, founder of Recovering Hipster Goods, a curated clothing and home goods resale store.