The Life Of A T-Shirt Activity

Carbon Life of a t-shirt title cards Life of a t-shirt description Water Emissio cards Use ns (Ranked (Ranked) ) 3 Growing cotton plants Cotton plants take 5 or 6 1 and removing the months to grow. After fibre from the plant harvest, the woolly fibre is removed from the plant and prepared for spinning. 2 Making Cotton Thread Spinning occurs in factories. 3 The fibre, which looks like cotton wool, is turned into thread, which is also called yarn 4 Making Cotton Cloth There are two ways of 4 turning cotton yarn into fabric, or cloth. The first is weaving and the second is knitting. 1 Dyeing and Finishing Before fabric, or cloth, is cut 2 Cotton Cloth and sewn to make clothes, it is bleached, dyed and then finished. This gives fabric its colour, pattern and texture. 5 Making clothes Fabric, or cloth, is cut and 5 sewn according to patterns to make clothes. Buttons and zips are added. Clothes are packed ready for distribution 6 Distributing clothes to Clothes are distributed to 6 shops warehouses, shops and online retailers. The journey from where clothes are made to where they are sold is usually long. 8 Buying and Wearing People buy clothes, take 7 Clothes them home or have them delivered, and wear them 7 End of Clothes Life When people no longer 8 want their clothes, they usually throw them away. The main ways of disposing of unwanted clothing are landfill or incineration (burning)

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GROWING COTTON PLANTS AND MAKING CLOTHES REMOVING THE FIBRE FROM THE PLANT

MAKING COTTON THREAD DISTRIBUTING CLOTHES TO SHOPS

MAKING COTTON CLOTH BUYING AND WEARING CLOTHES

DYEING AND FINISHING COTTON CLOTH END OF CLOTHES LIFE

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COTTON PLANTS TAKE 5 OR 6 FABRIC, OR CLOTH, IS CUT AND MONTHS TO GROW. AFTER SEWN ACCORDING TO PATTERNS HARVEST, THE WOOLY FIBRE IS TO MAKE cLOTHES. BUTTONS AND REMOVED FROM THE PLANT AND ZIPS ARE ADDED. CLOTHES ARE PREPARED FOR SPINNING. PACKED READY FOR DISTRIBUTION

SPINNING OCCURS IN FACTORIES. CLOTHES ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE FIBRE, WHIcH LOOKS LIKE WAREHOUSES, SHOPS AND COTTON WOOL, IS TURNED INTO ONLINE RETAILERS. THE THREAD, WHIcH IS ALSO CALLED JOURNEY FROM WHERE CLOTHES YARN ARE MADE TO WHERE THEY ARE SOLD IS USUALLY LONG

THERE ARE TWO WAYS OF PEOPLE BUY CLOTHES, TAKE TURNING COTTON YARN INTO THEM HOME OR HAVE THEM FABRIC, OR CLOTH. THE FIRST IS DELIVERED, AND WEAR THEM WEAVING AND THE SECOND IS KNITTIG.

BEFORE FABRIC, OR CLOTH, IS WHEN PEOPLE NO LONGER WANT CUT AND SEWN INTO CLOTHES, IT THEIR CLOTHES, THEY USUALLY IS BLEACHED, DYED AND THEN THROW THEM AWAY. THE MAIN FINISHED. THIS GIVES FABRIC ITS WAYS OF DISPOSING OF COLOUR, PATTERN, AND TEXTURE. UNWANTED CLOTHING ARE LANDFILL OR INCINERATION (BURNING)

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THE CLOTHINg INDUSTRY PEOPLE IN BRITAIN (THIS IS A UK FIGURE; THE MANUAL GIVES NO INDIAN EQUIVALENT) SEND 11 ACCOUNTS FOR 8% OF THE MILLION ITEMS OF CLOTHING A WORLD’S CARBON EMISSIONS – WEEK TO LANDFILL, THAT’S OVER THAT’S MORE THAN 5,500 TONNES OF CLOTHING A INTERNATIONAL AVIATION AND WEEK SHIPPING COMBINED

DYEING COTTON FABRIC MOST CLOTHING IS TRANSPORTED REQUIRES A LOT OF ENERGY AND AROUND THE WORLD BY SHIP, WATER, AND THE WATER MUST BE WHICH HAS MUCH LOWER HOT. FACTORIES IN CHINA, INDIA CARBON EMISSIONS THAN AIR AND BANGLADESH USE TRANSPORT COAL-BASED ENERGY TO HEAT WATER. IT HAS HIGH CARBON EMISSIONS

COTTON IS A VERY THIRSTY CROP. SOME METHODS FOR SPINNING IT TAKES AROUND 800 LITRES OF YARN ARE ‘WET’. THIS REQUIRES WATER TO GROW ENOUGH WATER FOR CLEANING THE COTTON FIBRE TO MAKE A T-SHIRT FIBRE AND SPINNING.

WATER IS NOT REQUIRED TO THE FERTILIZERS AND DISPOSE OF UNWANTED PESTICIDES USED TO GROW CLOTHING. THE MAIN METHODS COTTON HAVE A HIGH ARE LANDFILL, AND INCINERATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. MANY (BURNING) TO PRODUCE ENERGY FERTILIZERS ARE MADE FROM OIL AND THEIR USE EMITS CARBON