This webinar will be on the topic of Fast Fashion which is a method of manufacturing and marketing focused on rapidly producing high volumes of clothing, which has its fair share of socio-economic-environmental issues such as excessive water consumption, enormous waste generation, carbon emission, and human rights issues. This event will entail a short Ted Talk, followed by a presentation on fast fashion by the speaker from the Ted Talk! Along with an opportunity for a Q&A session at the end.

Have you ever thought about why we can buy the latest fashions at such an affordable price? April Auger Perrin asks us to consider whether the value we save is worth the cost of producing fast fashion, and she urges us to strive to make our wardrobes match our moral values. April Auger Perrin is the owner and creator of the website All Awear. She started her career doing public relations in the fashion industry and dreamed about one day combining her love of both fashion and philanthropy. At the time, she had no idea what that meant (this was before the days of TOMS shoes). She envisioned the fashion industry as an engine to empower people throughout the world and to serve as a model to other industries in conducting business ethically. Following her stint in fashion, April spent 8 years working in the nonprofit sector training political and business leaders to use their resources and skills to improve social problems within the Commonwealth of Virginia. April has a Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Studies from the University of Richmond, where she wrote her thesis on fashion-related social entrepreneurship. In June 2017, she launched All Awear as a culmination of her work in fashion, wardrobe styling, and the nonprofit sector. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx