Edinburgh街缝纫工在公共场合修补衣服, 以对抗快速时尚对环境的影响。 Edinburgh Street Stitchers mend clothes in public to combat fast fashion's environmental impact.

爱丁堡街缝纫店(Edinburgh Stitchers)是一个成立于2022年的团体, 正在重振古老的修补服装艺术, The Edinburgh Street Stitchers, a group founded in 2022, are reviving the ancient art of mending clothes publicly to resist fast fashion. 通过在公众中缝纫和修补,他们提高了对时装业环境影响的认识,这种影响每年造成9 200万公吨纺织品废物,占全球碳排放量的8-10%。 By sewing and mending in public, they raise awareness of the fashion industry’s environmental impact, which contributes to 92 million metric tons of textile waste annually and 8-10% of global carbon emissions. 研究表明,如果其寿命延长9个月,修补衣服可以将其碳、水和废物足迹减少20%至30%。 Research shows that mending clothes can reduce their carbon, water, and waste footprint by 20-30% if their lifespan is extended by nine months.