What is happening to the rivers in China, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia due to industrialization and economic development?
1. What is happening to the rivers in China, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia due to industrialization and economic development? How has this affected both local communities as well as workers in factories? How is the fashion industry implicated in this process?
2. Who have called attention to these problems? Give a few examples of groups/people working on these issues and the sorts of things they are doing to make people aware of the problem.
3. Have you bought brand name clothes that were produced in China, Bangladesh and Indonesia which contribute to the problems described in the film? Did you know that your blue jeans are a source of environmental pollution in the developing world? Did the film change how you look at low-cost clothes made overseas?
4. What are some possible solutions and approaches? What are the challenges to these solutions?