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This year, we’re taking action against polyester microfibers and working towards the regulation of:
👕 Emissions from synthetic fashion fibers (particularly polyester)
🧪 Chemicals related to polyester microfibers
At an EU level, we’re advocating for a legal ban on polyester fleece products, as these shed particularly high levels of microfibers!
Given how widespread polyester is, we know this is a challenging topic to address. But, we feel it’s the moment to tackle microfiber shedding at the source.
In which policy dossiers can we apply our asks?
🇪🇺 The first one is the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), which the EU is currently developing. It’s an EU law that requires products to be more durable, repairable, and resource-efficient throughout their entire lifecycle.
We just handed in our submission for the process of the Joint Research Centre (JRC). This European Commission department provides scientific evidence and technical analyses to support the implementation of the ESPR.
It’s high time our industrialized society drastically lowered the concentration of microfibers in the atmosphere!
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❤️🩹 How is your healing connected to politics?
We’re in the healing stage of our campaign “Under Our Skin: Microplastics in Fashion”, and now we’re getting political.
🤔 Why? Because healing requires action at every level. We need decision-makers to prioritise policies that protect our health – allowing communities and nature to recover from the toxic impacts of polyester fast fashion.
Over the coming weeks, we’ll share what we’re doing to push for policy change that makes healing possible ✊
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Illustrations: @oh_ey_sis
"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau
#OceanQuote #WeAreOcean #IndigenousWisdom
⬇ Something’s getting under our skin…
Every day, we breathe in, eat, drink, and wear synthetic microfibers.
One source of these is the polyester clothing that fast-fashion manufacturers keep churning out.
From production to disposal, polyester clothes are linked to health risks for people, wildlife, and the environment.
This World Health Day, let’s resist.
Get loud and demand change on all possible levels:
🏭 Show brands you want change. For e.g. sign our petition to adidas (link in bio)
🗳️ Demand policymakers put our health over profit and vote for those who will
👕 Consume less, but if needed, choose fashion that isn`t harmful
Because everything is connected. Human health = ocean health.
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💡 Did you know? As early as 1975, a clinical study by Pimentel et al. (”Respiratory disease caused by synthetic fibres: a new occupational disease”) reported lung disease in patients exposed to inhaled synthetic textile fibres, including materials like polyester. Later occupational studies linked such exposure to inflammation, fibrosis, and higher cancer risks – early warning signs that airborne synthetic fibres can harm human health.
"With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.” - Dr. Sylvia Earle
#OceanQuote #WeAreOcean #IndigenousWisdom
😡 Fast fashion producers and clothing brands are treating us like fossil fools.
Every year, up to 16 million tons of oil are used to create polyester fibers – and the production of polyester clothing emits a staggering 944 million tons of CO2!
This April 1st, known as Fossil Fools Day, we’re saying ‘NO’ to fossil fashion.
⏱️The time for ethical production is now!
Join us: sign our petition to adidas (link in bio). 🖊️
Thank you.
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1. Oil barrel figure sources: Exit Fast Fashion, MetaInsights, Forum UE, Fashion Revolution, Boell, Changing Markets, FAZ, Cosh, UBA
2. Emissions figure sources: Eureka, Textfash, Fashiondive, Cosh, Globaltextiletimes, Huidutextile, Teec-Recyc, Greenmatch, RMI, Shahid Imran et al: Assessing the potential of GHG emissions for the textile sector: A baseline study
"Wenn du nicht sicher bist, zeig dich verletzlich." - Yasmina Sita Raada Steck
#OceanQuote #WeAreOcean #IndigenousWisdom
🌊 Ocean. Now! is proud to stand with Ocean Vision Legal in the global movement to give the ocean a voice. We’ve signed the Ocean Rights Declaration.
👉 If you’d also like to join, either as an organisation or individual, check out the link in our bio.
Why are we doing this? It’s time to stop treating the sea as a "resource" and start treating it as a legal person. ⚖️
Why does it matter? Corporations and citizens have rights that protect their dignity and interests – but the source of all life does not. By granting the ocean and its inhabitants legal personhood, we move from "managing a commodity" to "defending a living entity." It gives the ocean a seat at the table and the power to be defended in court.
This isn`t just a dream – it’s already happening:
🇪🇸 Mar Menor (Spain): The first ecosystem in Europe to gain legal rights to protection.
🇳🇿 Whanganui River (New Zealand): Recognized as a legal person with its own identity.
🇨🇦 Magpie River (Canada): Granted the legal right to exist, flourish, and even sue!
🇪🇨 Ecuador: The first country to enshrine the Rights of Nature in its Constitution, protecting wild animals as individual rights-holders.
The tide is turning. It’s time for the ocean to have its day in court. 🐋✊
#OceanRights #RightsOfNature #NatureLaw
A tiny creature holds the fate of the world’s ocean in its hands. 🦐
Krill feeds whales, penguins, seals – entire ecosystems – and regulates the planet’s climate! 🌎
And us? We process it into oil, animal feed, and profit. 💊 🐟 💶
So we confronted the major German retailers:
@dm_deutschland
@mein_rossmann
@lidlde
@aldisuedde
@aldinord
@kaufland
@fressnapf_deutschland
@budni
@edeka
Their reactions?
❗ A few are taking action
❗ Many are half-hearted
❗ Others aren’t doing anything at all
And that means krill fishing continues.
Every purchasing decision counts. Every supply chain counts.
When you boycott krill products, you protect the Southern Ocean.
👉 Watch our video now (link in bio)
👉 Understand the connections
👉 Boycott krill products
Because without krill, life in the ocean collapses. 🐋
#NoKrillNoWhales #KrillBoycott #Antarctica
"From water, everything emerges; into water, everything dissolves. The ocean is the philosopher`s vessel, where all things change and are reborn." - Michael Maier (Alchemist, 1568–1622)
#OceanQuote #WeAreOcean #IndigenousWisdom
Ein winziges Tier entscheidet über das Schicksal des globalen Ozeans. 🦐
Krill ernährt Wale, Pinguine, Robben – ganze Ökosysteme, und reguliert das Klima des Planeten! 🌎
Und wir? Wir verarbeiten ihn zu Öl, Tierfutter und Profit.
Wir haben große deutsche Händler konfrontiert.
@dm_deutschland
@mein_rossmann
@lidlde
@aldisuedde
@aldinord
@kaufland
@fressnapf_deutschland
@budni
@edeka
Die Reaktionen:
❗ Ein paar handeln
❗ Viele halbherzig
❗ Andere gar nicht
Und das bedeutet:
Die Krillfischerei geht weiter.
Jede Kaufentscheidung zählt. Jede Lieferkette zählt.
Wenn du Krillprodukte boykottierst, schützt du das Südpolarmeer.
👉 Schau jetzt unser Video (Link in Bio)
👉 Verstehe die Zusammenhänge
👉 Boykottiere Krillprodukte
Denn ohne Krill bricht das Leben im Ozean zusammen.
#OhneKrillKeineWale #KrillBoykott #Antarktis
"As above, so below; as within, so without. The tides of the ocean mirror the tides of the soul." - Hermetic Alchemical Saying
#OceanQuote #WeAreOcean #IndigenousWisdom
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