A community-based event, Unwasted, has been shedding light on textile waste and the negative effects of its production on our environment in Qatar.
The purpose of the exhibition is to spread awareness among people regarding textile waste and how we can change our lifestyle to cope with this issue.
The exhibition ends on the 27th of December, 2020.
According to the documentary True Cost, the world now consumes about 80 billion new pieces of clothing every year. If the average lifespan of a garment is less than 3 years, then just imagine how much textile waste we would have in just one year. Even more so, the amount of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from textile production.
– The Theme of the Exhibition is focusing on the following areas for awareness:
UNWASTED Land One of the things that you’ll immediately notice upon entering the exhibition space is the color-coded mounds of clothing. Collected in just over 6 months, the clothes were formed in the shape of the famous sand dunes of the Inland Sea, one of Qatar’s natural treasures.
UNWASTED Garb While UNWASTED Land presents the problem in an engaging way, UNWASTED Garb shows visitors some of the possible solutions to reduce textile waste specifically pre-consumer waste. The UNWASTED team invited 20 local designers to create a capsule collection entirely made using their pre-consumer waste.
UNWASTED Consciousness to further engage the visitors, UNWASTED teamed up with partners in the community to provide interactive and fun activities for kids and adults. This includes film showings in collaboration with Doha Film Institute, kids workshops with Qatar Reads and Seam Tailoring, weaving workshop with Um Hashim, and a fabric dyeing workshop using food scraps with Touche Textile.
There are many other themes as well.
It is a must-visit exhibition to change our minds for a sustainable future.
