• humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    You can indeed. But growing cotton has already resulted in environmental changes beyond my comprehension.

    I guess the first step should be to adapt a habit of clothes repair

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      7 months ago

      Growing cattle has also had a massive impact on the environment. And you often need more land for animal based materials because you both need land for the animals and the land to grow food for the animals. With cotton at least you just need land for the cotton.