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Problems:
- Clothing production causes a lot of pollution, toxic cloth colors go straight into the sea water
- Clothing made by slave workers driven into this slavery, workin 12-13 hours a day for very low pay
- Clothes have ads which contain deceptions and cause people to think they need to buy more stuff all the time. Also the content isn’t personal, but some generic print made in many many copies
- People buy and switch clothes way too much. It’s cheap and easy and ads make them think they need to keep getting new clothing and keep up with the trends, even if their existing clothes are perfectly usable
Ideas:
- Don’t buy new clothes unless you need them. Preferably not fund slave work at all, of course, but a first big step is to stop treating clothes like sand. People work very hard to make them, and the process does a lot of harm to the environment. When you finish growing physically, you’ll need new clothes very rarely. Forget about the excess standard of the western culture, you don’t need new clothes! Stuff doesn’t make people happy! It never did!
- Stop buying clothes with ads or expressions you oppose. Pay attention to the content. If you already have shirts with ads or other bad content, you can wear them inside out, so the ad isn’t visible. You are beautiful, don’t let anyone convince you otherwise.
- Draw on clothes. Take plain clothes and draw and write and paint whatever you want. Make it your art, make it personal. Another option is to simply stick to plain clothes without any prints or drawings.
- Exchange clothes with family, friends, neighbors and people in need. Give clothes you don’t need, and look for second-hand clothes when you need some. It’s very likely someone has exactly the item you need, and many people keep tons of stuff they don’t use anymore, including clothes.
- Spread the message! Use the ability to draw on clothes. This, and wearing shirts inside out, draws attention. Use it as a chance to express and explain the problems with clothing, and how they can be solved using simple habits.
- Knit. Especially if you live in a cold place. It’s a fun, relaxing and easy way to make clothes ethically. But make sure not to use wool from sheep!!! [[Sheep suffer in the animal industry!!!|http://yourveganfallacyis.com/en/wool-is-not-unethical]]
- Make new clothes by sewing together parts of old clothes.
- I haven’t figured out yet how and whether the whole process of producing clothes can be done in local communities. It probably begins with growing cotton. Read about it, ask people, use the internet.
- Train your mind to stop worrying so much about style, trends, brands and what others think. Production of clothing can be much much easier. It’s easy to focus on the looks, when working hands are cheap. Look at people who make their own clothes, for example in Asia. Also monks. Find out what Gandhi was wearing. Do these people wear Jeans? Do they wear fancy shirts? No, they wear simple clothes that can be made by hand locally. It’s easy for us to have all those luxuries and styles etc. because we’re not the ones working 12 hours a day to manufacture them. If you don’t make your clothes at this point, at least assume and imagine you do. We are one. If they suffer, we suffer. Make your choices accordingly. One day, when we make clothes locally and ethically, we can have the luxury of making them cool and colorful. Right now these things are shadowed by the much bigger issues, the disasters of the current state of the clothing industry. But if you make clothes locally, feel free to do so in style of course.
- Don’t wear anything made of animals! That includes shoes and belts. Also try to avoid clothes that intentionally look like they’re made of animals (e.g. synthetic immitation of leather), because that sends the wrong message that clothes made of animals are good and should be desired
- drawing-on-clothes
- knitting
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2014/Fahrplan/events/6447.html
- http://openknit.org
- Some material in the media pages: [[!rel4sub media]]
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Ideas for shirt content
- Copyleft related
- Free software related, GNU/Linux
- Free content related
- Creative commons
- Please copy this shirt
- Stop wearing ads
- Veganism
- Head of cow detached, “the rest of the body is inside your stomach”
- M0ney
- capitalism
- gift economy
- moneyless
- free sharing
- patents, copyright
- law, police, jail
- URL of this website?
- Quotes
- Gandhi
- Martin Luther King
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- Nelson Mandela
- My own words?
- Earth Heart
- Quotes and images from wikiquote, wikicommons
- Parts of Chaplin’s speech in English
- Same, using a Hebrew translation
Quotes and specific text:
- “An Individual has not started living fully until they can rise above the narrow confines of individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of humanity. Every person must decide at some point, whether they will walk in light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgment: Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’” - Martin Luther King Jr.
- “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - several sources, probably wrongly attributed to Jimi Hendrix
- “True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
- Free software, free society
- “Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.” - Gandhi
- “The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy. That State is the best governed which is governed the least.” - Gandhi
- “Poverty is the worst kind of violence.” - Gandhi
- “A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.” - Gandhi
- “Let us move now from the practical how to the theoretical why: Why should we love our enemies? The first reason is fairly obvious. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction. So when Jesus says”love your enemies," he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition. Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies-or else? The chain reaction of evil-Hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars-must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation." - Martin Luther King Jr.
- “The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
- “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.” - [[!wikipedia “Martin Niemöller”]]
- There is no way to peace; peace is the way.
- “The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
- “There is enough wealth in the world to satisfy everyone’s needs…” - actually by American pastor of Swiss origin Frank Buchman. For my use, let’s take “There is enough wealth for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed”.
- The Earth-heart symbol
- The symbol of anarchism
- “An anarchist is someone who doesn’t need a cop to make him behave.” - Ammon Hennacy
- “The good people don’t need them, and the bad people don’t obey them.” - Ammon Hennacy, referring to laws
Hebrew
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- אדם אינו מתחיל לחיות את חייו במלואם עד שהוא מסוגל לעלות מן הגבולות הצרים של הדאגות האישיות אל הדאגות הרחבות יותר של האנושות. כל אדם מוכרח להחליט בסופו של דבר אם יצעד לאורן של נתינה ויצירה או באפלה של אנוכיות הרסנית. השאלה המתמדת והדחופה ביותר של החיים היא: מה אתם עושים בשביל אחרים?
- כאשר כוח האהבה יגבר על האהבה לכוח, העולם יידע שלום.
- חמלה אמיתית היא יותר מאשר זריקת מטבע לקבצן; היא ההבנה שמערכת שמייצרת קבצנים צריכה להיבנות מחדש.
- תכנה חופשית, חברה חופשית
- נצחון שהושג באמצעות אלימות שקול להפסד, משום שהוא רגעי.
- המשטר הלא־אלים האידאלי הוא אנרכיה מסודרת. המדינה נשלטת הכי טוב כאשר היא נשלטת הכי מעט.
- עוני הוא הסוג הכי גרוע של אלימות.
- אדם טוב יתנגד שלטון רשע בכל נפשו. אי־ציות לחוק של שלטון רשע הוא אפוא חובה מוסרית.
- החזרת שנאה על שנאה מביאה להכפלת השנאה, ומוסיפה חושך ללילה שהיה מלכתחילה נטול כוכבים. חושך אינו יכול לגרש חושך; רק אור יכול לעשות זאת. שנאה אינה יכולה לגרש שנאה; רק אהבה יכולה לעשות זאת. השנאה מכפילה את השנאה, האלימות מכפילה את האלימות, והקשיחות מכפילה את הקשיחות, במערבולת של הרס. תגובת השרשרת של הרוע – שנאה שמולידה שנאה, מלחמות שיוצרות יותר מלחמות – חייבת להיקטע, או שנצלול אל תוך תהום חשוכה של כיליון.
- החוק העתיק של עין תחת עין מותיר את כולם עיוורים. הוא אינו מוסרי מכיוון שהוא מבקש להשפיל את היריב במקום לרכוש את הבנתו; הוא מבקש להשמיד במקום לשנות. האלימות אינה מוסרית מכיוון שהיא משגשגת על שנאה במקום על אהבה. היא הורסת את הקהילה והופכת את אחוות בני האדם לבלתי אפשרית. היא מותירה את החברה בחד־שיח במקום בדו־שיח. האלימות נגמרת בכך שהיא מביסה את עצמה. היא יוצרת מירמור אצל הניצולים ואכזריות אצל המחריבים.
- אין דרך אל השלום; השלום הוא הדרך.
- ככל שנהיינו עשירים יותר חומרית, נהיינו עניים יותר מוסרית ורוחנית. למדנו לעוף באוויר כציפורים ולשחות בים כדגים, אך לא למדנו את האמנות הפשוטה של לחיות יחד כאחים.
- אנרכיסט הוא מי שאינו זקוק לשוטר שיגרום לו להתנהג יפה/בכבוד.
- חוקים: אנשים טובים אינם זקוקים להם, ואנשים רעים אינם מצייתים להם.
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My own ideas for shirt content, possibly based on quotes
- (none yet)
Also in Hebrew
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- חמלה אמיתית היא יותר מאשר לחייך לסטודנט לחוץ, משועמם ומדוכא בגלל המבחנים; היא ההבנה שמערכת חינוך שיוצרת שנאה כלפי חינוך וכלפי למידה צריכה להיבנות מחדש.
- טבעוני ושמח לעזור
- פרסומת
- “הטעינה נכשלה, נא לכבות את חוסם הפרסומות”
- ציור של שטר בורח והמון אנשים רצים והולכים אחריו
- עוני הוא אלימות.
- כדי שתהיו עשירים, מישהו צריך להיות עני. כי אחרת, מי יבנה לכם את הבית? מי יגדל ויבשל את האוכל? מי ינקה את הבית ואת הרחוב?
- מבטיחים לכם שתוכלו להיות עשירים, אבל לא מבטיחים שכולם יכולים להיות עשירים בו־זמנית.
- “עין תחת עין” מותיר את כולם עיוורים. רק שלום יכול להביא שלום. אלימות אינה יכולה לעשות זאת.
- העוני הנורא ביותר הוא זה של הנפש.
- אי אפשר להרוג למען השלום.
- במלחמה יש רק מפסידים.
- הרעיון של שלטון, משטר, מדינה וחוק מיצה את עצמו.
- הרעיון של “כסף” מיצה את עצמו. - אפשר להחליף את “כסף” במילה מהשורה הקודמת
- לפרסם מסיבת שריפת שטרות? :-)
- לפרסם דוכן שיתוף ספרים?
- לפרסם אתר של ידע חופשי? וויקיבוקס וכאלה?
- מערכת החינוך נכשלה ביום בו מבחנים ושיעורי בית נודעו רק כדי לתת ציון, וציון נועד רק כדי לתת תעודה, והתעודה נועדה רק כדי להשיג משרה.
- מערכת חינוך שבה לא ברור לתלמיד מדוע עליו ללמוד ושהמטרה היחידה בה היא ציון גבוה, היא מערכת חינוך כושלת.
- סחיטה היא אלימות. לחץ הוא אלימות. אם מישהו עושה דבר־מה רק בשביל כסף ולא היה עושה אותו ללא תמורה, הרי שמופעלת עליו אלימות.
- אין חירות כל עוד לחיות עולה כסף.
- אם אתה מציית לחוק מסוים מרצונך החופשי, אין בו צורך. אם אתה מציית רק בגלל קיומו, אתה לא מסכים איתו והיית מעדיף שיבוטל. אם מישהו מציית לחוק רק בגלל קיומו, החוק פגום ואינו מייצג את רצון העם. אם אתה לא מציית לחוק, אין בו תועלת. כך או כך, החוק רק עושה רע.
- אין דרך אל האושר. אושר הוא עצמו דרך חיים, לא מטרה באופק. חפשו את האמת, חפשו את הדרך הטובה והנכונה לחיות את החיים. היו קשובים לצו ליבכם, הפכו את הטוב למציאות. דבקו בדרך זו בכל מאודכם. זהו האושר.
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Lessons
- Put something between the front and back sides of the shirt. The color can come through from one side to the other, which may ruin the drawing.
- Be careful not to touch the drawn parts while drawing, because the color easily comes off until it gets dry (either wait a few days or use an iron). Maybe touching it is fine if you’re careful not to pass it on to clean parts of the shirt, which ruins the drawing.
- Even when it’s very cold, a few days make the color dry. Seems ready to use. I haven’t tried an iron yet.
- The cloth isn’t paper! Drawing isn’t smooth unless it’s stretched. Use [[!wikipedia clothespin]]s etc. to attach the shirt, stretched, to some hard surface. I started by putting a [[!wikipedia “drying rack”]] closed on the floor and attaching the shirt to it. Inside the shirt, between the front and the back, I put several [[!wikipedia clipboard]]s.
Work process
I have more clothes than the reasonable minimum I need, say, by excess culture standard. And I have much more than the actual minimum, which would probably be 1-2 items of each type. However, drawing on clothing the way I do it currently applies only to bright colored shirts. Most of the ones I have are meant for home use (but of course I can wear them outside too if I decide to ignore people’s reaction). Also, many shirts have one side occupied by an image, which will require a bit more creativity to cover with my own, or in some cases just leaves me only one side to draw on.
Therefore, what I work with is:
- A pile of white shirts mainly for home use, with which I can experiment. For now, I’ll make every design with them before trying another type of shirt.
- A pile of shirts sold mainly for outside use. I probably don’t have many of them by excess culture standard, and just a subset is in bright color, but I will count them and see how well I’m doing.
I don’t buy clothes just because. I only buy them when I need them. And I certainly don’t want to fund slave work in the process or stopping it. That would be like killing for peace… so I’ll see what I have and work with that.
The good thing about home shorts is that I can freely experiment on them and make mistakes. And the color could even wash off if I immediately do that after making a mistake. Shirts for outside need to be complete designs ready for long-time use. I can wear experiments anywhere of course, but the supply is limited, which means taking risks should be reasonably minimized.
I may even have a small enough amount of shirts to give them name tags. We’ll see soon when I go over the pile.
Current process:
- Choose text/image
- Choose final design and layout
- Draw sketch on computer or (recycled/reused) paper
- Draw on experiment shirt
- Fix/update as needed
- Draw on final-use shirt (use cardboard to avoid color passing through)
- Make picture with laptop camera and upload
- If it becomes difficult to manage the collection using images, start making a list here on the wiki.
Results
I upload pictures to the [[!rel4sub media desc=“local MediaGoblin instance”]].
Summer shirts: (6)
- Laws
- Death of purpose
- Imagine
- Vegan
- Happiness and Truth
- Broader Concerns
Winter shirts: (1)
- Free culture
Quantity Tracking
How many clothes does a person really need?
I started to watch the amount of clothing I have, and donate extras. It will help me and others learn how much is really necessary. It will allow me to donate more things to people who need them. It will lead me to have more Stuff. And more Stuff means more room for the spirit, the soul. It also means I need less space for storage.
Here’s a list of items I have, and the limit I set over their quantity. Absence of limit means I haven’t set it yet.
I’ll be gradually lowering the limits. There is very little one actually needs. And less is more. I know this short sentence is everywhere, but think about it. The wealthier we become materially, the poorer we become spiritually.
- Shirts with short sleeves: 14 (of which 6 contain my drawings)
- Shirts with long sleeves:
- Undershirts:
- Jeans:
- Long trousers for home: 3
- Short trousers:
- Long underpants:
- Short underpants:
- Thin socks:
- Thick socks:
- Jackets and coats: