Fast Fashion & Blood Money
November 27, 2019 • Josh porter
Our annual lecture on shopping habits and how they affect human rights and the environment.
The Cost Of Fast Fashion
November 19, 2017 • Maxine Bédat
Every fall, as people are gearing up for the insanity of Christmas consumerism, we host a lecture around the fashion industry and it’s connection to injustice, environmental harm, and materialism. This year we host Maxine Bedat, the CEO of Zady, a new clothing company challenging the status quo. Maxine lays out the historical shift from citizen to consumer, and the problems it’s created, as well as solutions for a better kind of world. In a world where over a billion people work on the garment industry, and only 2% of them make a living wage, as the people of Jesus we want to tell an alternative story.
Minimalism
November 16, 2016 • Documentary
“Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things” will examine our shopping habits and lifestyles as we approach the holiday season. Watch the film and learn how your shopping habits effect not only you, but people around the world.
Bridgetown Church wants to facilitate a continued conversation on the injustices of the retail industry. Consumerism, fast fashion, and forced labor are a terrible reality in our materialistic world. This film and conversation is based on the idea that less is more and when we fight against over-consumption, we contribute less to a system that takes advantage of the people who manufacture the goods.
The True Cost
November 2, 2015 • Documentary
The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact it’s having on our world. The film that pulls back the curtain on an unseen part of our world and asks us each to consider, who pays the price for our clothing? Watch the film and consider how you can align your shopping habits with the way of Jesus.
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