Humans are not a sustainable species. We do not contribute to natural, regenerative ecosystems. We expand, colonise and consume resources and bring completely alien materials into natural places that cannot repair themselves; we are outside of the 'circle of life' as reflected every other (non-parasitic) species. The reason why the video is jibberish is because the notion of 'sustainable humanity' is a paradox. You don't want to knock down your house and return the land to the organisms which thrived before your arrival. You do not want to throw your smartphone away despite humans demonstrating over thousands of years that mobile phones are superfluous to human flourishing. 'Up-cycling is a performative nonsense in anything other than a 'creative' pursuit...( Even the word 'creative' is a euphemism for consumption; what exactly do humans create without materials taken from the environment?)

Except she’s cutting up scrap that would have been thrown away. Same with their rebird program. It’s a start, obviously reducing what gets made is another.

@@asimplefarmer Let’s be honest, if this is recycling the planet is going to hell in a hand cart. Let’s see some real effort to recycle high tech very expensive materials, that jacket could have kept a homeless person from the elements if nothing else!

@@jonrandall4005 Yea I agree, since most of the stuff is very usable. None of the gear seen on her posts or on this video is really unusable in it's current state. I feel like it would be just fine if she just presented it as a art project not sustainable recycling / upcycling.

upcycling is just another lie foisted on individuals when the real culprits are corporations who refuse to make less stuff, use less resources, be content with flat growth. capitalism is incompatible with the sustained existence of humans on this planet

She uses scraps relax.

Yea…. Sustainability and recycling, such a novel concept I’ve never heard of before. Maybe we can pitch the idea to Patagonia? You think they’ll go for it though, I don’t think the world is ready for these concepts 😬

they were probbaly warranty jackets that started to delam or had other defects

they're adopting the aesthetics of upcycling as a performance. it's corporate hand-wringing when they should be taking steps to reduce the amount of garbage they produce (eg. surplus product) and resources consumed in that process.

@@Saelenkmith so instead of relaminating them they just make tote bags.. Gonna need a bit more details on the defects than just saying ‘other’

You actually consider this work?

@@PD-we8vf yes

@@PD-we8vf What are you watching then? I believe you're watching a short on her work?

Your mouth is special.

Maybe you need to rethink your salary expectations if a used gortex jacket costs more than what you're making

Do you live in a third world country?

@@275torres Bro I'm here thinking the same thing... I work a low wage job and saved up for an Alpha AR jacket for $400.

yes they are now.

i mean you really dont have to kill the sheep for its wool lol

@@hambone950 that's what I said to find a dead sheep.

Learning to take something an repurposed it is actually sustainability.

​@@taylorstep8135 sustainability is a capitalist myth. there's absolutely nothing even remotely sustainable about the outdoor industry, or any modern industry, for that matter. and it's really a shame that conversations of actual sustainability get overshadowed by this kind of artsy-fartsy drivel.

@@taylorstep8135 taking an item you already own and turning it into something you also already own.. wow

But the bags cost $1400.

@@taylorstep8135 this removes the urgency and obligation of corporations to MAKE LESS STUFF and instead puts that burden on the individual to deal with surplus goods (as well as continue to consume products like good little capitalist drones)

Went right over your head huh,

@@coltersmit Maybe you can enlighten me with your excellent wisdom on the topic?

Facts

who?

This man is really crying about a video and calling it woke because it focused on sustainability lmao

I doubt government contracts are going to stop being awarded to them just because they made a video on sustainability. Chill.

Did $ LE going the same woke cul desac.

Just look up US Army recruitment ad if you think the military / LE isn't going down the same route