"My jeans used 3625 liters of water, 3 kilos of chemicals, 400 megajoules of energy and 13 sq meters of land to grow cotton. I was horrified by this." ~ Christina Dean

Christina Dean is the founder of the world's largest sustainable fashion design competition and has spent the last decade helping the fashion industry understand how clothes are affecting our lives. Her sustainable fashion TedX talk highlights her research into the fashion industry and how the facts have fueled her mission in the fashion industry.

"How many of you can say with certainty that the clothes you're wearing right now have not been made in a sweatshop or by child labor? The truth is it's very hard to know... the clothing supply chain is a complex system." ~ Trisha Striker

This powerful sustainable fashion talk looks at how ethical clothing can help us say for sure where our clothing comes from. And, by standing by these brands we are standing by our morals and own values when it comes to child labor, pollution and fair trade.

"When I looked into my closet I had 116 t-shirts, 52 pairs of jeans but still I had nothing to wear. I went from buying 6-7 times a month to not shopping for a year." ~ Gabriella Smith

As founder of The UpCycle Project, Gabriella educates and offers circular solutions for the fashion industry. It's her way of using her passion for fashion to help design students find creative solutions using deadstock fabrics, recycled materials and textiles such as bedsheets to design for a sustainable future.