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We get it — festivals like Spring Jam is the perfect excuse to pull out the trendiest looks and top everything off with absurd amounts of glitter. While I’m all for a cute festival look, things like fast fashion and glitter are actually quite harmful for the environment. To avoid any environmental damage (even if it seems minuscule) follow this simple guide. Swap fast fashion for vintage If you’re a little unsure of what “fast fashion” is defined as, you’re not alone. Good on You defines fast fashion as “cheap, trendy clothing, that samples ideas from the catwalk or celebrity culture and turns them into garments in high street stores at breakneck speed.” Shockingly, only 1 percent of clothing is recycled into new garments, leaving the other 99 percent ending up in landfills. Moreover,…

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