Reus promotes activities to raise awareness about ethical and responsible textile consumption

Reus lives a silent revolution inside the closet. For an entire month, the city is committed to exposing the cracks in conventional textile consumption and proposing more ethical and sustainable alternatives.

The activities take place from May 6 to June 5 at the Xavier Amorós and Pere Anguera Municipal Libraries, within the framework of World Fair Trade Day, a campaign that in 2026 revolves around the slogan "I choose a transformative textile sector."

Program of activities to make you think and act

Activities for all audiences

Fair Trade Month in Reus is not just an exhibition or a talk. It is a series of free activities that invite reflection and participation.

• Bibliographic corner about fair trade at the libraries.
• Comic contest for youth with two age categories (12-15 and 15-18 years), to stimulate creativity and commitment.
• Solidarity stories that began on May 6 and 7.

The harsh reality of the textile sector that no one wants to see

Invisible labor exploitation

The manifesto of World Fair Trade Day denounces that more than 80 million people work under exploitative conditions, many of them women, with abusive working hours and miserable wages.

Union repression, harassment, and child exploitation are the hidden face of the cheap T-shirts and pants we buy without thinking.

An environmental impact that weighs more than the clothes

Fast fashion not only enslaves workers, but also suffocates the planet.

Each person in Catalonia generates 21 kg of textile waste per year, much of which ends up in distant landfills or incinerated. More clothes, more waste.

Fair Trade and Solidarity Economy: alternatives worth it

Proposals for transformative consumption

The manifesto makes a clear call: it defends fair wages, safe working conditions, and union freedom for workers.

Furthermore, it demands transparency from large companies and public policies that make the textile sector truly fair.

Practices that make a difference

• Reduce unnecessary consumption.
• Reuse and recycle clothing to give it a second life.
• Promote ethical finance to support cooperatives and transformative initiatives.

Commitment is more than a slogan: it is a necessity to make fashion not a chain of injustices.

Reus puts the spotlight on this reality before clothes become just another waste, and it does so with activities that make the city unable to look the other way.

Source of the article: Reus City Council