Data Driven Look at Fast Fashion and its Environmental and Social Toll

This project explores how the fast fashion industry drives environmental degradation while reinforcing gender and economic inequalities, particularly in low-income countries where garment workers are predominantly women. As a data scientist and international student from the global south, I created visualizations that expose how companies like Uniqlo and H&M consume vast amounts of water and emit high levels of carbon, harms that are concentrated in vulnerable communities. By connecting environmental science with issues of labor injustice, this work highlights how social and environmental harms are deeply intertwined. Our goal is to make these invisible costs visible and push for more inclusive, ethical approaches to global consumerism.