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Take a look at what we are reading that relates to this month's theme! 

Topic: Sports
Author: The Guardian
Title: ‘Every shirt has a story’: the designers saving football kits from landfill
Takeaway: "Uefa estimates that up to 60% of kits worn by players are destroyed at the end of the season, and at any one time there are thought to be more than 1bn football shirts in circulation, many of which are discarded by fans once players leave."

Topic: History
Author: KOIN 6 News (Portland)
Title: Ice Age artifact found in Oregon cave may be oldest known sewn clothing
Takeaway: “But one key object was a hide sewn together with cord, which researchers found dated back around 12,400 years. While they could not directly confirm it was used as clothing, it still makes the item the oldest physical remains of this type found in the archaeological record and likely the earliest preserved physical evidence of sewing."

Topic: Industry News
Author: Environmental Justice Foundation
Title: New documentary exposes the true costs of the ‘fast fashion’ business.
Takeaway: "The True Cost” gives us a firsthand look at the factory-working people behind our favorite brands while also proving that no outfit is worth a human life."
 

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