I never thought that taking a required science class would ever affect me as much as it did. As I sat in Honors Biology, my class watched the documentary Tapped, an exposé about the bottled water industry and how the effects of the superior use of plastics and the chemical BPA that is found in plastics, affect our bodies and the environment.  

Avoiding fast fashion is a way in which we can make the world a more environmentally friendly and ethical place, while saving a lot of money. There is no denying that we live in a consumer culture. CBS reported that Americans see several thousand ads a day which is insane. In a class I took freshman year, I learned that many of these ads are very discreet too, so we may not even know that we are being advertised a product or idea.