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RTÉ News
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
5 ways to live a sustainable life with circular thinking from Junk Kouture
Junk Kouture is on a mission to empower young people to embrace circular thinking and sustainable living in their everyday lives. Tune in to the Junk Kouture Dublin City Final tonight at 7pm on RTÉ2 & RTÉ Player! As part of a growing global movement, Junk Kouture encourages youth to reimagine waste and take action within their schools and communities to support a more sustainable future. The competition shines a light not just on the environmental costs of fast fashion, but on the broader need for circular solutions, where resources are reused, repurposed, and revalued rather than discarded. Here, the Junk Kouture team shares five key facts about circular living, community impact, and the importance of sustainable choices, especially for young changemakers. 1. Humanity is consuming 1.7 times more resources than the Earth can regenerate each year This is known as Earth Overshoot Day, the date each year when our resource use exceeds what the planet can replenish. It's a sign that our "take-make-waste" system is unsustainable. Circular thinking helps push back that date by reducing waste, conserving materials, and shifting to regenerative practices. 2. Three out of five fashion garments end up in a landfill within a year of purchase Fast fashion is a major culprit, but the disposable culture extends far beyond wardrobes. From day-to-day supplies to packaging, we're taught to value convenience over longevity. Embracing circular thinking means repairing, reusing, and reimagining items to extend their life and young people are leading the charge in this shift. 3. Over 90% of materials used in manufacturing globally are wasted after a single use The current global economy is only 7.2% circular, according to the Circularity Gap Report 2023. That means the vast majority of resources extracted like metals, plastics, and textiles are never cycled back into use. The goal of a circular economy is to close that loop through design, innovation, and behaviour change. 4. Microplastics are not just in the ocean, they're in us Over one third of all ocean microplastics come from synthetic textiles, and those particles have made their way into the food chain, water systems, and even our bodies. Solutions come not just from switching fabrics, but from rethinking how we design, care for, and dispose of products. Circular thinking teaches us to consider the full lifecycle of everything we use. 5 Community-led circular solutions are gaining ground While only a small percentage of textiles are formally recycled, young people are leading innovative grassroots solutions like swap-shops, upcycling workshops, zero-waste school initiatives, and digital sharing platforms. These actions contribute to key UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, and SDG 13: Climate Action.
Irish Independent
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Today's top TV and streaming choices: RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Past Lives and Love Rat
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 BBC One, 2pm & BBC Two, 8pm Nicki Chapman and Angellica Bell offer a tour of the event's sights and sounds before Monty Don, Rachel de Thame and Arit Anderson take over later in the day. Continues throughout the week. Junk Kouture Dublin City Final 2025 RTÉ2, 7pm Laura Fox and Emma Power present action from the event, which saw 40 teams of students give discarded items a new lease of life by turning them into incredible and outlandish items of clothing. Code of Silence Virgin Media One, 9pm Gripping thriller starring Rose Ayling-Ellis as Alison, a deaf woman making ends meet by holding down two jobs, including in the canteen at her local police station. One of its officers asks her to lip-read footage from a covert operation, something that adds excitement to Alison's life, but could also lead her into danger. The Wimbledon Killer Prime Video, streaming now Rachel Nickell was fatally stabbed on Wimbledon Common in July 1992, resulting in Colin Stagg's wrongful arrest. Despite years of searching, the real killer remained unknown, while Robert Napper continued his violent spree across south London. Love Rat Netflix, streaming now As a recent divorcee doing her best Shirley Valentine in Cyprus, Sally Lindsay finds herself in serious trouble — until her holiday romance devolves into theft, deceit and intimidation. Bet Netflix, streaming now At an elite boarding school where the kids of bad people use gambling to dictate status, a new student disrupts the hierarchy, challenging the student council while secretly plotting revenge for her parents' deaths. Think Descendants but with a dash of Monster High meets The Winx Saga and something far more salacious. If real-world drama ignites you more, there's a short film set in a maximum prison called The Quilers. Murderbot AppleTV+, streaming now Based on The Murderbot Diaries, the series follows a rogue and wildly introverted Murderbot (Alexander Skarsgard), who hides its free will while tackling murderous missions. He's like Robocop but more into soap operas. Past Lives TG4, 10.15pm Moving, acclaimed romantic drama. A supposedly happily married South Korean woman reflects on the life she might have lived with her first love, Hae Sung, when he visits her in New York, 20 years after they parted.
