(3/3) Thanks to our team and partners: Dikan Center, photographer/artist Ulla Deventer, and social worker Elizabeth Abangre 🙏🏻🙏🏿

Special thanks to Sony Deutschland for providing the cameras 📷

📸: Martha Oduro Kofi Oduro (Pic 1), Saskia Uppenkamp (Pic 2), Protagonist: David Kabu, Retouch: Mara Wörner.

(2/3) During our children's ocean photo workshop “shout out loud – stop the flood of plastics” in Ghana, participants photographed each other and added personal messages to decision-makers from industry and politics. 📣

5/5 Black Fridays add to the growing waste problem. We strongly believe that producing and consuming less matters now more than ever.

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Protagonists: Mike Anane (researcher)
Videography and edits: Saskia Uppenkamp,Sound: Dave DK

4/5 Jamestown, a beach near the dumpsite, is covered in textiles such as polyester, nylon, and other non-biodegradable materials. These fibers contaminate the fisheries and ultimately end up in the human body and organs. 🫁🧠

3/5 fiber-based waste enters this area, it is burned or washed into the lagoon, flowing into the ocean, shedding microplastics and harmful chemicals. The lagoon’s waters are severely polluted, containing up to 100 times more microplastics than typically found in lagoons worldwide‼️

2/5 Agbogbloshie in Accra, Ghana. Locals say this dumpsite has turned into a “death pit” due to the sheer amounts of clothes, resulting from overproduction and overconsumption of fashion. ❕

🏘️ Agbogbloshie is a neighbourhood on the banks of the Korle Lagoon. As synthetic

📸 Credits: David Kabu (picture 1); Saskia Uppenkamp (picture 2); Protagonist: Jonathan David; Retusche: Mara Wörner

Wir danken unserem Projektteam und unseren Partnern – Dikan Center, der Fotografin/Künstlerin Ulla Deventer und der Sozialarbeiterin Elizabeth Abangre. 🙏🏻🙏🏿

Besonderer Dank gilt unserem Partner Sony Deutschland für die Bereitstellung der Kameras. 📷

Dieses Portrait stammt unserem Kinder Ozean Foto Workshop „shout out loud – stoppt die Plastikflut“ in Ghana. Die Teilnehmer:innen fotografierten sich gegenseitig und fügten persönliche Botschaften an Entscheidungsträger:innen aus Industrie und Politik hinzu. 📣

Sauberes Wasser – ob als Trinkwasser oder als gesunder, plastikfreier Ozean – ist ein grundlegendes Menschenrecht. Wasser bedeutet Leben, Würde und Zukunft. Und genau deshalb müssen wir das Meer schützen, damit dieses Recht für alle erhalten bleibt. 💙

(4/4) 🌍 Calcul believes every garment should tell a story —of culture, craft, and nature. Their work is shaped by a forward-thinking philosophy that challenges fast fashion.

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Credits: Titus Doku (fashion designer & owner of ‘Calcul’), 📹: Saskia Uppenkamp, 🎶: Dave DK, 📖: IARC, NCBI, ECHA, BBC.com

(3/4) 💚 In beautiful contrast to harmful dyeing processes, Accra-based brand Calcul, led by designer Titus Doku, uses non-toxic and locally-sourced botanical dyes to transform second-hand fabrics into something extraordinary. These include sorghum leaves or turmeric, for example.

(2/4) The toxic chemicals used in these dyeing processes not only pose a threat to human health, they also hurt our environment. Textile dyeing causes 20% of industrial water pollution – coloring one ton of polyester generates 30 tons of toxic wastewater!

(4/4) It's time for true accountability. Every like, share, and comment helps amplify their voice(s).

Thanks to our team and partners – Dikan Center, Ulla Deventer, Elizabeth Abangre and Sony Deutschland.

Credits: Majeel Mustapha (photo), Protagonist: David Kabu; Retouching: Mara Dagmara.

(3/4) 💔 We must face the heartbreaking reality of this injustice. Our message to industrialized countries:

We have to take full responsibility for this problem and stop exporting the plastic waste that we cannot manage ourselves. Most importantly, plastic production must be reduced immediately❗

(2/4) Ghana’s once-pristine beaches are overwhelmed: now a destination for the global trade in plastic and textile waste.

This practice is often criticized as waste colonialism – where low-income countries bear the burden of waste from high-income ones.

This video was created in partnership with Fashion Revolution Germany @fashrevde.bsky.social , fairknallt, and Viola Wohlgemuth (Head of Policy & Campaigns, Fashion Revolution). 💙

Video: Saskia Uppenkamp

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