Teachers familiar with the Geog Dot series will be familiar with Walter's Global Jeans.
It's been around for a while now, and is a good way of visualising the global trade in clothing, and the pursuit of the lowest cost location by trans-national companies.
This BBC article brought to my attention by Global Dimension looks at another intriguing environmental dimension to jeans production: the act of sandblasting them to give them a 'distressed' look....
Could be a useful addition to the set of resources for globalisation work.
Walter’s Global Jeans
It's been around for a while now, and is a good way of visualising the global trade in clothing, and the pursuit of the lowest cost location by trans-national companies.
This BBC article brought to my attention by Global Dimension looks at another intriguing environmental dimension to jeans production: the act of sandblasting them to give them a 'distressed' look....
Could be a useful addition to the set of resources for globalisation work.
Walter’s Global Jeans
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Update
I'm grateful to Rob Morris for sending me an image of this pumice quarry at Sprengissandur in Iceland
Pumice is the rock used for distressing jeans...
A sandur is an outwash plain (of course)
Did this a few years ago as a starter... had over 4000 views
Update
I'm grateful to Rob Morris for sending me an image of this pumice quarry at Sprengissandur in Iceland
Pumice is the rock used for distressing jeans...
A sandur is an outwash plain (of course)
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