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the editor Hi! I am Claire Audrey Nacilla. I am from One thing that I’m very passionate Pagadian City and I completed my senior high about is my constant urge to grow and school at Silliman University. I am taking up change. As unusual as it sounds, it is BSA because I aspire to be a CPA lawyer one of the things that I have always someday and apart from aspiring to be a CPA wanted to spend my time on especially Lawyer, one of the reasons why I enroll to since I don’t have any passion with this course is because many people see this music, games, sports and etc, so I have course as one of the best pre-law courses decided to be passionate about my offered by universities. development. I always explore new horizons and open doors that I haven’t Becoming a Certified Public Accountant has been to before just to see what a always been my dream. There are uncertainties certain environment can influence and and doubts that came along in choosing this bring to my personal development. path but I have finally decided that it is my dream occupation after long a long time of Claire Audrey A. Nacilla giving it constant thinking and I am settled to EDITOR IN CHIEF finally take BSA program without second thoughts. I had fun learning, journalizing, analyzing journal entries and financial statements during senior high school which fueled my interest in taking this program. Albeit cliché reasons and as banal as it might sound, Accountancy is my scholastic passion.

The documentaries \"True Cost of Fashion\" been becoming cheaper for decades, but the RESPONSIBLE and \"The Story of Stuff\" went into detail human and environmental costs have CONSUMERISM: about the stuff that we have today, their escalated. Key to a better global effects on the people and on the society environment. Both of the videos push us to I suppose I reacted in this manner because I be a responsible consumers. The videos gave am a person who values the environment as stress on mindless consumption which is the much as I value my belongings. I really like throwing away of items that are still useful how the videos make us feel like we have a because we are told that something is wrong duty to our surroundings as a whole. The with them, allowing us to feel better by videos, particularly \"True Cost of Fashion,\" purchasing new products. Another have shown us how these commercials of connection between the two documentaries wonderful stuff and clothes are being used is that they both talked about the situation to deceive us and worsening the situation for where everything is centered on producing a our planet. The documentaries serve as a great deal of money for a large corporation, powerful link to a world where people will and what we see is only human rights, not buy anything without first considering worker's rights, while the environment where it came from, how it impacted the become completely ignored. environment, and who were the people who made it. My own personal opinion is that the videos make a lot of sense and are very relevant. Furthermore, the fashion industry's business Also, I completely agree with the subject it practices are incompatible with the RVR discusses, which is today's rampant practice COB Code of Ethics in such a way that they of irresponsible consumerism. According to only think of their own selves and are not Cho et. al (2020), the production of the stuff conducive to human development and the that we have now, including our clothes, common good. Also, Individuals both inside contributes to the emission of greenhouse and outside their company suffer because of gases that are harmful to the environment. their decisions. Meanwhile, as mentioned by Weidmann et al. (2020), the manufacture of the products In conclusion, the ever-increasing demand we use and buy everyday accounts for 45% for products on the market, not just in the of global greenhouse gas emissions. The fashion industry, has an impact not only on reason as to why I agree with the videos' us or the environment but also on the next messages is that they stressed the generation. The latter will miss out on the importance of reducing consumption rather opportunity to live in a healthy environment. than simply practicing \"greening\" Hence, we must start making a difference in consumption by purchasing more sustainably the world as soon as possible by becoming produced things. Finally, I agree with what responsible consumers. the videos made me realize, which is that some products on the market have NACILLA, CLAIRE AUDREY A. True Cost Reflection   |    45

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