Primark Petition
May 29, 2009 by amucklowWe blogged about the protest by People Tree and War on Want, at the opening of the new Primark store in Tooting, London, in May. Well, following on from that is a petition.
Click here to sign it.
Primark Petition
Biomimetics – Nature Did It First
May 28, 2009 by amucklowOn June 8th Materials KTN are organising a one-day FREE workshop entitled “Biomimetics – Nature Did It First”. The event will take place in Bristol. If you have any queries please contact Brian Knott mailto:workshops@materialsktn.net or telephone 01494 528718.
10.00 Registration and coffee
10.45 “Bio-Inspired Technologies and the Defence Technology Plan
Alex Parfitt, BAE Systems
11.15 “Design Strategies Taken From Biology”
Julian Vincent, Bath University
11.45 “Wildlife to Sustainable Garments”
Tom Podkolinski, Finisterre UK
12:15 Coffee & Networking
12.30 “Self Healing Composites”
Richard Trask, Bristol University
13.00 “Design 2.0: Engineering and Design Re-invented”
Geoff Hollington, Hollington Associates
13:30 Lunch & Networking
15.00 Close
Last Chance…
May 27, 2009 by amucklow… to help CSF with some research. You know you want to.
Click here.
Updated: Designing Out Landfill
by amucklow** Please see change of venue**
On 15th June 2009 the Technical Textiles and the Materials and Design Exchange sectors of the Materials KTN will host a high profile conference focusing on the innovative solutions that clothing designers & brands have developed in order to reduce landfill waste. This one-day FREE event entitled ‘Designing Out Landfill’ will be held at the The Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining,1 Carlton House Terrace, London,SW1Y 5DB and features speakers from major retailers, brands, manufacturers and product designers.
Online registration is now open, click here.
What will the event cover?
Listen to how product designers approach these challenges, Learn how large organisations remain profitable whilst maintaining ethical products and a strong brand image. Hear how to develop new products from landfill. Discuss ways of promoting land-fill products into traditional retail markets and hear about the impact of new initiatives and how to become involved in projects.
Clothes Swap
by amucklowThere has been lots of chat about clothes swapping recently – what with the economic climate and all. Well now is your chance to get involved and try something new.
A music and clothing swapping event is taking place on Sunday 7th June – Feather Duster, the clothes swap will run from 4-6pm followed by live, acoustic music from the new band Human and other special guests.
If this is your first time or you need a reminder to swap bring at least one high quality item but there are no limits so long as the quality is high.
The event will be held Adriandny’s Nectar, 274 Latimer Road, London, W10 6QW. Even better news, is that the event is free.
Vintage at Net-A-Porter
May 26, 2009 by amucklowNew at Net-a-Porter is One Vintage – one offs sourced from the late 19th Century to the 1970s all restored to their former glory.
One Vintage item - courtesy of Net-a-Porter
Tweet, Tweet
by amucklowAt last, CSF is catching up the rest of the world and has got a Twitter account. Please follow us here.
CSF in Sustainability Month
by amucklowJune is going to be a challenging month for the Centre for Sustainable Fashion. Not ones to rest on our laurels and credentials we are setting ourselves a weekly target/challenge for the whole of June. Hopefully these challenges will become part of our daily routine too.
The week beginning June 1st will see the start of our Cycling to Work Week. We are all now kitted out with bikes, helmets and some stylish cycle friendly attire and we hope that this compulsory cycling week will help change our habits and that a Cycling to Work Week will become a Cycling to Work Month and so on. They’ll be no excuses either: meetings with important fashion folk, the weather, late nights – these won’t wash.
The week after (8th of June) will see us operating a totally paper free office. No printing, no notebooks in meetings, no post-its etc. Although we don’t print unnecessarily there’ll surely be a difference in the office.
Next challenge is Eat Local. What we mean by local has been a constant source of debate. Do we mean the whole of the UK or an 100 mile radius of London? Tell us your thoughts and we’ll let you know what we decide.
Finally, and perhaps the biggest challenge for us is No Rubbish Week. We will not generate any rubbish for a week. The logistics are being thrashed out as we speak.
We’re keen to hear your thoughts so feel free to comment and watch out for our updates.
What Not to Wear: Cotton and child slavery
by amucklow
Picture from Amnesty International
Amnesty International are hosting a panel discussion on Tuesday 9th June addressing what can be done to end the use of forced labour in the cotton industry.
The panel will include:
Lucy Siegle (journalist, author and presenter); Joanna Ewart-James (Anti Slavery International); Juliette Williams (The Environmental Justice Foundation); Steve Grinter (International Textile, Garment & Leather Workers’ Federation); Lauren Orme (Marks & Spener – Invited).
The event is free but you will need to register, click here for tickets.
CSF Project Update
May 20, 2009 by amucklowAs some of you may or may not know CSF has a great new Business Support and Development project underfoot.
In partnership with Newham College CSF will be initially targetting London based small to medium sized fashion enterprises aiming to help them develop sustainable business practices through challenging and insightful training and advice sessions.
The myth that sustainability and financial success cannot go hand in hand will be laid to rest as CSF aims to deliver business growth over a two-year period.
To take part in the programme you must be London based and have been trading for at least twelve months as a registered business or sole trader. If you are interested to know if you can benefit or to find out more please contact: sustainability@fashion.arts.ac.uk.
