February 28, 2010 by Hatty
Founded in 1996, Forum for the Future is an independent, non-profit organisation with a mission to promote sustainable development. The Forum for the Future helps organisations find their way to a sustainable and successful future and the brilliant FFTF team have recently been working with the Centre For Sustainable Fashion’s very own dynamic MA students to help create the Fashion Futures project.
Fashion Futures is designed to help companies throughout the global fashion industry take the actions that will safeguard their future, protect our environment and improve the lives of their customers, workers and suppliers around the world.
The FFTF team have created a range of innovative workshop materials which are freely avaiable on their website – and be sure to check out the Fashion Futures 2025 Report to see the MA Fashion and the Environment students inspiring work – nice one guys!
by Hatty
Dates have been set for the much anticipated 2010 Organic Exchange Conference on Sustainable Textiles so mark your calendar and make plans to join the debate in New York City, October 27-28, 2010!
This follows on the very successful theme of the 2009 Global Conference, which proved to be one the most highly-rated and best received events in OE’s history, and promises to be another great event with many of the world’s foremost experts in sustainable textiles in attendance.
Detailed event logistics and locations will be available soon. Online registration for this conference is scheduled to open on June 1, 2010 at : www.organicexchange.org.
by Hatty
Check out The Hub’s article on CSF’s talented graduate’s work, showcased at London’s prestigious Southbank Centre at the end of January: http://thehub.c-hab.com/2010/02/lcf-ma-fashion-and-the-environment-graduate-exhibition/
by Hatty
SOKO Kenya, a clothing production company aiming to develop a sustainable and creative long-term solution to Kenya’s economic crisis by promoting a community-driven, environmentally aware fashion project, has been working in collaboration with ASOS.com to create the E-tailers first ASOS Africa collection which launched on Thursday.
Find out more about this social enterprise project at the SOKO Kenya website and make sure you visit asos.com regularly over the next few months as SOKO will continue to work with the E-tail favourite to bring 15 more styles to the collection including a crochet bag, underwear set, sandals and a range of stunning dresses.
February 26, 2010 by Nina
6-10 June 2010
Earls Court, London, UK
www.gfw.org.uk/home.aspx
by Nina
Re-dress proudly presents ‘FASHION EVOLUTION’, Ireland’s third ethical fashion week. Fashion Evolution aims to re-vitalise the spirit of the Irish fashion industry, with a schedule of exciting events catering for consumers, producers, retailers and supporters of fashion alike.
Dublin, Ireland
by Hatty
Great news for ethically-minded football fans across the globe yesterday as Nike unveiled their new innovative and eco-friendly shirts to be worn by the players and fans of the nine national teams Nike will be sponsoring throughout the World Cup.
In a move welcomed by sustainable fashion organisations and champions, Nike will produce shirts made entirely from recycled plastic bottles. The Centre for Sustainable Fashion’s Nina Stevenson was interviewed by the Guardian yesterday to share her views on Nike’s latest green initiative. Visit the Guardian website for the full the article and to read her comments.
by Hatty
Think Act Vote is fantastic a campaign aiming to inspire people to think about what they believe in and how they use their vote in the forthcoming election.
Political apathy and disengagement is widely reported and has become increasingly prevalent within British society over the past decade. And whilst speculation and debate about the causes of this political lethargy continues to rage, inspirational people like Think Act Vote founder, Amisha Ghadiali, are focusing upon the important issue of how to provoke a change in the behaviour of an ever-expanding wilderness of disillusioned people and inspire them to use their precious vote.
“If politics were a fashion label, you wouldn’t wear it. We want to use creativity to create a community around the choices we make for our future,” says Amisha Ghadiali. The Think Act Vote project gives people the opportunity to share the positive choices they would make if they did get the chance.
In partnership with ethical fashion label Komodo, Think Act Vote launches with a search for their carbon neutral Think Act Vote t-shirt from up and coming designers, artists and illustrators. The only proviso is that the design must include the words “Think Act Vote”. Submissions can be uploaded to the Think Act Vote website before the deadline of 12 noon on Sunday 7th March.
An online public vote will determine a shortlist of 10 designs. The winner will be decided by the Think Act Vote judging panel, made up of some of the best-known faces in ethical fashion and design, including ethical hero Katharine Hamnett, celebrated illustrator Daisy de Villeneuve and the original ‘anti-preneur’, Cyndi Rhoades.
The winning design will be announced at a launch party in April. The t-shirt will be produced by Komodo and will be available to purchase online and in selected shops across the UK. Runners-up will feature in a beautifully produced lifestyle book alongside a creative anthology of people’s responses to one simple question, designed to get people thinking about the positive choices we can make for our future: “what’s the future you would choose”.
About Think Act Vote
Think Act Vote was started by a group of friends whose backgrounds are in ethical fashion, politics and design. What brought them together was a shared frustration about the negative view of politics held by so many people in the UK today and an ambition to do something about it – creating a community around the choices we make for our future.
Visit the website at: www.thinkactvote.org
About Komodo
Since its beginning in 1988, Komodo www.komodo.co.uk has become well known as an ethical and eco- friendly brand, exporting all over the world from their workshop on Primrose Hill, London. The Komodo brand was born from the Acid House Summer of Love, and provided a chance to express feelings about the wonderful places and faces involved in production. Komodo have been trading at Glastonbury over the years and have strong links to the music industry.
Komodo is certified by Made-By (http://www.made-by.nl/). Made-By is an independent consumer label for fashion companies who continuously improve and are transparent about the social, economic and ecological conditions throughout the whole supply chain of their collections. The mission of Made-By is to make sustainable fashion common practice.
About the Think Act Vote Creative Anthology
Think Act Vote wants to inspire people to think about what’s good in change and not what’s bad about politics. To do this, the team is asking people from across the UK to answer one simple question, “what’s the future you would choose?”
To help people answer what’s undeniably a pretty huge question, the team has created a simple formula for submissions:
Start with a change that’s needed. How would you make it better? Why would it lead to a better future?
Answers can be submitted online to the Think Act Vote website and the most powerful submission will be compiled into a creative anthology that will also include the shortlisted t-shirt designs and photography that captures the spirit and experience of the project. This ‘prime ministers handbook’ will be delivered to the resident of number 10 the day after the election result is in, and will also be available to purchase.
February 25, 2010 by Hatty
Message from the organisers of the Eco Design Fair
As part of the ‘Do Something Different’ Weekend at The Barbican, Eco Design Fair are delighted have been invited to exhibit and sell a selection of our favourite sustainable design products. This will take place in the form of a Pop-Up shop at The Barbican for one week end only during March 2010.
Designers include: Anna Greedhare, Amira, Cycloc, Found Inc, Girl With Beads, Just Trade, Lucy Tammam, Osian Batyka-Williams, Stella Corrall, Sparrow Kids, Telabags, Uncommonly Beautiful Recycled Accessories, Urban Upholstery.
We’ll be selling hand-knitted organic toys, fashion and fashion accessories, cycle storage solutions, money boxes, revamped furniture and home accessories, lightshades, craft kits for children, recycling bins and many more kooky and one-off design items. We’ll have something for all ages and to suit various pockets; from pocket-money treats to furnishings.
Sat 6th March: 10am – 11pm
Sun 7th March: 10am – 4pm
Eco Design Pop-Up Shop
Ground Level Foyer
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
London EC2Y 8DS
http://ecodesignfair.co.uk/popupshop.html
http://www.barbican.org.uk/different
For more information and images please contact:
Louise Kamara
Organiser
Eco Design Fair
Tel: 0207 625 7779
Mobile: 07956 916079
louise.kamara@btopenworld.com
by Hatty
FASHION EVOLUTION
Ireland’s Ethical Fashion Week
May 4th – 8th
Re-dress proudly presents ‘FASHION EVOLUTION’, Ireland’s third ethical fashion week. Fashion Evolution aims to re-vitalise the spirit of the Irish fashion industry, with a schedule of exciting events catering for consumers, producers, retailers and supporters of fashion alike.
Tuesday 4th: Re-dress ETHICAL FASHION CALENDAR LAUNCH
Wednesday 5th: FREE PUBLIC FILM NIGHT.
Thursday 6th: IRISH FASHION INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
Friday 7th: DESIGNER MENTORING SESSIONS.
Saturday 8th: FASHION SKILLS DAY.
Tuesday 4th – Saturday 8th: FASHION RE-USE – THE EXHIBITION
Other events taking place during the week include.. CLEAN CLOTHES CAMPAIGN – EVENING DISCUSSION STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION FRENCH KNICKERS AND COCKTAILS
For event details and expression of interest, contact rosie@re-dress.ie. Places are limited and booking is essential.
For press information, contact Kellie Dalton on 0860406392 or kellie@re-dress.ie.
