Events
Sometimes it is the simplest ideas that can change the world!
Want to win £100,000? M&S want your green idea! As a part of M&S's ambitious Plan A scheme they are looking for the ultimate green idea. As consumers we are always on the look out for better shopping experiences and if it is beneficial to our planet it is even better. »
ATTEND// Re-dress Clothes Swap in Aid of Haiti
If you happen to be in Dublin this Sunday, go ahead and join a Clothes Swap for Haiti organized by our new friends Re-dress (great to meet you at FEI!!). The ad is below! Go out, have some fun and trade clothes while also raising money for a good cause! MARCH 7TH AT 2PM @ THE... »
WATCH// Social Alterations @ FEI
Here are just two of the videos we took at the conference. We have more videos to come, so stay tuned for those. The first video is of my Pecha Kucha talk. I’ll be posting the slides and my notes a little later on. Please contact us if you have any questions on the works... »
Social Alterations @ FEI
So here we are in London for the Fashioning an Ethical Industry Conference: Fast Forward. Today, Nadira and I will both be presenting at the conference, and with Katrine in attendance, this will mark the first time the SA team is all together in the same place at the same time! We will be doing... »
‘I’d rather go naked than wear sweatshop clothes!’
Join a week of student action against sweatshops starting next Monday, March 1st 2010 in the UK and the US. Description: “Universities and student unions spend tens of millions on clothing for their staff uniforms, sports teams and branded hoodies. Sadly, the people working for your university’s suppliers are often working under slave labour conditions,... »
CSR Asia Summit 2010
In 2009, SA’s Katrine Karlsen reported on CSR Asia’s 7th summit “Sustainable Business as the Road to Recovery” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Click here to read Katrine’s synopsis of last year’s summit. This year’s summit will take place September 14-15 in Hong Kong, and will offer cutting edge workshops on the following topics: -Community investment and... »
Social Biomimicry: Insect Societies and Human Design
How might ‘social biomimicry’ influence design within the context of socially, culturally, environmentally, and economically responsible systems of fashion? While this conference may not directly focus on fashion at the stage of design conception, it does concentrate on other stages, such as manufacturing, communications, transportation, and green building. Indirectly, lessons learned at all stages... »
Ethical Sourcing Forum North America 2010
The Ethical Sourcing Forum is a unique industry event that brings together members of the global sustainability community in order to address emerging sustainability and ethical supply chain challenges. Here is the Agenda (subject to change): Day 1: Thursday, March 18th, 2010. 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM: Registration & Breakfast 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM: Welcome Note and... »
Fashioning an Ethical Industry Bulletin
Events: 25th February 2010: Fairwear Fashion Show at Bristol Cathedral featuring the premiere of the Emma Watson collection for People Tree as well as many more fair trade fashion brands. Booking essential to avoid disappointment 8th and 9th May 2010: The Slow Textiles Conference at the Stroud International Textiles Festival in Gloucestershire. This two... »
Go Green Week, 2010 // The University of the Arts
Timo Rissanen offers a great post with his notes on ‘The Sustainability Equation: Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary Fashion’ and on the ‘Ethics and Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion’ exhibit at Pratt on his personal blog “Timo Rissanen: Fashion Creation Without Fabric Waste Creation.” Not to be confused with the Pratt exhibit, that runs until the... »
