Stephen Frost of CSR Asia weighs in on the situation in Bangladesh for garment workers, and supports Social Alterations Co-Founder Nadira Lamrad on her critique of a CBC News article, as well as our work at Social Alterations. Click here to read Nadira’s critique, “Time to Connect the Dots”, and here to read Frost’s supportive analysis, “Third World workers’ wage whining unlikely to spoil Canadian fashion discounts”.
[Fashion High] Understanding the Impact of your Clothing: An Introduction was added to Fashioning an Ethical Industry’s list of resources for teaching Pre-16 learners about the social and environmental consequences of the fashion industry. Please visit Fashioning an Ethical Industry to access their amazing database of teaching resources.
“Tamara Albu, Director of the A.A.S. Fashion Design Program at Parsons, sat down in a virtual space with London College of Fashion Award Winner, and Founder of the online education lab, Social Alterations, Mary Hanlon.
In November, Mary won the award for “Systems for a Sustainable Fashion Industry” out of the Centre for Sustainable Fashion, at London College of Fashion, for her work and research in responsible fashion design education.
Tamara and Mary discuss responsible fashion at Social Alterations, as a type of virtual classroom dedicated to developing free, open-source curricula for fashion design students and educators.” Click here for more information, and to visit the Parsons site.
The North Shore Outlook, Black Press, followed SA Founder Mary Hanlon as she delivered the 1hour workshop [Fashion High] Understanding the Impact of your Clothing: An Introduction to high school students in North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada. Click here to learn more and to read the story.
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