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sustaInaBlE FashIon : a handBooK For Educators
teaching Materials
There is information about a range of teaching resources,
films, exhibitions and images on the Fashioning an Ethical
Industry website at http://fashioninganethicalindustry.org/
resources/. Some you may find useful for design related
teaching include:
[Pre-16, FE, UG, PG] Teaching Guide for the Designer’s
Atlas of Sustainability
This guide aims to support undergraduate and
postgraduate educators in delivering education in
sustainable design, treating sustainability in its broadest
sense, encompassing ideas about social, environmental,
economic and well-being. The guide has been produced
to cater to a range of design disciplines, including fashion.
The teaching guide contains 28 design briefs and exercises,
and more than 20 additional resources and tips (such as
ideas for films, essay topics and field trips). Themes include
biomimicry, ethical and fair trade issues, slow design,
happiness, economics and new models of practice that
enable design activism.
Thorpe, A. (2008) Teaching Guide for the Designer’s Atlas of
Sustainability.
Available to download for free from http://www.designers-
atlas.net/teachguide.html
[Pre-16, FE] The Sustainability Handbook for Design and
Technology Teachers
The handbook aims to “enable students to produce great
designs and great products based on sustainability principles”.
It’s target audience is all design and technology teachers,
but a number of examples are taken from the fashion
industry and others can easily be adapted by fashion
teachers. The six ‘R’s of sustainability are covered in the
publication – rethink, refuse, reuse, reduce, repair and
recycle - with lots of suggestions for teaching activities and
design tools.Capewell, I. (2007) The Sustainability Handbook for Design
and Technology Teachers, Practical Action.To buy, see http://practicalaction.org/?id=sustainability_
handbook[Pre-16, FE] Passion for Fashion
Passion for Fashion, a resource from the Reading
International Solidarity Centre (RISC), includes lots of
creative and interactive ideas for running a workshop
to introduce participants to working conditions in the
garment industry.RISC (2003) Passion for Fashion, RISC.Download for free from http://www.risc.org.uk/education/
teaching_resources.html