“The fashion industry NEEDS this handbook. Without it, the designers of tomorrow
and the tutors that teach them would not be so well placed to make changes towards
sustainability.”
Dr Kate Fletcher, Reader and Designer in Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion.
“This publication provides a proactive and open way in which to integrate sustainability
into fashion education thereby future-proofing designers, education and industry...This
publication is exactly what we have had at the top of our wish list.”
Dilys Williams, Director, Centre for Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion.
“This collection of teaching strategies, activities and case studies provides teachers and
industry with the tools to transform the apparel industry by inspiring and galvanizing the
next generation of professionals in the social and environmental responsibility movement.
An international group of professors contributed their best ideas for engaging others in
the issues and creative solutions for a more ethical and responsible apparel industry. The
Handbook’s easy accessibility and creative and provocative strategies will help educators
around the world introduce social and environmental responsibility in a broad array of
courses, choosing and adapting activities to individual interests and teaching style.”
Dr Suzanne Loker, Professor Emerita, Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design, Cornell University.
“I have been teaching fashion industry courses from a social responsibility perspective for a
number of years and am delighted that there is now a publication for educators... designed
from a social responsibility perspective.”
Leslie Burns, Professor and Department Chair, Oregon State University-USA.
“At last a publication that brings together for the first time teaching activities, case-studies
of experience of teaching about sustainability and course outlines and reading lists - all
written by educators - so that tutors in fashion, but also other disciplines, can engage with
their students on those issues which are challenging the industry now and in the future.”
Doug Miller, Inditex/ITGLWF Professor in Ethical Fashion, School of Design.
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