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sustaInaBlE FashIon : a handBooK For Educators
The interactive activities in this chapter can be used
within any fashion discipline to introduce a range of social,
environmental and economic sustainability issues. Most of
the activities can be adapted to a range of age groups and
give participants the opportunity to consider their own
opinions about the issues raised.
Fashioning an Ethical Industry displays examples of students’
work relating to sustainability on its website at http://
fashioninganethicalindustry.org/studentwork/. Your own
students may find inspiration in these pages. We would also
be very happy to receive images and information about
students’ work in your own university, college or school for
consideration for the website.
aBout thE IntEractIVE actIVItIEs
In All Together Now by Südwind Agentur, Austria,
different steps on an assembly line are playfully illustrated
as students ‘manufacture’ a shirt through folding, cutting,
etc. Group members, one after another, carry out the task
they are assigned to produce as many high-quality shirts
as possible in the time available, in competition with other
groups. The ‘supervisor’ is responsible for quality control as
well as maintaining pressure on the workers to complete
the orders in time.
The Journalists’ Journey through the World of Garments
by Südwind Agentur, Austria, is a board game that enables
learning about the garment industry in a playful way. The
game takes students, as journalists, on a research tour to
different countries and illustrates parts of the garment
production process. Players visit organic and conventional
cotton plantations, tour dyeing factories in India, interview
seamstresses in Central America, visit European design
metropolises and second-hand clothing markets in Ghana.The Ethical Fashion Introductory Workshop: Toolkit
for Trainers presented by Anna Paluszek of the Polish
Humanitarian Organisation, Poland, outlines a workshop for
participants to explore working conditions in the garment
industry, global interdependencies and what consumers can
do to bring about change. The toolkit includes a role play
and necessary worksheets. All the activities included in the
workshop are interactive and involve the participants in the
debate.Fashioning an Ethical Industry, UK, present four activities
they have tried and tested with fashion students across
the UK. Students explore some basic facts and figures
about the garment industry in the interactive Quiz,
which is an ideal starting point for any workshop. In I
Agree/I Disagree: Exploring Attitudes to the Social and
Environmental Impact of the Garment Industry, students
respond to statements about the industry and debate
the issues raised to encourage the development of their
opinions. Garment Industry Initiatives to Address Working
Conditions (Fairtrade, the Ethical Trading Initiative, Slow
Fashion, Social Audits, Reducing Overtime Project and
Trade Unions) students discuss the strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats of each initiative in terms of
improving working conditions.Fashioning the Future – Where Will Fashion be in 2020?
by Nina Baldwin, Centre for Sustainable Fashion, London
College of Fashion, UK, is an activity during which, in groups,