The craft of creating sustainably
Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, and… Not So Green Many designers know of the environmental impact of the type of fabrics they use: Natural versus synthetic materials, for example. However, most have yet to consider the toxicity of textile dyes and …
Jean Michel Basquiat is proof that you can make an impact in a short time. Intuitively, you know you can change the world in an instant. What can you learn from his work ethos? Brooklyn-born Basquiat produced a body of …
Repair is an important sustainable concept. Try repairing your knits. Do it alone or do it in your community and spread the word. Amy Twigger Holroyd created Reknit Revolution to popularize repair in knitting again. Twigger Holroyd is a fashion …
Fashion Fiction is an educational exercise to build a better vision of the fashion world. Why not start by imagining a perfect place. The Fashion Fiction exercise is useful in classroom settings or in an ideation stage of a project. In …
Cool fact one: This sustainable t-shirt is made from made of Algae and Tree Pulp. Watch this timelapse as it composts. Cool fact two: The Plant & Algae t-shirt completely biodegrades and quickly in two weeks. Cool fact three: The …
Originally written May 14, 2016 Use sustainable and fair fabrics and be part of the fashion avant-garde. The future of fashion is all about sustainability. The first step in practicing sustainability in fashion is fabric choice. Keep it to one …
Originally writing on April 6, 2020. This April 22, 2020, Earth Day goes digital due to COVID-19 health crisis. Much of the collective activities will take place in digital spaces and on various online platforms. An app has been designed …
Originally Published on February 16, 2021 at 4961 × 3508 in 17 Sustainable Development Goals as collectively defined in January 2015.
SKOLSTREJK FOR KLIMATET Fridays for Future There is no Planet B. If you can’t reuse it, refuse it. Give peas a chance It’s the only earth we’ve got May the forest be with you Modern technology owes the ecology an …
Originally written On June 6, 2016 The Behind the clothes exhibition curated by sustainable fashion designer Bruno Pieters is all about working with a sustainable ethos. It is a display of selected pieces of sustainably redesigned garments (“the Clothes”) from …