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Nov 27, 20202 min read

This Black Friday, make the most of what you have

Andrea Pecora’s 2016 short film Desula pays an hommage to an almost extinct Sardinian dress tradition. When the women in the village of...

Nov 20, 20202 min read

Earth Logic: new hope for Black Friday

Let this Black Friday mark the beginning of a new obsession. An obsession not with shopping, not with buying more things that we don’t need.

Nov 4, 20204 min read

On Wearing Old Clothes

Looking back on my thesis exploring toward women’s relationships with their everyday clothes through the lens of my designer-maker practice.

May 20, 20203 min read

Strengthening sustainability literacy – The Sustainable Fashion Glossary

Developed in partnership with Condé Nast, The Sustainable Fashion Glossary is designed to strengthen and develop sustainability literacy.

May 13, 20205 min read

Mutual Aid as a framework for interdependence

Exploring the concept of Mutual Aid as a framework for care, adding to discussions about an ecologically just post-Covid future.

May 1, 20203 min read

The future is here…it’s up to us to live it

The unexpected and for most, the unimagined is happening. A large majority of people around the world have dramatically changed how they are

May 1, 20204 min read

Rethinking sustainability – resources for all in uncertain times

Our education team have brought together resources, that can support those who are rethinking their fashion sustainability teaching..

May 1, 20206 min read

Impact and legacy – ‘Making for Change: Waltham Forest’

Throughout the year long project Making for Change: Waltham Forest, its extensive programme facilitated an enriching experience...

Apr 24, 20202 min read

We are still fighting for transparency

Seven years on, we are still fighting for transparency in the fashion supply chain, for access to unions for workers across the world.

Apr 22, 20202 min read

Earth Logic: Fashion Action Research Plan

Earth Logic, a fashion action research plan offers a radical vision for the fashion industry...to transform by putting Earth first.

Apr 3, 20202 min read

Shared values through education

Working towards Education for Sustainability at London College of Fashion (LCF), comes with many considerations...

Mar 27, 20205 min read

Downtime in the months of disruption, vulnerability, and generosity of spirit

Here we are now, in our home offices – researchers, designers, makers, all doing our utmost to adapt to the new circumstances of the COVID.

Mar 25, 20203 min read

Put fashion back onto the agenda

The re-convened Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has set out its plans, which, so far, do not include fashion....

Feb 25, 20203 min read

Education is the leverage point for change

Looking at how much more needs to be done in education for sustainability, our Interim Report Education for Sustainability Transformation.

Feb 5, 20202 min read

Climate change has no borders and cooperation on a global scale is even more necessary

When we launched Antarctica World Passport in 2008, we believed in international cooperation – Antarctica became a symbol of hope...

Jan 21, 20204 min read

We know the power of making, but we’ve never applied it in such extreme circumstances

Since January 2019, Professor Helen Storey has been working with the UNHCR as ‘Artist in Residence’ at Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan...

Jan 16, 20205 min read

Making innovation in design processes more accessible

Blackhorse Lane Ateliers – hosted a research residency as part of ‘Making For Change: Waltham Forest’ a project...

Jan 10, 20204 min read

Better Lives: Capping production and building in some downtime

We look back on what the leaders of micro and small businesses who spoke at our 2019 Better Lives event...

Jan 8, 20205 min read

Reflections on a year of Making for Change: Waltham Forest

As we look back on 2019, a year which saw Waltham Forest being the first London Borough of Culture, it seems a timely opportunity to reflect

Dec 11, 20194 min read

Supporting sustainable design and viable innovation in the fashion industry

We caught up with the winners of The Kering Awards 2019 – a partnership with Kering which supports sustainable design and viable innovation