Sustainable Fashion: A Handbook for Educators, Fashioning an Ethical Industry

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In these pages, you will find a wealth of resources to support the teaching of ethics and sustainability within fashion education.

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Click on the link to the left to download Sustainable Fashion: A Handbook for Educators edited by Liz Parker on behalf of Fashioning an Ethical Industry (UK) and Marsha Dickson on behalf of Educators for Socially Responsible Apparel Business (USA).
Educators can order a hard-copy of Sustainable Fashion: A Handbook for Educators from the educational resource section of the Labour Behind the Label website.
Scroll down this page using the pink bar to the right to download sections of this Handbook and other teaching materials in alphabetical order by author.

Seeing through the Spin: Public relations in the global economy, BabyMilk Action and RISC Fashioning the future: Where will fashion be in 2020? Nina Baldwin Educating for a socially responsible fashion industry at AMFI, Patricia Brien Trading Trainers - exploring inequalities in international trade, CAFOD/Christian Aid Collaborating across universities and industry to offer online educational opportunities for social responsibility, Marsha A. Dickson Proposed learning goals for social responsibility and sustainability, Marsha A. Dickson Book summary: Social responsibility in the global apparel industry, Marsha A. Dickson, Suzanne Loker, Molly Eckman Ethical Trading Initiative case studies to address impacts of purchasing practices on working conditions, Ethical Trading Initiative An institutional approach to sustainable fashion education, Fashioning an Ethical Industry Buying Power - how decision making in the fashion industry impacts on working conditions, Fashioning an Ethical Industry I agree/I disagree: Exploring attitudes to the social and environmental impact of the garment industry, Fashioning an Ethical Industry Garment industry initiatives to address working conditions, Fashioning an Ethical Industry Labels and initiatives, Fashioning an Ethical Industry Quiz: Introducing the Garment Industry, Fashioning an Ethical Industry Designing slow fashion, Kate Fletcher Slow Fashion, Kate Fletcher Student experiences of raising ethical issues during placement, Caroline Gilbey Collaborating with fair trade producers: Design and trends, Toni Hicks Responsibilities of consumption: Educational activities plus course outline, reading lists and essay titles, Hannah Higginson Globalisation and supply chain working conditions, Rachelle Jackson Development Education Tool Box, Just Business Labour Behind Labels, Just Business Style Showdown, Sara B. Marcketti and Sara J. Kadolph Student book club: The travels of a t-shirt in the global economy, Joy Kozar Step into her Trainers, Labour Behind the Label Clothing Care Calculator, Katie Dombek-Keith and Suzanne Loker FILM CLIPS: E-clips, Suzanne Loker Design piracy: A constructive controversy, Sara B. Marcketti What Price a Living Wage? Doug Miller Thinking globally, acting locally: School project, Dorothea Odorfer Sourcing ethically: Learning through presentations, Claire Orwin Ethical fashion introductory workshop: Toolkit for trainers, Anna Paluszek Global sourcing decision case study, Minjeong Kim, Leslie Davis-Burns, Marsha A. Dickson and Haesun Park Sustainable Design Awards, Practical Action Winners and losers at the Olympics, Practical Action practical action design and technology resource Ideas for design briefs, Fashioning an Ethical Industry and Abbie Price Reading lists according to theme, Caryn Simonson Passion for Fashion - a creative exploration of the global garment industry, RISC Approaches to research and writing for BA dissertations relevant to Fashioning an Ethical Industry, Caryn Simonson Implementation of an Introductory College Course/Curriculum: Globalization and Labor in Textiles, Wendy Weiss and Stacey Skold Customised denim project with further education students, Maria Skoyles Fashion High: Understanding the impact of your clothing, Social Alterations All together now: Piecework on an assembly line, Sudwind Agentur Moral development, Andrea Egger-Subotitsch Introducing the cotton supply chain and sustainability, Sudwind Agentur Journalists' journey through the world of garments, Sudwind Agentur Ideas for business related assignments, Chloe Mason and Jacqueline Shorrocks The Handbook of Sustainable Literacy, Arran Stibbe On teaching empathy, Sue Thomas Designer's Atlas of Sustainability, Ann Thorpe The elephant in the room: Contextualising the ethical within fashion excellence, Mo Tomaney Behind the Seams, TRAID Problem based learning: The perfect tool for a creative curriculum, Efrat Tseelon Visual display and merchandising for an ethical fashion industry, Connie Ulasewicz Ethical issues in fashion marketing, Rosemary Varley New course units on ethical fashion, Caroline Gilbey, Heather Pickard and Dilys Williams Encouraging independant research through examining contentious issues, Sarah McDonnell and Colin Wilson

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