Sustainability Resources of the Week

Resources of February 8th:

  1. (IGTV 3 Part Series) Aditi Mayer in conversation with Dr. Vandana Shiva on Farmer Protests:
    1. Part 1 Decolonizing Land and Labor
    2. Part 2 Unpacking the Green Revolution
    3. Part 3 India’s Farmer Protests
  2. (Recorded FB Live) BUFU: Black and Asian Solidarity in NYC: What We’ve Learned
  3. (Report) Ellen MacArthur Foundation: The circular economy: a transformative Covid-19 recovery strategy
  4. (Article) Vice News: Canada Goose Workers Allege Unsafe Working Conditions in Winnipeg Factories
  5. (Article) The Guardian: Worker at H&M supply factory was killed after months of harassment, claims family
  6. (Article) Global Labour Justice: Negotiations Stalled as 90+ International Labor Groups Call on H&M, Gap, PVH and their Supplier Eastman Exports to Sign Binding Agreement to End Gender-Based Violence
  7. (Article) Retail Insight Network: Which fast-fashion websites produce the most CO2?
  8. (Podcast) FRENCH ONLY Luxurynsight X FashionNetwork – Episode 30: ‘Sustainability in Fashion & Luxury’ with Sylvie Benard
  9. (Podcast) Business Of Fashion (BOF): Racism and Inequality Are Stitched Into the Garments We Wear
    *Also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts
  10. (Podcast) The Wardrobe Crisis – Episode 135 Nina Gbor interviews Jason Hickel: Can DeGrowth Save Fashion?
  11. (Online Classes) Slow Factory Foundation: Open Education Winter/Spring 2021 Semester from February 12th to June 11th
  12. (Paying Events) THR3EFOLD: Ethical NYFW from February 15th to 19th

Resources of November 9th:

  1. (Recorded Summit) Slow Factory Foundation: New York Times Sustainability Summit (Approximately 6 hours with breaks)
  2. (Report) Baptist World Aid: Ethical Fashion Guide: COVID Edition
    *To download the free copy, select “order now” with an optional donation
  3. (Podcast) Bad Activist – Lauren Ritchie: It’s Eco Gal! Lauren Ritchie on environmentalism, inclusivity and Black Girl Blueprint
  4. (Webinar) Green Economy Canada: A Better Business, A Better World on November 18

Resources of November 2nd:

  1. (Documentary) Reel Truth: WAR ON WASTE: Fast Fashion (Climate Change)
  2. (Article) Harper’s Bazaar: Why fashion needs to understand the difference between inclusivity and diversity
  3. (Article) Open Global Rights: The #PayUp Campaign is intensifying, but don’t forget the women workers leading the movement
  4. (Workshop) Season for Change: Taking a Stand for Climate on November 11
  5. (Paying Event) The Guardian: The climate emergency: What next for the Paris Agreement? on November 12

Resources of October 26th:

  1. (Documentary) DW Documentary: The clothes we wear
  2. (Article) Atmos: The Twilight of the Ethical Consumer
  3. (Podcast) Sustainably Influenced – S02E03 Zinnia Kumar: Performative Sustainability
  4. (Webinar Series) Green Story: Carbon Offsetting in the Fashion Industry on October 26-27-28-29-30

Resources of October 19th:

  1. (Recorded Webinar) Selfridges Project Earth: Ethical Consumerism: Oxymoron or Opportunity with The Guardian
  2. (Report) Forum for the Future: From System Shock to System Change – Time to Transform, The Future of Sustainability
  3. (Podcast) The Wardrobe Crisis – Episode 128 Keah Brown: Why is Fashion Ignoring Disabled Customers?

Resources of October 12th:

  1. (Recorded Webinar) The Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center at UC Berkeley: COVID-19 Experience: Garment Workers’ Perspective from Bangladesh
  2. (Article) UN Environment Programme: Amid COVID-19, these 10 countries are aiming to kickstart their economies by repairing nature
  3. (Podcast) Conscious Chatter x Melanin & Sustainable Style: The Root: Decolonizing the Sustainable Fashion Agenda
  4. (Event) California State University: Climate Justice = Social Justice on October 14th

Resources of October 5th:

  1. (Course/Video) Slow Factory Foundation: Sustainability Literacy Crash Course
    *Sign up on the page to get the passcode to watch the videos. Worth it!
  2. (Article) Reuters: Height of fashion? Clothes mountains build up as recycling breaks down
  3. (Podcast) Green Dreamer – Episode 268 Maurie Cohen: Looking past individualism to seeing consumerism through a systemic lens
  4. (Event) Project Earth: The Climate Changemakers: Young Activists Fighting for Climate Justice on October 6th