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Cross-Curricular Chapter from Sustainable Fashion: A Handbook for Educators

The teaching activities and case studies in this chapter can be used within any fashion discipline to introduce a range of social, environmental and economic sustainability issues. There's a comprehensive reading list, ordered according to key themes that arise in student dissertations around ethics and sustainability, a higher education course outline and a case study of a whole school approach.

You can also download each individual teaching activity from this chapter and other cross-curricular materials.  

CONTENTS

Introduction

Further information

  • Teaching materials

Reading lists according to theme

Caryn Simonson, Chelsea College of Art and Design, UK

e-clips [http:eclips.cornell.edu] A video clip database including socially responsible apparel businesses

Suzanne Loker, Cornell University, USA

Moral development

Andrea Egger-Subotitsch, abif, Austria

Encouraging independent research through examining contentious issues

Sarah McDonnell and Colin Wilson, Northumbria University, UK

Implementation of an introductory college course/curriculum: globalization and labor in textiles

Stacey Skold and Wendy Weiss, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA                                         

Thinking globally, acting locally: School project

Dorothea Odörfer, Modeschule Hallein, Austria

 





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