Sustainable Design Awards, Practical Action
Students sometimes find it hard to decide on a project design brief. They also have problems getting feedback on their designing and making from suitable stakeholders. The Sustainable Design Awards (SDA) website is designed to help. The six textiles design contexts are intended to give students possible starting points from which to develop their own design briefs, or take the given context as their starting point. The context cards available on the SDA website when flipped over, give further information to help students find out more. They also provide links to stakeholders such as People Tree and Howies, who have helped develop the contexts and may be able to provide support via the given contacts. Tutors can use other parts of the SDA website with students to develop their understanding of how sustainability issues relate to design.
| 1. Level | FE |
| 2. Pre-requisite knowledge required by educators | B. General knowledge of the textiles and garment industry required.
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| 3. Pre-requisite knowledge required by students | A. No background knowledge required.
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| 4. Number of students | Any number |
| 5. Length of time required | Adjustable |
| 6. Type of activity | Individual work, Group work, Student presentations, Interactive activities, Ideas for projects, assignments and briefs, Discussion and debate |
| 7. Discipline | Cross-curricular, Design, Interactive |
| 8. Topics covered | Companies, Consumers, Corporate social responsibility, Environment, Fair trade, Organic, Student / educator defined |
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