20 Free Online Sustainable Fashion Events In November
The following events are all centered around sustainable fashion, FREE and completely online. Consider registering for any event you are interested in attending! This has never been so important to learn how to create a more just and humane world through fashion.
Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
10:00 - 11:00 AM (CDT)
The Tension Between Capitalism and Sustainable Fashion by Regent’s University London
This event will center around Sophia Scott from Groundtruth Global and Genia Mineeva from Been London. They will share their personal sustainable fashion journey, how they built their business and how they have remained sustainable.
6:00- 7:00 PM (CDT)
Ethical Fashion Workshop - Bianca Flint -The Wardrobe Green - Op Shop Style by Grampians Central West Waste and Resource Recovery Group
This event will center around Bianca Flint from The Wardrobe Green at the Op Shop. Flint is a sustainable fashion stylist and Op shopper that resells quality preloved clothing. She will provide insight of how to dress stylishly.
Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
8:30- 10:00 AM (CDT)
Sustainability Speaker Series: Is There Such a Thing as Sustainable Fashion? by Cranfield Sustainability Network
This event will focus on bringing awareness of different possibilities around sustainable fashion. Panelists will include resale/rental businesses, fashion retailers and campaigners that will explore how sustainable fashion can take shape and how consumers can have a role in it.
9:00- 11:00 AM (CDT)
Digitalising Sustainable Clothing Consumption by University of Glasgow and ESRC Festival of Social Sciences
This event will host an expert panel that will explore the issues and opportunities found in the fashion industry. Special focus will be placed on digitalizing sustainable fashion consumption.
10:00 - 11:00 AM (CDT)
Renting consumer goods: sustainable consumption in a post-Covid world? by Cardiff University ESRC IAA
This event will explore attitudes, drivers and barriers in the rental service market. Three consumer-focused studies will be presented by the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust and two rental businesses will be featured. In addition, a reflection of how COVID-19 impacted the rental services will be included. Attendees were will be able to participate in interactive polls and in the Q&A session.
Thursday, November 12th, 2020
11:00- 12:00 PM (CDT)
Luxury Fashion Equilibrium: Marketing Strategy and Sustainable Innovation by The Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Glasgow Caledonian New York College
This event will be led by Professor Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas EdD. She is a professor in Marketing and Sustainable Business at the British School of Fashion, GCU London. Radclyffe-Thomas will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the global luxury fashion industry and its implications. Marketing strategy and sustainable innovation examples making the luxury fashion sector better will be presented.
Friday, November 13th, 2020
12:00- 1:00 PM (CDT)
How To Start A Career In Sustainable Fashion by Grit & Glamour by Ruby
This webinar will provide information on how to start or pivot in having a meaningful career in fashion. Ruby Veridiano will discuss her journey in sustainable fashion, give guidance of the grit and glamour it takes to start a meaningful career in fashion and answer any questions attendees may have.
Monday, November 16th, 2020
1:30- 3:30 PM (CDT)
Imagining Sustainable Fashion Worlds by Amy Twigger Holroyd, Nottingham Trent University
This event will host a discussion with researchers that will share insights around sustainability and fashion. They will guide attendees through a creative process that will help form a short written outline of an imaginary sustainable fashion world. There will be an option to share your outline with the Fashion Fictions project, which aims in bringing people together to envision alternative fashion worlds
Tuesday, November 17th, 2020
9:00- 10:00 AM (CDT)
IG Live: LDC x Shaunie Brett by Lone Design Club
This event will center around Shaunie Brett, sustainability expert and founder of Sussed. The discussion will be hosted on Instagram and what we can do to live a more sustainable life.
10:30 - 11:30 AM (CDT)
In conversation with Francois van den Abeele, CEO & Founder of Sea2See by Regent’s University London
This event will center around Francois van den Abeele and his story around sustainable fashion, plastic waste and Sea2See. It will specifically cover his journey of turning plastic waste into a profitable business that produces eyewear and watches.
11:00- 12:00 PM (CDT)
Scrap Culture: Sustainable Design Practices in a World of Waste by AIA Detroit
This event will explore how the design industry is using waste to bridge design and sustainability and how it can be used to create to new things. Learning objectives include understanding the benefits of circular economy design, exploring the idea of waste being design currency, identifying new and innovative materials that supports a sustainable future and analyzing new sustainable design processes.
12:30- 2:00 PM (CDT)
WEBINAR - Next Wave Fashion Tech - Digital and Sustainable by Women of Wearables Global
This event will focus on connecting, learning, sharing and discussing sustainable fashion with technology experts. The webinar will discuss the fashion tech industry, its upcoming trends, the digitalization of fashion, sustainability and fashion and what to expect next in the fashion industry.
6:00 -7:00PM (CDT)
Ethics, Fair Trade & YOU! by NYC Fair Trade Coalition x The Society of Ethical Culture
This event will discuss how consumers’ everyday decisions and purchases affect the world. Make Manhattan Fair will moderate a short presentation around overconsumption, waste management, human trafficking and exploitation, cause-related marketing and propaganda, body positivity, clothing sizing standards conscious consumerism and certifications.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
5:00 -6:00PM (CDT)
Digital Workshop: Adjusting Patterns with FABSCRAP + Robyn Andrea Burgess by FABSCRAP
This event will teach you how to adjust commercial patterns to fit your body. This will be led by Robyn Andrea Burgess from @styleinseams. You will be able to discover how to add or remove inches, alter garment curves and a number of techniques to create well-fitting garments from any pattern.
Thursday, November 19th, 2020
12:00 - 2:30 PM(CDT)
Future Focused Fashion & Textiles: Building a Socially Responsible Ethos by The Future Economy Network
This workshop will explore sustainability and social responsibility in textiles and within the fashion industry. The lead speaker will be Jane Murrow, Course Leader at Chelsea College of Arts, University of The Arts London.
12:00- 1:00 PM(CDT)
The Earth Convention - Consumers – Fast Fashion, Manufacturing and Plastic by 5x15 and Rathbones
This event will focus on consumers and manufacturing. It will delve into how consumer choices and business supply chains impact Earth and its biodiversity. Guests will discuss how powerful consumers are in tackling climate change, the incentives needed for businesses to do good, how stories shape consumer’s stories around the products they consume and the impact of COVIID-19 on behavior and values
7:00 -8:00 PM (CDT)
Green is the New Black by W/ Purpose
This event will focus on providing a space for planetary and inner healing. It will explore challenges in climate change and how the fashion industry contributes to our environmental anxiety and fears. The panel will be lead by experts from FIDM, W/purpose, Fabscrap, OurRestore and Faithfully Sustainable.
Tuesday, November 24th, 2020
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM(CDT)
LDC x NLC: Politics vs Fashion, A Debate on Sustainability by Lone Design Club x Sustainability Forum
This event will focus on hosting a live debate around the role politics has in creating sustainable change in the fashion industry. The discussion will explore issues in the industry, who is responsible, and how change can happen. Featured guests will include designers and politicians.
Thursday, November 26th, 2020
12:00- 2:00 PM(CDT)
LDC x Fashion Originators LIVE: Staying Sane in Fashion by Lone Design Club
This event will be an opportunity to hear a conversation between fashion professionals that will share self-care and mindset tips in a live podcast discussion. You will be able to have a chance to be featured on the podcast by participating in this event.
1:00 - 2:30 PM (CDT)
Fashion: An Alternative Future by Makerversity London
This event will explore how combining technology, bio-material and craft can fix waste issues in the fashion industry. PhD researcher Oonagh O’Hagan and bio-designer Cassie Quinn will discuss this with the aim of envisioning a new fashion world.
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