Last Wednesday, 10th June, I headed to London in great anticipation to attend the Ethical Fashion Forum Source Summit Event. The event was held at the Amnesty International Building and was attended by around 150 people. There were representatives from Fairtrade and GOTS (Organic) accreditation bodies, both emerging and established brands, education, enabling technologies and consultants. I was looking forward to spending …
What’s Fair about Fairtrade? Well we’re now coming to the end of Fairtrade Fortnight in the UK. I hope you were able to take part in some of the events, such as Fairtrade Foundation’s ‘Sit down for breakfast, stand up for farmers!’ campaign, or grab a tasty Fairtrade muffin (or two). The Fortnight has undoubtedly raised the …
Fashion Revolution – Why April 24th? On April 24th 2013, a date now remembered as Fashion Revolution Day, the Rana Plaza Clothing Factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed on its garment workers. Over 1130 garment workers were killed and over 2500 were brought out alive from the wreckage – some with horrific injuries. Just imagine that number of …
Fashion Revolution – Encouraging children to ask ‘Who Made My Clothes?’ Read More »
Here we are in the New Year (half way through January already!). So how are those New Year’s resolutions coming along? Many people concentrate on what they should be giving up for the New Year – alcohol, chocolate or biscuits. A more positive approach might be to consider what changes we can take on board, …
By Jo Salter, Founder of Where Does It Come From? (www.wheredoesitcomefrom.co.uk) created for ‘Green Aspirations’ (www.green-aspirations.co.uk) At Where Does It Come From? we definitely have Green Aspirations! We have other aspirations too, all around offering ethical, traceable products made without detriment to people or planet and where the customer can actually find out how and …
A Green Business with Transparent Aspirations ……. Read More »
(Blog created for Yours Sustainably) People like to buy beautiful things, either for themselves or as gifts for the people they love. Beautiful things are often eye catching and unusual, or simple and well designed, but generally they must also fit the purpose for which they were intended. What use would a beautiful vase be if …
Beautiful and Practical – for Everyone Involved……… Read More »
Isn’t it amazing that we can travel all over the world for business or pleasure, we can Skype with family down under or across the pond, but it is still not easy to link up with the people who make our clothes or communicate across the supply chain. Clothes are pretty personal – they touch …
You might think that asking someone to have a better relationship with their clothes is a bit strange. Well it’s actually more of a re-awakening of old values. Do you remember being told to ‘treat your clothes with more respect’ when you chucked them on your bedroom floor? Right now Fast Fashion means that it’s …
Can We Love Our Clothes Like We Love Our Carrots? Read More »