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Posts in the Environment category

• Ethiopia’s Organic Cotton Future

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  April 26, 2019

  • Environment
  Cotton is the most used natural fibre in the textile industry but we don’t tend to make the connection that […] Read More...

• HURR supports the 23% campaign

  

  By TRAID.

  March 21, 2019

  • Campaigns
  • Clothes Reuse
  • Education
  • Environment
  TRAID is partnering with HURR, the UK’s first peer-to-peer wardrobe rental platform. They are on a mission to make fashion […] Read More...

• EAC calls for more regulation of the fashion industry

  

  By Andrea Speranza.

  February 19, 2019

  • Campaigns
  • Environment
  • Ethical Fashion
  The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has today published its final report on its inquiry into the sustainability of the fashion […] Read More...

• MPs puts fast fashion under scrutiny

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  November 26, 2018

  • Environment
  • Ethical Fashion
  Tomorrow, Tuesday November 27th, an unprecedented investigation by MPs will take place when some of our best-known high street retailers […] Read More...

• WI Calls to End Plastic Clothing Pollution

  

  By TRAID.

  November 13, 2018

  • Campaigns
  • Environment
  Sophie Page, Research and Campaigns Officer at the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, tells TRAID about its latest End Plastic […] Read More...

• Queen’s Park Community School Support Local Repair Cafe

  

  By Sarah.

  October 29, 2018

  • Clothes Reuse
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Events
  • Repair
  • Reuse
  • TRAID Charity Shops
  • Up-cycling
  Year 9 students from Queen’s Park Community School in Brent were tasked with creatively repairing and altering damaged garments donated […] Read More...

• Naturally dyed, ethically hand-made

  

  By Josie George.

  October 22, 2018

  • Environment
  • Ethical Fashion
  Josie George, co-founder at AMMA, talks to TRAID about how this social enterprise is providing employment and life skills to […] Read More...

• TRAID Partners With V&A Museum For Graphic Gathering

  

  By Sarah Klymkiw.

  October 15, 2018

  • #secondhandfirst
  • Campaigns
  • Clothes Reuse
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Ethical Fashion
  • Events
  • Reuse
  • Social Justice
  TRAID are this year’s partners for the Victoria and Albert Museum’s nationwide design competition Graphic Gathering. TRAID Education were thrilled to be […] Read More...

• 123 million clothes in London unworn

  

  By Andrea Speranza.

  September 24, 2018

  • Campaigns
  • Clothes Reuse
  • Environment
  London is one of the greatest fashion capitals in the world. Look at any part of this crowded city and […] Read More...

• The Sustainable Wardrobe

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  June 26, 2018

  • Clothes Reuse
  • Environment
  TRAID spoke to Chloe Jagger, contributing fashion writer at lyst.com and shared our top tips on how to create a […] Read More...

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