ECOFASHION 101: Sustainability education with a new twist

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UNIT-LESSON PLAN BREAKDOWN (subject to change. Items in ORANGE will be launced as part of the abridged pilot program in Philadelphia, PA and surrounding areas late September 2005). Updated: 21-Sept-2005.

Unit 1: What is My Impact?

  • 1.1: Brand Warm-up
  • 1.2: What is Consumption?
  • 1.3: Comic (with Key Concepts & Terms)

  • 1.4: The Ecological Footprint…of Your Shoe???

Unit 2: You Are What You Wear
  • 2.1: The Fabric of our Lives
  • 2.2: The Secret Lives of our Clothes
  • 2.3: Sustainable Agriculture

  • 2.4: Fashion's Hidden Chemistry

  • 2.5: Chemical Pathways and Effects

Unit 3: Life Behind the Label
  • 3.1: U D-Zine: Life by a Silken Thread
  • 3.2: From Birth to Death of a T-Shirt: Life Cycle Assessments (Part 1)
  • 3.3: A Fashion Icon in Sheep's Clothing: Life Cycle Assessments (Part 2)
  • 3.4: Human Rights & Rights at Work
  • 3.5: Tracing the Labor Line


Unit 4: The Global Fashion Industry
  • 4.1: Tagging and Mapping
  • 4.2: The Textile Trade: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

  • 4.3: The Global Village: We are One

Unit 5: Generation S™: What's Your Style?
  • 5.1: Adbusters: Don't Go Sidestepping, Say it to My Face!
  • 5.2: Trendsetters: Case Studies (in conjunction with YouthXChange)

  • 5.3: Action Team Service-Learning Projects: "Think Globally, Act Locally"

  • 5.4: Consumption Survey

Evaluation Form, Reflection

 


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