UAL Green Week 2011

Green Week 2011 at University of the Arts London incorporated more events and involved more students than any previous Green Week. Events organised by the Students' Union and all colleges brought together many students and staff to raise awareness of campaigns and move forward ideas on all things 'Green' at UAL.

Including a CSM Pants to Poverty walk, the first Students' Union Create Late, Pecha Kucha presentations, sustainable sourcing by Chelsea canteen, the Launch of the new Sustainable Arts website plus an Estates Roadshow, green week was a great success.

The photographs below are taken from the first SU Create Late event  'Smells Like Green Spirit' at the UAL High Holborn Hub. With collaborators from Lush, Wholefoods, Rainforest Alliance, Environmental Justice Foundation and Urban Greenline, the Thursday night event was the highlight of the Green Week calendar.

UAL Green Week 2011

Plant Potting

Urban Green Line

Making facemasks with Lush

EJF Designer T-shirts

Rollapoluzo

Clothes Show London

Setting up the Clothes Show on Thursday morning was great to see the space of the Earls Court 2 venue empty and a shell hosting an army of people setting up their stalls, stages and stands for the weekend.






















Things started to come together as the clothes entered the venue, signs went up and the people arrived on Friday morning!


The Ethical Fashion Forum stand at the Clothes Show 2010 was profiling the work of great designers such as Junky Styling, Pachacutie and Mia. The Dress Doctor, Jo Pullen, was also exhibiting her designs and the work she does, reinventing and bringing wardrobes of clothes that are no longer loved or worn back to life.
Above is the EJF stand within the Carnaby Street Area of the show. Below is Una and myself dressing the EFF display.

EFF Social at EJF Pop Up Shop

April Ethical Fashion Forum Social at the EJF pop up shop on Carnaby street. Speakers from Forum for the Future, EJF, and Think Act Vote brought everyone up to date with their latest projects and initiatives. After the presentations the attendees were encouraged to try on the clothes in the upstairs boutique from labels such as From Somewhere, Goodone, Lowie and Monkee Jeans. Think Act Vote t-shirts that had been redesigned and customised by other designers such as Ciel and TRAID:remade were also available to try on.

It was a fun night and really interesting to hear the speakers from different areas of the industry speak so passionately about the major issues related to environmental and ethical concerns that effect the fashion industry.

EJF Pop Up Shop at Carnaby Street

Today I visited the Environmental Justice Foundation pop up shop at Carnaby Street (opposite end to Liberty). I love pop up shops and think they are a great way to get the message across to lots of shoppers about the issues surrounding the clothing we buy and making us aware of the values we need to consider when buying garments.

Raising awareness of their brilliant campaigns, check out their website here

The shop is selling great clothing brands such as:

Monkee Jeans, From Somewhere, Junky Styling, Goodone and Pants to Poverty, plus the collection of EJF designer organic and fair trade t-shirts.

The EJF pop up shop will also be the venue for the next EFF Social, on Thursday 29th April.