Resources

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Resources: Organizations & Tools

Sustainable Fashion Organizations for Activism and Education​:

• Fashion Revolution

• Clean Clothes Campaign

• Remake

• Fibershed

• Ellen MacArthur Foundation

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Check out the Following Tools:

• Trashie: Clothing textile recycling! Perfect for when your pieces are past the point of swapping)

• Whering: "Clueless Closet" platform to help you wear more of what you own

• Good on You: Sustainability ratings for clothing brands and beauty products

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Creative Solutions and Skills

Inspiring New Life in your Garments!:​

• Introduction to Visible Mending

• ​Create a Rag Rug from your Textile Waste

• Create a Basket from your Textile Waste

• How to make T-Shirt Yarn

• Check out our Pinterest for more project ideas

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Skill Resources:

• How to thread a sewing machine (sewing machines can be accessed by appointment in our Office within the Student Activity Center)

• How to darn

• How to do a ladder stitch (a helpful invisible mending technique)

• How to hem something

• Stain Removal Guide

• How to Fix a Zipper

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Films

• The True Cost (2015)

• Riverblue (2017)

• Fashion Reimagined (2022)

• The Next Black (2014)

• Traceable (2014)

• The Machinists (2012)

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Books

• The Conscious Closet by Elizabeth L. Cline

• Loved Clothes Last by Orsola de Castro

• Unraveled: The Life and Death of A Garment by Maxine Bedat

• Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter

• Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline

• ​Fibershed by Rebecca Burgess

• ​Mending Matters by Katrina Rodabaugh

• Consumed by Aja Barber

• Fashionopolis by Dana Thomas

• A Bunch of Pretty Things I Did Not Buy by Sarah Lazarovic

• ​Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser

• This Long Thread by Jen Hewett​

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We also have a small library of books available for short-term check out in our Office in the Student Activity Center. In the spirit of the reuse economy, we encourage you to explore these books and more at your local library.

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Podcasts

• Conscious Style Podcast

• Pre-Loved Podcast

• Conscious Chatter