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ECO SCHOOLS:
- Encouraging young people to engage in their environment, giving them the opportunity to actively protect it. It starts in the classroom, expands to the school and eventually fosters change in the community at large.
- Good way of educating kids about improving their environmental footprint. Also gives schools a chance to be more sustainable providing a less costly and more responsible school environment,
- Big emphasis on involving local community from the very beginning
Although this is a different approach to what we are trying to achieve (ours being more fashion textile based) it is a similar concept; educating young people on how to be more sustainable to therefore see real results in our environment.
Also, the age range for this programme is slightly younger than our desired target audience which is around 19-23.
Eco schools relies on school leaders and is a compulsory part of school schedules for pupils of that audience. Our target market however is slightly older meaning our platform/workshops would be most likely be dependent on the amount of interest, people who want to join.
ECO SCHOOLS- Cut your carbon:
Eco-schools also started a new national campaign where they produce a series of resources and activities for young people, aiming to raise awareness about carbon emissions. The initiative covers three main sources of carbon emissions in our climate today: Textiles, energy use and food.
The idea was for each school to choose one of the carbon emitting areas, where they would be assigned an activity specifically for that chosen area.
Area 1 would be focused on textiles, 2 would be energy, and 3 would be for food. This allows schools to choose which area they think children would have an opportunity to make really make a difference and engage with the most. Furthermore, the textiles aspect specifically is a great starting point for kids to learn more about fast fashion and how there are ways to shop for clothing responsibly.
LEAP THEN LOOK:
Leap then Look was another organisation that I though would be interesting to look at as a service based platform using creative practice to approach sustainability. Although they are using textiles/fashion specifically, they do use scrap materials in majority of their workshops and limit waste.
Leap then Look creates art works, workshops and group projects for people of all ages and abilities. Using a variety of different approaches from performance, film, photography, installation there’s a discipline for everyone to choose from and enjoy.
Leap then Look was established in 2019 and has worked at a number of institutions such as the Tate, Royal Academy, Phoenix Art Space, Orleans House Gallery, Photoworks, Brighton Photo Fringe, Thomas Tallis School, West Rise School, Hemmingway Design Events, and Universities of Brighton, Kingston, Westminster and UCL Institute of Education.