The project “Fair trade in the textile industry: How to be green, ethic and fair?” aims at educating our students to a deeper and more conscious knowledge of fashion, a leading sector in the economy of our two countries. Today fashion is not just creating amazing garments, it is creating garments in a world that is experiencing a dramatic situation, with a devastated environment, exploited natural resources, a nature that rebels against man and imposes its own rules, as the coronavirus pandemic is demonstrating. Our students must become aware of the consequences of our actions, and in particular of the consequences of the textile industry and of fast fashion. This issue will be implemented in most school subjects, besides workshops, meeting with experts and project activities will be included as an integral part of school curricula. Thanks to these actions, the students from partner schools will be able to develop their competencies and skills. The short-term exchanges of students will enable the participants to get in direct contact with another European country, broaden their horizons and acquire new possibilities to continue their education and pursue a career in the future. The local community plays a fundamental role in our project, the activities and cultural events organised by partner schools hopefully will have a significant influence on them, too. The Vademecum of Best Practices created at the end of the project, will be adopted in both schools and will be sent to all the fashion schools of our regions, companies and businesses operating in the field. This will ensure sustainability to the project .
The project “Fair trade in the textile industry: How to be green, ethical and fair?” aims to educate our students to a deeper and more conscientious knowledge of fashion, a leading sector in the economy of our two countries. Today, fashion not only creates amazing clothes, it creates clothes in a world that is experiencing a dramatic situation, with a devastated environment, exploited natural resources, a nature that rebels against man and imposes its own rules, as demonstrated by the coronavirus pandemic. Our students have become aware of the consequences of our actions, and in particular the consequences of the textile industry and fast fashion. This question has been integrated into most school subjects (language courses, professional courses such as how to produce more sustainably in fashion workshops, business courses: how to be conscious and try to offer sustainable products), the activities of the the project was included as an integral part of school curricula. Through these actions, students from partner schools developed their skills and abilities and noticed that the problem was international. They nevertheless noted that awareness is European with our partnership and they were able to work together. Thanks to a team spirit and collaboration, the students highlighted ecological issues and were able to highlight certain good practices. They collaborated, discovered and exchanged on their vision of the world and more particularly on a common objective of sustainability for a better future. They thus gained in autonomy and team spirit. Awareness did not give them a pessimistic view of the issue. On the contrary, the students were a source of ideas and perspectives. They participated in the vademecum of good practices and the ebook. These elements will be shared within the school community and can be implemented in each establishment in the years to come. Short-term student exchanges allowed participants to come into direct contact with European partners, broaden their horizons and gain new opportunities to continue their studies. This open-mindedness made them want to travel with their family to return to the host country, to do internships abroad for some and will facilitate professional mobility. The handbook of good practices created at the end of the project will be adopted in both schools. it is available on school websites and on the twinspace of the ESEP platform