ECF Circular Fashion Education Toolkit

Online Learning Resources for Students and Teachers

Picture Book Library
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The following stories explore the role of clothing and fashion in society, the different clothes we have worn over time and in different parts of the world, how and where our clothes are made:

 

Written by Sarah Brennan
Illustrated by Kathryn Mann
Produced by Redress

A book produced by Redress tells about Yoyo and her planet-loving little brother, Kevin, on their adventures to save their favourite super-powered T-shirt from the bin. Learn about how you can share, repair and repurpose your old clothes to help save the planet!

  

By Natasha Slee

A story about the history of fashion around the world that captures the mood and style of each unique time and place.

ISBN  |  978-1786031945

  

By Helen Greathead

A story about how clothes are made in different parts of the world, highlighting the work of Fairtrade and similar organisations.

ISBN  |  978-1445132747

  

By Emma Damon

A story about the different clothes different people in different professions and different climates wear all over the world, and the exciting technologies we might wear in the future.

ISBN  |  978-1910959176

  

By Laurel Remington

A children’s novel about peer pressure, wanting to look good at school, throwaway culture, and finding pre-owned treasures in vintage shops.

ISBN  |  978-1911077756

  

 
 

The following stories give students an insight into the different steps and resources that are required to make our clothes (Where Did My Clothes Come From?), as well as different ways that people use their local environments (Mirror and Four Feet, Two Sandals):

 

By Jeannie Baker

A story about the day in the life of two families - one in a Western city and one in a North African village.

ISBN  |  978-0763648480

  

By Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed

A story about children who have to wash their clothes in the river and walk to get daily water, giving students an insight into how water scarcity makes daily life a challenge for survival in some communities.

ISBN  |  978-0802852960

  

By Christine Butterworth

The author visits farms, forests and factories around the world to tell us the stories about where our clothes come from.

ISBN  |  978-0763695187

  

作者 丁輝 (編)

一個有關皮鞋的故事,帶領孩子明白到皮鞋生產及我們使用的過程中對環境污染的問題,讓孩子得到科學及環保知識。書後還有「小知識」、「愛心提示」、「動手做做」等生活小常識。

國際書號  |  978-9620848278

  

 
 

The following stories are part of the Voices of Future Generations book series where children aged 8-12 are invited to submit stories about the environment relating to the Sustainable Development Goals:

 

By Andrea Wilson

A story about a young girl who courageously embarks on a whirlwind journey to combat pollution, global warming, plastic waste, habitat loss and greenhouse gases.

  

By Anna Kuo

A story about the relationship of dependency between people and the natural environment.

  

By Huang Yun-Hung

A story about raising people’s awareness about protecting nature through education and community initiatives.

  

 

The following stories are part of the Comics Uniting Nations series which aims to make the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals accessible to the citizens of the world through comics.

 

This comic is about a young superhero trying to teach the world that long term sustainability and survival is more important than short term economic gains.

  

This comic is about Goal 13: Climate Action. It explores the effects of climate change in different parts of the world.

  

A comic for each of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

  

 

The following stories explore where things go when we no longer want them and how, through small acts and imagination, students can be part of the solution:

 

By Deborah Chancellor

A story about how toys affect the environment and how children can make a difference by mending, swapping and sharing. A great story for drawing parallels with clothes.

ISBN  |  978-1526308955

  

By Lisa Bullard

A story about thinking before throwing away and choosing to re-use and repair instead. The story explores things children use every day like pencils, crayons, clothes, bikes, toys and books.

ASIN  |  B009CFLUA8

  

By Harriet Ziefert

A story about sewing, recycling, and sharing, this book follows a special party dress that the narrator alters every year to accommodate the year’s growth, before eventually passing it on to her little cousin.

ISBN  |  978-1934706459

  

By Jen Green

A story about the value of recycling and how everything can have another use.

ISBN  |  978-0764131554

  

By Jackie French

A story about imagining how we could do things differently, and working together to make positive changes to our community and environment.

ISBN  |  978-0732289409

  

By M. G. Leonard

We all use toothbrushes every day and get a new one every few months. This story is about what happens to them all when they’re no longer needed. If toothbrushes take forever to break down in landfill, what about other things we use and discard, like clothes?

ISBN  |  978-1406389692

  

Explore Our Learning Modules

1More, more, more Overproduction, overconsumption & fast fashion business models

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More, more, more
Overproduction, overconsumption & fast fashion business models

2Fashion’s dirty secret Clothing pollution & textile waste

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Fashion’s dirty secret
Clothing pollution & textile waste

3The future of fashion Innovative technology & circular business models

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The future of fashion
Innovative technology & circular business models


 
 

ABOUT REDRESS

Redress is a pioneering Hong Kong based environmental charity with a mission to educate and empower the fashion industry and consumers to reduce clothing’s negative environmental impact by shifting to circular solutions. Our education programme focuses on educating consumers in Hong Kong of all ages about their fashion footprint and empowering them to drive change through circular solutions like buying more responsibly, donating clothes for reuse, or shopping secondhand.

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ABOUT THE ECF CIRCULAR FASHION EDUCATION TOOLKIT

This bilingual education toolkit including a handful of student and teacher resources is funded by the Environment and Conservation Fund and the Environmental Campaign Committee. It was designed in consultation with teachers and curriculum advisors from the English Schools Foundation, the Education Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and our wider network of Hong Kong schools, who provided invaluable guidance, support and feedback.