Ongoing list of free resources by Alexis Buehrer
Shortly after the first HAVE/NEED Forum we met Alexis Buehrer, a Lisbon-based sustainability specialist, who kindly offered to share her collection of "free and freeish learning resources to start your journey in sustainability and circularity in fashion".
We hope that we can make it grow with your help, so please feel free to make a profile to the forum and add your own to this thread.
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Alexis Buehrer is a menswear designer and specialist in sustainability in fashion. After 12 years of working with both small-scale brands and major corporations ranging from Surface to Air to Coach, she shifted her focus towards sustainability and circularity. Today, Alexis is utilizing her expertise to bring a positive impact on the industry, society and the environment, while also helping other designers and brands to achieve the same objectives.
You can follow Alexis at instagram here and visit here website here.
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FREE LEARNING RESOURCES
Slow factory
Free and accessible climate education series that centers the voices and perspectives of People of the Global Majority. 3 major lenses—human rights, climate justice and collective liberation.
Online courses, work by semester
https://slowfactory.earth/open-edu
Future learn - London College of Fashion
Get an introduction to issues, agendas, and contexts relating to fashion and sustainability.
Online course
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/fas ... ainability
Redress - Hong Kong
Deepen your knowledge of circular fashion design strategies and techniques.
They are research hub as well and have an award for emergent designers.
Online course
https://www.redressdesignaward.com/academy
The UN has free courses online for a more sustainable life
https://www.unssc.org/courses/my-sustai ... hallenge-0
https://www.unssc.org/courses/sustainable-lifestyles
Unschools - how to rethink design for sustainability
How to integrate sustainability and circularity in the design process
https://online.unschools.co/
(Scholarship available, and there is a lot of free resources, and you can follow her on Linkedin and get a lot of info)
Circular fashion - WagenIngen Research and University
Online course - Deadline to respect, final project to present (mandatory to get the certificate)
https://www.edx.org/course/circular-fas ... ngindustry
(Scholarship available for the certificate)
Climate Tech Bootcamp
Climate and Tech focus, very wide type of industries, good network.
Good if you have a start up in the climate realm and need some help.
Online - one month, classes/speakers twice a week.
https://www.climatebootcamp.tech/
(Scholarship available)
Vorn - The Berlin Fashion Hub
Offer a training/contest/residency around sustainability and fashion.
During the training we had access to 3D programs, courses on digital questions and the metaverse, and circularity.
10 weeks, classes 2h twice a week, project to submit (not mandatory)
https://vorn-hub.com/
Common Objective
Community platform for professional in sustainable fashion - offer quick courses about sustainability and fashion subjects
https://www.commonobjective.co/
TO FOLLOW
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/
Fashion Revolution + follow the local organization
https://www.fashionrevolution.org/europe/france/
Leyla Acaroglu that founded Unschools with Emma Siegel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leylaacaroglu/
Samantha Taylor who founded The Good Factory
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-taylor-pd/
https://www.thegoodfactory.co.uk/
Fashion for Good
https://fashionforgood.com/
Business of Fashion - Report
https://www.businessoffashion.com/repor ... -mckinsey/
New transversal project for circular fashion in Portugal
https://bioeconomy-at-textiles.com/
Good test to do to make a small personal assessment
https://slaveryfootprint.org/
https://www.footprintcalculator.org/home/en
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