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European Environment Agency: Textiles, consumption production and climate
The European Environment Agency deals with and researches various topics about raw materials, materials, climate, sustainability... and is part of the European Commission.
This site contains interesting data, infographics, reading material for …
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Thrift flip with us!
Texterra is a youth project around upcycling, thrift flip, crafting, tech-shizzle, hacking... They want to bridge the gap between STEM and sustainable textiles. In this way, they create an environment in which young people not only learn and grow, …
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Global environmental benefits through local and circular textile consumption
In order to meet our Flemish consumption needs, we currently have to obtain a large part of the required raw materials from abroad. Reuse, recycling and high-quality, local production of textiles can ensure that the extraction of primary raw …
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Climate footprint: Sustainable compared to a fast fashion T-shirt
European consumption of textiles has the fourth largest impact on the environment and climate change, after food, housing and mobility. Textile consumption is also in the top three factors that place the most pressure on water and land use and in …
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The impact of the clothing industry on the climate and environment: Teaching package
Did you know that the fashion industry is responsible for 10% of the greenhouse gases emitted by humans?
Why is it that this industry is so harmful to the climate and the environment? And why does it take so much water to make one t-shirt? What does …
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Identi(time): Lesson folder and lesson visit
This lesson folder contains a number of assignments that we do not offer physically in MoMu. You can use them to prepare and post-process your visit to MoMu, or integrate them into your lessons without a visit. You will also find the final …
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Circularity and innovation in the preparation of apple-grape wine: Project InnoVET
In this article you will receive more information about the InnoVET project, you will receive more information about the structure of the project, the disciplines that are covered and the techniques and didactic methods that are used.
The aim of the …
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Starting with innovation in technical and vocational education: Inspiration guide
Do you work in a technical or vocational school and do you have an interesting innovative idea to improve the world of education and the labor market for yourself and your students?
Would you like to pour this into a project but don't know where to …
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Good On You: Sustainability of clothing
Use this website to track down sustainability ratings for thousands of fashion brands. That way you discover the impact on people, planet and animals.
You can also discover new ethical clothing labels.You can use this website to locate shops in your …
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Textiles and the circular economy
Tom Duhoux, circular economy researcher at VITO, takes you into the world of textiles and its challenges.
Textiles have the 4th largest environmental impact of all consumer goods. We buy 26 kg of clothes per person in Europe every year. Its production …
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The water footprint: Inspiration collection
The inspiration collection The Water Footprint offers a possible way to bring the challenges surrounding water resources worldwide into the classroom. Step by step, your students will discover that we use much more water than the water from the …
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Repair Everywhere: Challenges
Repairing is good for the climate and the local economy. To bring the theme of repair to the attention of students, this document contains three challenges that you can organize at school or with the class.
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