Carpet of Life is actually a fair design brand and we make carpets of memories. We work in the Sahara in Morocco, and the carpets we make there are made from the clothes of the clients. People here in Europe, or in the States, have many clothes in their closets they aren’t wearing any more but…
Read MoreRS: I initially went to Bangladesh in 2006 and we were doing HIV awareness programs but within that we started a training program for women coming out of prostitution and found there’s a huge… well, everyone in prostitution in Bangladesh that I have met didn’t choose that, they were forced into it. And so, we…
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Africa!Ignite’s responsible tourism initiative WowZulu has been developed to create new income opportunities across the rural and remote reaches of KZN Province, South Africa. The WowZulu concept aims to bring new incomes into these areas within an ethical and sustainable framework to ensure income generated through tourism directly benefits the local community. WowZulu provides a diverse and authentic…
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Craft is a creative practice which constantly engages with resourceful, economic and human-centred approaches. With its supplemental nature, craft naturally finds purpose alongside larger scale industries by making use of waste and under-utilised materials to create something new, useful and meaningful. In this insight series we will take a closer look at how some of…
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Joining a Green Fashion Tour provides both a perfect introduction to Berlin’s thriving ethical fashion scene, as well as the opportunity to experience Berlin from a local’s perspective – connecting with the city’s best kept secrets and places your ‘flaneuring’ may not necessarily lead you to. Our tour was led by Reiting, a passionate expert…
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We are excited to be a part of this year’s Craft Cubed Festival, hosted by Craft Victoria. As part of the event we will be launching our new online podcast series. Here we will delve deeper into the different insight themes explored by The Décologist through interviews with our Craft Network Members, their founders and…
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The Décologist is excited to be returning to the Retail Therary Seminar Series, as part of the Reed Gift Fair to be held in Melbourne this August. Reed Gift Fairs host Australia’s largest retail buying and sourcing event, attracting retailers, buyers, and designers from Australia and New Zealand. The seminar will provide the opportunity to connect with…
Read MoreThe Décologist has been invited to present a workshop at the upcoming World Fair Trade Organisation’s 14th Biennial Conference which will be held in New Delhi, India, this November. The conference will bring together members and supporters of the WFTO for a week-long event which will explore the theme ‘Fair Trade: a Path to Sustainable Development’.…
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The ethical fashion movement and the #whomademyclothes campaign has been driven by a commitment to change the way the fashion industry engages with supply chains; pushing for transparency and accountability of brands who rely heavily on outsourced supply chains which engage with developing economies and utilise vulnerable workforces. The annual iteration of the #whomademyclothes campaign…
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Creating engaging craft experiences for tourists is becoming an increasingly popular and effective way for crafts-based social enterprises (CBSEs) to bring increased awareness of their people and processes, as well as the social, cultural and environmental challenges their enterprise seeks to address. Throughout this insight series we will look at CBSE’s who actively engage consumers with…
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