University of the Arts London - London College of Fashion

Centre for Sustainable Fashion’s Fashion Values Online Courses: Nature, Economy, Society, Cultures

Fashion Values is a sustainability education programme led by Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF). There are four open-access courses in the programme - Fashion Values: Nature, Economy, Cultures and Society.

The courses have two key aims: To hold space for a community of voices from a range of global locations to contribute to the content and learning activities. And to nurture design thinking for fashion and sustainability that challenges the business-as -usual model through the lenses of nature, society, cultures, and economy. 

The courses support learners to build core skills in design thinking to respond to provocations for the practice of fashion. The courses inform and inspire practice across business, learning, design, and communication. These courses are creating a community of fashion and sustainability thinkers and doers with the vision, skills, and commitment to radically transform how we live and work through fashion.

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Top 3 Learnings

1. Equitable, open access learning enables the convening of global conversations to nurture sustainability worldviews.
2. Higher education can contribute to shifts in behaviour via development of online learning for massive cohorts.
3. Exploring sustainability through a series of lenses nurtures a holistic set of skills and capabilities.