Green Fashion 

On 21.09.2009 the Green Fashion Expert workshops took place at the World Fashion Centre in Amsterdam organised by the Green Fashion team; Cartesius Institute, Econcept, Material sense Van Markoviec and TU Delft.

The purpose of this high level expert workshop was to formulate a proposal for a larger Green Fashion Project, which shall take place from 2010 to 2013.

50 participants from companies, NGOs, educational institutes and research discussed in a very constructive and creative atmosphere the state of the art of sustainability in the fashion sector, the most important obstacles and drivers, problems and opportunities, and the fields to be covered and partners to be involved in the next phase of the Green Fashion project.

In the afternoon the expert group worked in 5 sub-groups on the themes of Business to Business Fashion, New Materials and Technologies, Re-Use and Re-Cycling of Fashion, Labelling and Communication, Small Fashion Labels and How to Co-operate.

At the end of the workshop all results were brought together leading to a good understanding about challenges and scope of the follow up project. Already several experts expressed their strong commitment to be involved, and next steps were agreed on to formulate the follow up proposal.

The Green Fashion Team thanks all participants for their excellent inputs, the high level discussion, and the great enthusiasm that they brought to the event, and the World Fashion Centre for their support.

Find more at http://www.greenfashion.eu/