Beyond net zero goals: Regenerative fashion design for micro-circular rural ecosystems

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Title
Beyond net zero goals: Regenerative fashion design for micro-circular rural ecosystems

CoPED ID
e6c88aa8-1743-42e3-a326-864337cbcbe9

Status
Active

Funders

Value
£39,374

Start Date
Nov. 17, 2021

End Date
July 15, 2022

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Elvis & Kresse create high quality fashion accessories from rescued waste materials, operating with the highest social and environmental standards. This project documents and supports the company's climate ambition to become Net Regenerative by 2030, diversifying their products through regenerative agriculture and regenerative fashion practices within a rural ecosystem.

Building on successful collaborations during two recent projects Fostering Sustainable Practices (AHRC, 2018 - 2021) and Mapping Sustainable Fashion Opportunities for SMEs (EC COSME, 2019), this project develops a design-led R&D partnership between UAL Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) and the B-Corp certified social enterprise Elvis & Kresse (luxury accessories from rescued materials).

The project embeds a new concept, fashion making in a dynamics of place, creating and piloting innovative possibilities for regenerative fashion practice within rural ecosystems. The project aims to catalyse Elvis & Kresse's current transition from the company's commitment to net zero by 2030 to a more ambitious goal: being net regenerative by 2030. In a business context, this requires a values-based philosophy of work and life that moves beyond reducing harm, to long-term positive impact on local environmental and social ecosystems.

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Subjects by relevance
  1. Sustainable development
  2. Enterprises
  3. Fashion
  4. Projects
  5. Environmental effects
  6. Ecological character
  7. Business life
  8. Clothing accessories
  9. Clothes
  10. Business
  11. Ethicality
  12. Environmental philosophy
  13. Success
  14. Clothing industry
  15. Cooperation (general)
  16. Partnership
  17. Networking (making contacts)

Extracted key phrases
  1. Regenerative fashion design
  2. Regenerative fashion practice
  3. Net regenerative
  4. High quality fashion accessory
  5. Circular rural ecosystem
  6. Regenerative agriculture
  7. Fashion making
  8. Social enterprise Elvis
  9. Social ecosystem
  10. Mapping Sustainable Fashion Opportunities
  11. Project document
  12. Recent project
  13. Ambitious goal
  14. High social
  15. Sustainable Practices

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