Craft of Use

Up today, a shiny new online home for the Craft of Use! craftofuse.org/

From Spark, the film about Burning Man: "BM is an experiment into what we might do if we weren't busy working 9-5"

Fashion always been a force for liberation as well as oppression. Right now we need to deal with issues of consumption -Lois McNay #fashpol

Early morning start for the launch of @hubbubuk #refashion with @lucysiegle, @StudioRaeburn and @GregBarkerMP

Love the list of emerging #sustainability lexicon in the new #sustfash_handbook incl.: 'mend follows matter' & 'accidental sustainability'.

@ResearchUAL, Have a look at ongoing tweets of thoughts & ideas from the new Routledge #sustfash_handbook. routledge.com/books/details/…

Ways to resist sustainability burn out from @dansolo 'look for pockets of existing innovation and work from the heart' #LCFfreshers

Listening to Galahad Clark & @dansolo about designing the human intervention/barriers out of our experience of the natural world @sustfash

Fabulous short: 'How Wolves Change Rivers' and our new favourite phrase, 'trophic cascades'. youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhX… From @GeorgeMonbiot

Words like prudence and frugality are so unfashionable. Parts of 'old fashioned' culture that might be worth reclaiming? #resourcefulfash

Does wealth inherently breed waste? Avner Offer has said, 'to be frugal it doesn’t help to be poor' issuu.com/sustainablefashion… #resourcefulfash

True: there used to be a whole raft of city scavengers for every material we'd now call waste #resourcefulfash

Here’s an example of thrift for cultural reasons instead of anything to do with disposable income. localwisdom.info/use-practic… #resourcefulfash

An aesthetic of resourcefulness localwisdom.info/use-practic… #resourcefulfash #wllm14

Would love to know more of the history of this #London street name.

@SabrinaMahfouz We're chatting about the #ClothesToDieFor documentary. Any thoughts on alternative stories and how to find change? @BBCtwo

@lunaandcurious We're chatting about the #ClothesToDieFor documentary. Any thoughts on ethical sourcing? @BBCtwo

How far removed the 'haul videos' are to Rana Plaza disaster. Where are the stories of good use?! #ClothesToDieFor

Clothing touches us all & to issues of our times i.e. climate change -so a massive shift is needed! issuu.com/sustainablefashion… #Clothestodiefor

Listening to an Americana playlist today in honour of July 4th -Though so far it's Dylan singing about missing London grooveshark.com/s/Handsome+M…