Global Sustainable Fashion Week - EduPlatform

Our National Fashion League Hungary Association is a non-profit organization that created the Global Sustainability Fashion Week (#GSFW) in 2015, which has now become Central Europe’s most significant sustainable fashion event. The association also fulfills a mission to raise awareness as widely as possible that the fashion industry needs to change, as it is the second most polluting industry in the world and requires much more environmentally conscious and ethical behavior not only from brands and companies, but also from consumers. Today, representatives from every continent are joining the annual #GSFW fashion week held in Budapest and online, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary.

We have achieved our results through a lot of hard work and extensive networking, as unfortunately, we have received very little financial support so far. The members of the international #GSFW board, ambassadors, and volunteers work pro bono, without remuneration, as they feel a commitment to such a common cause.

We consider the education of future generations to be of utmost importance in this area, so we would like to launch a new #GSFW EduPlatform, a global educational platform, to mark this anniversary. This platform will enable us to educate people around the world through online and on-site programs led by renowned experts. We would like to share our knowledge also with communities living in peripheral areas and with disadvantaged people through online or on-site workshops, which help them develop their skills and promote their social integration.

Our goal is to launch a comprehensive community education project with active participation and experience-based learning methods. Using interactive platforms and tools that appeal to young people, as well as studies by excellent experts, we explore the impact of the fashion industry on the environment, the system of ethical employment, and the significance of the internet and social media in an easy-to-understand and easy-to-process format. Our educational program is primarily aimed at young people and youth workers, as well as at audiences open to sustainable fashion. In addition to spreading awareness, another goal is to draw the attention of professionals as widely as possible to the fact that education in this area is also of paramount importance.

Among other topics, we will also cover the following:

The impact of the textile and fashion industries on the environment

Facts and figures about the fast fashion industry and the hidden secrets of multinational companies

What is sustainable and circular fashion?

Ethical fashion and fair trade

What does regenerative fashion mean?

Preserving traditions and values in fashion

Recycling in the textile and clothing industry

Secondhand and vintage

The environmental impact of textile waste and related measures

Best practices in sustainable fashion introduction of some brands, companies, projects and associations in sustainable fashion

What does it mean to be a conscious consumer?

The questions of digitalization and the use of AI

TOOLS

Short videos – TikTok videos

Our short videos highlight the darker aspects of fashion and the importance of conscious shopping. Influencers and young people show how to dress fashionably in an environmentally friendly and sustainable way. We provide up-to-date information on interesting news and events related to sustainable fashion.

Podcasts

We will invite well-known experts in the field who see it as their mission to promote sustainable, ethical, and circular fashion and want to motivate their audience to do the same by setting an example.

Online and on-site events:

Lectures

Training sessions, courses

Workshops and creative activities

Family-friendly local events

Roundtable discussions on environmentally conscious education for young people and sustainable, ethical fashion

Recycled fashion competition

Small fashion shows and displays related to the above events

As we are a non-profit organization, we can only implement these programs with the help of donations and support. We welcome any amount of donations, as the future of the next generation is also in our hands.

We all share a responsibility to make the world/fashion world a better place for future generations, and we must act now!