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Keep up to date with the latest updates from the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion.
Impact Action: Gearing Research into Practice: The UCRF Research Tapestry
UCRF Research Tapestry Workshop 2 Blog Post 2: Impact Beyond Publications
Spinning Ahead: The UCRF Research Tapestry
UCRF Research Tapestry Workshop 2 Blog Post 1: Spinning Ahead
Wardrobe Methods Event Summary
Wardrobe Methods Event Summary
Weaving the Threads: The UCRF Research Tapestry
Join us on a journey to shape the field of fashion sustainability through research! Introducing the UCRF Research Tapestry—an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and possible futures of inquiries into transforming the textile- and apparel sector.
UCRF Earthshot Prize Nominations
We present our nominations for the 2024 Earthshot Prize and share some of the work leading up to deciding on the two nominations.
Emi Englis
Our fourteenth member of the month is sustainability designer and educator Emi Englis.
Supplier Inclusion Is Key to Climate Action
We define just transition as inclusive, holistic, and equitable actions led by people and communities to disrupt and transform market-based, capitalist systems that perpetuate social and environmental problems. Supplier inclusion and plural social dialogues are strong antecedents to just and fair climate action.
Worker-centric pricing
An invitation to UCRF members to conduct an exercise on Worker-centric pricing as part of commemoration of the 10 year anniversary of Rana Plaza.
Matrixes, Policy and Some Possible Ways Forward
Introducing a spiderogram tool from the Indexes Working Group – an alternative way of measuring sustainability in fashion – and announcing the merger of three working groups.
Irene Maldini
Our thirteenth member of the month is sustainability researcher Irene Maldini.
Who and what will we protect?
Reflection on a talk by Timo Rissanen, linking the global loss of species and the global HIV Aids crisis.
Wikipedia edit-a-thon 2023
News of our Wikipedia edit-a-thon in 2023. Get involved!
Elizabeth L. Cline
Our twelfth participant is New York-based author and journalist Elizabeth L. Cline.
An Open Letter on Textile Fibre Indexes
At the crux of the ecological and social crises are many conflicting ideas about how to address challenges in order to affect change.
Nada Koreish
Our eleventh participant is Nada Koreish.
Nine years since Rana Plaza
April 24, 2022, marks nine years since the devastating Rana Plaza building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Earth Day 2022
This Earth Day let us reinvigorate relationships with the earth.
Communique from the Oslo Local Assembly on Textile Fibres
A twist on the usual UCRF Local Assembly format, this themed Local Assembly concentrated on textile fibers. Points for discussion could be tabled by any UCRF member in advance or raised on the day.
Wikipedia edit-a-thon 2022
February 26 is soon here again, and it is time for the yearly UCRF Wikipedia edit-a-thon!
Announcing a Themed Local Assembly in Oslo
A twist on the usual UCRF Local Assembly format, this themed Local Assembly will concentrate on textile fibres. Points for discussion can be tabled by any UCRF member in advance or raised on the day.