Marte Louise Lilleby 3/15/21 Marte Louise Lilleby 3/15/21

Process for setting up a UCRF working group

This document sets out guidelines for members of the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion in setting up a working group.

Marte Louise Lilleby 3/12/21 Marte Louise Lilleby 3/12/21

Ursula Franklin

“Technology involves organization, procedure, symbols, new words, equations, and most of all, it involves a mindset.”

Marte Louise Lilleby 3/3/21 Marte Louise Lilleby 3/3/21

Local Assembly India Communique

Over a number of months throughout the Coronavirus lockdown, a contingent of UCRF members from/with connections to India met online to explore themes of importance to the country.

Marte Louise Lilleby 2/12/21 Marte Louise Lilleby 2/12/21

Wikipedia edit-a-thon 2021

Yes, it is that time again! It is the Union’s yearly collaborative wikipedia edit-a-thon! Like in the last two years, the date is 26th February.

Marte Louise Lilleby 12/16/20 Marte Louise Lilleby 12/16/20

The last glossary working group update of the year

“Imagine us all together in the same room one day”

Marte Louise Lilleby 12/14/20 Marte Louise Lilleby 12/14/20

Noorin Khamisani

Our sixth participant is Noorin Khamisani.

Marte Louise Lilleby 10/29/20 Marte Louise Lilleby 10/29/20

Victoria Frausin

Our fifth participant is Victoria Frausin.

Marte Louise Lilleby 10/25/20 Marte Louise Lilleby 10/25/20

Update from the glossary working group

At the glossary working group, this month we were explorers of the word “sustainability”.

Marte Louise Lilleby 10/23/20 Marte Louise Lilleby 10/23/20

Manfred Max-Neef

“I severed my ties with the trends imposed by the economic establishment, disengaged myself from “objective abstractions” and decided to “step into the mud”.

Marte Louise Lilleby 10/23/20 Marte Louise Lilleby 10/23/20

I signed this manifesto because …

The Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion’s founding document is its Manifesto. This, our rallying call to like-minded individuals, invites people to support the Union by putting their name to the manifesto and saying why these actions matter.

Marte Louise Lilleby 10/6/20 Marte Louise Lilleby 10/6/20

Namkyu Chun

Our fourth participant is Namkyu Chun.

Vinit Jain 9/23/20 Vinit Jain 9/23/20

Vinit Jain

Our third member of the month is Vinit Jain

Marte Louise Lilleby 9/20/20 Marte Louise Lilleby 9/20/20

Open UCRF insignia, buttons and banners

To activate change, it is good to have your presence noticed in the wider community.

Marte Louise Lilleby 8/26/20 Marte Louise Lilleby 8/26/20

Local Assembly India

We are glad to announce the first meeting of UCRF Local Assembly India which is convening online in the light of coronavirus restrictions.

Marte Louise Lilleby 7/18/20 Marte Louise Lilleby 7/18/20

A question from the glossary working group

What do we call a word glossary with an aim to change systems?

Vinit Jain 7/13/20 Vinit Jain 7/13/20

Jackie May

Our second member of the month is Jackie May

Vinit Jain 6/8/20 Vinit Jain 6/8/20

Yamê Reis

Our first member of the month is Yamê Reis

Marte Louise Lilleby 4/22/20 Marte Louise Lilleby 4/22/20

Earth Day Open Letter

Dear friend and colleague in fashion, today, the 22nd of April 2020, is Earth Day.

Marte Louise Lilleby 4/18/20 Marte Louise Lilleby 4/18/20

Submission of Written Questions to the Innovation Forum conference 2020

UCRF supports the Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference Innovation Forum 2020 in their intent to have a ‘candid and progressive dialogue’ about sustainability in the fashion sector.