Circular Fashion: Sustainable Design and Innovation
Learn the fundamentals of circular fashion and sustainable practices across the entire clothing industry value chain.
Learn the fundamentals of circular fashion and sustainable practices across the entire clothing industry value chain.
This comprehensive course explores the transformation of the fashion industry towards circularity and sustainability. Taught by thirty different experts from academia and industry, it covers crucial aspects from textile recycling and circular design to biobased innovations and sustainable business models. Students learn about ecosystem perspectives, material innovation, and value creation in circular fashion. The course combines art, design, and science to address complex challenges in fashion sustainability, offering practical insights for implementing circular practices in personal and professional contexts.
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What you'll learn
Understand the distinction between sustainability and circularity in fashion
Master circular design principles and ecosystem approaches
Explore textile recycling challenges and opportunities
Learn about biobased innovations and new materials
Develop circular business models for fashion
Analyze value creation in sustainable fashion
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Module Description
This comprehensive course explores the transition towards circular fashion through multiple perspectives. It covers key concepts in sustainable fashion, from ecosystem thinking to material innovation and business modeling. The curriculum examines textile recycling, biobased materials, circular design principles, and sustainable value creation. Students learn about practical challenges and solutions in implementing circularity across the fashion value chain, with insights from both academic and industry experts.
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Pioneering Circular Fashion Expert and Environmental Engineer
Dieuwertje de Wagenaar serves as Content Coordinator of the Circular Fashion Lab at Wageningen University & Research, where she has established herself as a leading voice in sustainable fashion innovation. As a trained environmental engineer specializing in transdisciplinary urban challenges, she founded Circular Fashion 2017 and has been instrumental in developing circular fashion initiatives at WUR. Her research "reMade in Amsterdam" investigates opportunities for creating local production networks in the textile and apparel industry, focusing on waste streams as input for circular development. She played a pivotal role in coordinating the comprehensive MOOC "Circular Fashion: Design, Science and Value in a Sustainable Clothing Industry," which has attracted over 30,000 participants worldwide. As Country Co-Coordinator for Fashion Revolution Netherlands, she continues to advocate for sustainability and equality in the fashion industry. Her work bridges academic research with practical implementation, focusing on circular economy principles, urban waste management, and local production solutions. Through her leadership, she has organized significant events including the Circular Fashion Symposium, which connected students, professors, and companies to address industry challenges and create innovative solutions for a circular fashion future
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Pioneering Biobased Materials Scientist and Sustainability Expert
Paulien Harmsen serves as a Senior Scientist at Wageningen Food and Biobased Research, where she leads groundbreaking research in sustainable materials and biorefinery processes. With a background in chemical engineering, she has established herself as a leading expert in biomass conversion and circular economy solutions. Her significant research contributions include developing innovative approaches for lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment, creating green building blocks for bio-based plastics, and advancing sustainable textile solutions. As Expertise Leader in Biomass Fractionation, she coordinates complex biorefinery projects and shapes strategic initiatives for both natural materials and post-consumer waste streams. Her influential work is evidenced by highly-cited publications, including her groundbreaking paper on physical and chemical pretreatment processes for lignocellulosic biomass and her comprehensive work on green building blocks for bio-based plastics. Recently, she has focused on sustainable textile solutions, publishing significant work on textile recycling options for circular fashion and advocating for the transition from fossil-based to renewable materials in the textile industry. She serves as co-editor of the 'Groene Grondstoffen' (Green Resources) booklet series and contributes to the MOOC "Circular Fashion: Design, Science and Value in a Sustainable Clothing Industry," demonstrating her commitment to education and knowledge dissemination in sustainable materials science.
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