This project aims to involve young people in addressing waste, emphasising on garment/textile waste through recycling and upcycling garments. It fosters environmental awareness, creativity, and community engagement while reducing landfill waste.
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Vision:
Our vision is to create an environment where the young people can bring out their creativity using recyclable materials to create wealth and employment for themselves and the community. Our starting vision is to use textiles and then gradually move into other waste products.
Mission:
Young People Driven Recycling Initiative
Objectives
- Educate young people on the environmental impact of textile waste.
- Encourage creative reuse of old garments through upcycling and recycling workshops.
- Promote a circular economy by creating a platform for garment donations, sales, and reuse.
- Build community connections through collaborative projects.
Values:
Connection: We want the young people to feel valued and accepted. We want to give them a safe place where they can grow and develop.
Growth: Have awesome speakers to motivate, encourage, and point the young people towards a purpose-driven life while allowing them to showcase their talents through planned activities and training.
Environment: We want to enhance the young people’s understanding of the benefits provided by the environment.
Fun: We want the youth to enjoy themselves while they learn and develop themselves.
Proposed Activities
- Workshops: Educate participants on the environmental effects of fast fashion and the benefits of recycling.
- Social Media Engagement: Launch a campaign with tips for sustainable fashion and garment care.
- Set up collection bins at schools, community centers, and local events.
- Partner with institutions, local government and waste management organisations
- Teach sewing, patchwork, and design skills to repurpose old garments.
- Hold themed sessions, such as “Denim Reinvented” or “From T-Shirts to Tote Bags.”
- Introduce design competitions for bags, t-shirts, shoes with textiles. Winning designs will go into production.
- Collaborate on larger initiatives, such as creating patchwork quilts for shelters or upcycled fashion shows.
- Partner with local or overseas manufacturing companies for production.
- Organize pop-up thrift stores or online platforms for exchanging or selling recycled garments. IE, create an ecommerce website to sell recycled products or exchange products (garments, bags, shoes)
Partner with local artisans to create unique pieces from collected textiles.
