ModeDurable, a US-based non-profit organisation working to educate media professionals with the knowledge, tools and skills they need to effectively inform the public on the environmental and social impacts of the fashion, beauty and lifestyle industries, is launching a new fellowship and organising training on 25 July at Parsons School of Fashion, New York.
“At a time when consumer concern for sustainability issues in the fashion and beauty industries is at an all-time high, a ground-breaking new fellowship is being launched to empower the next wave of content creators to educate the public about industry impact to seed and accelerate change,” said a press release of ModeDurable.
In their first year, ModeDurable Fellows will create sustainability-focused content that aims for 20 million impressions by 2020.
Leading journalists and content-creators Noor Tagouri, Jenna Blaha, Sophia Li, Meg Charlton, Kate Arends, Chauncéa Carothers, Ana Hernandez Manrique, Aurela Nasedkin, Daisy Teh and Vivian Nweze have been selected for fellowship.
Some of the expert speakers for the workshop are Erin Beatty, Creative Director at Rentrayage; Abrima Erwiah, Co-Founder at Studio 189; Kerry Banniga, Founder of the Conscious Fashion Campaign; Danielle Joseph, Investor leading Closed Loop Ventures; Luna Lee, Human Rights Leader at EILEEN FISHER, Ngozi Okaro, ED, Custom Collaborative; Linda Patentas, Program Manager, Cities, Supply Chains & Migration at BRAC US; Jessica Schreiber, Founder of FABSCRAP; Cayla O’Connell Davis, Founder and CEO of Knickey; Natasha Franck, Founder and CEO of EON; Ashlee Barker, Senior Manager of Apartment Programs at the NYC Department of Sanitation Bureau of Recycling and Sustainability; Spencer Woodman, Reporter for The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and Nicole Bassett, Co-Founder of the Renewal Workshop.
