Fashion's Future

Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is for anyone wanting to learn more about the fashion industry, fair trade, international development, and the Sustainable Development Goals. This includes fashion professionals or students and activists interested in environmental protection and sustainable consumption.

• The fashion/apparel industry, how we interact with it and the impacts it has on people and planet
• The Sustainable Development Goals, what they are and how the fashion industry affects them
• Fair Trade/ Ethical trade and why it is essential to international development and how to support it
• Fashion supply chains, what do global fashion supply chains look like and how can they have a more positive impact on people and planet
• Gender equality, the issues and how it links to the clothes we wear
• Decent work and economic growth, what this means in the global fashion industry and what we can do to support it
• The environmental impacts of the clothes we wear and how we can support better conservation and protection of the planet and natural resources