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Campaigning for #SustainableFashion in Wales. #SustFashWales #GreenCarpetWales #Resolution6Rs #GwenerGwyrdd linktr.ee/Sustfashwales SCTCymru coalition Aka Helen O'Sullivan - PhDer in SustFashEdu bsky.app/profile/hosphdmuses.bsky.s…

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Helen O’Sullivan @hosphdmuses.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Updating the #SustFashWales Jeans lifecyle video inc' Welsh translations. Perfect as I'm listening to @gwennosaunders.bsky.social on @cerysmatthews.bsky.social 👌 Ready for a Slow Fashion event by Prosiect Llai & Menter Mon at @pontiobangor.bsky.social next Saturday! @sustfashwales.bsky.social
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
📢📢📢 Cyhoeddiad Cyffrous! 📢📢📢 Exciting Announcement! #BlackMountainsCollege are excited to present the Textiles Pop-Up #SwapShop - this Saturday! See the poster below for details or scan the QR code on the 3rd image to find out more about this and other #SustainableFashion events here in Cymru!
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Helen O’Sullivan @hosphdmuses.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
"We want people to feel involved and be agents of change." "It’s not just Chile, it’s not just Ghana. It’s a global problem. We are facing this waste and it is proof that we need to rethink the fashion system.” ✊️ #ReCommerceAtacama #FastFashion #AtacamaDesert www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Calvin Klein jeans for free! Branded clothes dumped in the desert snapped up on anti-fast fashion website
Items taken from a mountain of discarded garments in the Atacama desert were sold for the price of shipping in a fightback against the ‘racist and colonialist’ dumping of unwanted clothing
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
📢 Exciting Announcement! Cyhoeddiad Cyffrous! #ReimaginedFashion – Design Competition #CystadleuaethFfasiwn - Wedi Ei Ail-Ddychmygu #CancerResearchWales Deadline: March 31 2025. For this & other #SustainableFashion events in Wales see: sustfashwales.org/event-spotli... #FashionCompetition
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
📢LIVE: Events Spotlight Page!📢 I've been busy behind the scenes adding events sections/listings to the website! Here is a little summary of each of the newly added events, but head over to the page using either scanning the QR code/link 👇 or using the Linktree in my bio! #SustainableFashion 1/🧵
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Helen O’Sullivan @hosphdmuses.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Helo Blod have been fantastic in supporting me while "dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg" to translate not only my PhD educational resources, but also my SustFashWales resources, Instagram posts and soon my @sustfashwales.bsky.social website! Diolch yn fawr #HeloBlod! #DysguCymraeg
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
#Resolution6Rs was set up by myself and @foecymrucydd.bsky.social back in 2019. The aim is to challenge people to start the new year with a different kind of resolution... #6Rs can help reduce the environmental impact of fashion consumption & make your shopping more responsible in 2025 & beyond...
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
#tbt When #Nessa & #TheDoctor, supported our #GreenCarpetWales challenge, which myself & @foecymrucydd.bsky.social launched at the #BAFTASCymru in 2019! The challenge is a perfect example of #Resolution6Rs #Rethink: We asked all attendees to rethink their outfits & not buy new! #SustainableFashion
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Future Fibres Network Plus @ffnplus.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
📣 Project announcement #5! Thanks to funding from @ukri.org we have collaborated with @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social to help create a ground-breaking syllabus. Details below 👇. #circularfashion #SustainableFashion #FutureFibresNetworkPlus @exeter.ac.uk @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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Future Fibres Network Plus @ffnplus.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
🎆 Happy New Year from the team! 📣 Project announcement #4: Bio-based Sequins funded by @ukri.org: a partnership between @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social, @exeter.ac.uk & industry partner Sequinova. #circularfashion #SustainableFashion #FutureFibresNetworkPlus @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
✨️2 0 2 5✨️ ✨️#HappyNewYear! ✨️ ✨️#BlwyddynNewyddDda!✨️ If you're thinking of being more eco-fashion savvy this year, then the #Resolution6Rs campaign is perfect! See these handy guides for more info!  #NewYear #Resolution #NewYearsResolution #NewYearResolution #SustainableFashion #SustFashWales
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
@theguardian.com are looking for young people to hear more about how they have taken up – and sustained – the habit of #knitting, #sewing and making their own #clothes. Read more here: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Young people in UK: tell us why you love knitting, sewing, embroidery or making your own clothes
We want to hear from young people who’ve taken up the habit of making their own garments
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
It may be raining outside, but it's lovely and sunny in the #SustFash chook office! 🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔 @bhwt.bsky.social #BHWT #BritishHenWelfareTrust #RescueHens #ExBatteryHens #HenRetirementComplex
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
✨️💚✨️🌍✨️💚✨️ Every single sequin you see here is #SecondHand! ✨️ Having a #sustainable #PartySeason certainly doesn't need to be boring! 🤩 ✨️ I have a love-hate relationship with #sequins, so my rule is I will only ever buy sequin clothes and fabrics that are secondhand. ✨️ Am I missing out? Hell, no!! 🤩
A collage of 16 photographs of Helen wearing a range of sequined clothing. Sone are at special ecents while others are at festivals.A collage of 4 photographs of Helen wearing a range of sequined clothing. Sone are at special ecents while others are at festivals.A collage of 4 photographs of Helen wearing a range of sequined clothing. Sone are at special ecents while others are at festivals.A collage of 4 photographs of Helen wearing a range of sequined clothing. Sone are at special ecents while others are at festivals.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Guardian and Observer journalists have asked people not to share Guardian stories for 48 hours from midnight tonight (Tues), to respect their strike and the virtual picket line
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Helen O’Sullivan @hosphdmuses.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Anyone else in the Swansea/south Wales area fancy coming along to this in January? 👫🌍🍺 #Small99 #PeoplePlanetPint #SustainabilityMeetup Thu, 16 Jan 2025 6-8pm Albert Hall, SA1 3EP www.eventbrite.com/e/swansea-sm...
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Swansea - Small99's People, Planet, Pint™: Sustainability Meetup
Pop down to your local People Planet Pint meetup to find more about what's going on locally with sustainability and how you can get involved
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
It was great to chat to Sabrina Lee at the start of her challenge earlier this year on BBC Radio Wales. Da iawn Sabrina! 👏 Read more here: Fashion: 'How my challenge to stop buying new clothes has gone' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #SustainableFashion #SecondhandFirst #SecondhandFashion
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Fashion: 'How my challenge to stop buying new clothes has gone'
Sabrina Lee set herself an ambitious challenge to tackle fast fashion. Here's how she got on.
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Great to see some many of the #SustFashWalesCommunity on there! And some potential newbies to the directory, too! #MadeInWales #SustFashWales
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
This is what 🎄 means to me... Families coming together and no shopping! I was joined by children & families from my local community in Hendy yesterday for a creative #GreenFriday workshop! The old t-shirt customising activity was a true winner! Didn't they do amazing? 🌟 @waterslee.bsky.social
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I love my day job... #GwenerGwrydd #GreenFriday #CitizenFriday #GwenerDinasydd I'm saying NO to #BlackFriday
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Global Action Plan @globalactionplan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Thanks to our Good Life Schools partners Carmarthenshire County Council for their support in organising this opportunity, and for the photography. Find out more about Good Life Schools and tune in to watch this evening! www.transform-our-world.org/good-life-sc...
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Good Life Schools - Think critically. Live differently
Good Life Schools brings communities together to create ways of living and learning that are good for us, and good for the planet
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Global Action Plan @globalactionplan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The young changemakers were joined by Global Action Plan Good Life Schools Coordinator for South Wales, Helen O'Sullivan, our Director of Education and Youth Engagement Dr Morgan Phillips and Councillor Aled Vaughan Owen, Welsh Cabinet Minister for Climate Change, Decarbonisation and Sustainability.
Young changemakers at Ysgol Maes y Gwendraeth in Carmarthenshire take part in a session of Global Action Plan's Good Life Schools programme

Photo credit: Carmarthenshire County Council
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Global Action Plan @globalactionplan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
📺 Watch our young Good Life Schools changemakers from Ysgol Maes y Gwendraeth in Carmarthenshire on BBC iPlayer today📺 This #BlackFriday we're proud to announce that our #GoodLifeSchools programme - challenging the relentless pressure on young people to consume - has officially launched in Wales.
Young people from Ysgol Maes y Gwendraeth in Carmarthenshire attend a Good Life Schools session with Global Action Plan Good Life Schools Coordinator Helen O'Sullivan and Councillor Aled Vaughan Owen, Welsh Cabinet Minister for Climate Change, Decarbonisation and Sustainability.

Photo credit: Carmarthenshire County Council
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The aim of #GwenerGwyrdd / #GreenFriday is to encourage people to think twice before you hit the sales and shop #BlackFriday. Just questioning whether you *need* or *want* something is the first step to consuming more responsibly. #BuyNothingDay
A text box placed over the green SustFashWales logo with the following text: “Gwener Gwyrdd encourages people to *do something* other than shopping. This could be repairing old clothes, having a crafty social or making something from upcycled materials. #GwenerGwyrdd #GreenFriday"
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
#GwenerGwyrdd Creative Idea 💡 Looking for a non shopping activity for #GreenFriday aka anti #BlackFriday? Then look no further. 🪡🌟 See the link in my bio to the #SustFashWales YouTube channel, to find out how create your very own tree decoration from #upcycled materials! Plus lots of other videos!
A photograph of a tie dye fabric Christmas tree decoration in the shape of a star. It has a blanket stitch around the edges with the words "Merry Capitalism" printed in newprint letter style. It's hanging off a house plant with a teal and white background. A photograph of two hands sewing and fabric Christmas tree decoration out of tie dye fabric.A photograph of tools and equipment needed to make a tie dye fabric Christmas tree decoration. The equipment includes starting from top left clockwise:

Wadding
Navy embroidery thread
Embroidery needle and threader
Pin cushion
Black elastic
Fabric scissors
Tie dye fabric scrap
A star paper template/pattern
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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 20/11/2024
Made a starter pack: Fashion + Labour Rights + Environment. Great people and groups doing important work in and around the garment industry. This is just a start and very much not a clique - let me know if you want to join (or leave.)
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Ecotextile News @ecotextile.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🚨A new report from the Swedwatch NGO highlights the impacts of low wages on #Bangladesh's garment workers who are said to be dependant on overtime or falling into debt to make ends meet🚨 Read more on this here👇🏼 www.ecotextile.com/202411213273...
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Garment workers 'struggle to make ends meet'
Garment workers 'struggle to make ends meet'
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
1. The difference so far (and for god's sake let's keep it that way) between X and Bluesky is not between right and left but between abuse and respect. A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean? A short thread.🧵
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Carry Somers @carrysomers.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I’m collaborating on a scientific paper on how natural fibres (coated in synthetic chemicals) aren’t biodegrading in aquatic environments. Interesting research from Winnie Courtene-Jones who I sailed with on Exxpedition on environmental risks of bio-based materials www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/bio-bas...
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Bio-based fibres could pose greater threat to the environment than conventional plastics
University of Plymouth news: New research led by the University has prompted scientists to suggest that materials being advocated as alternatives to...
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
"Y #DyddGwenerDu hwn, dw i'n gofyn i bawb feddwl cyn iddyn nhw siopa. Os oes angen i chi brynu ... Dywedwch NA i Ffasiwn Cyflym ac IE i frandiau bach" 💚 Cefnogwch #GwenerGwyrdd 💚 Mae angen ein cefnogaeth ar frandiau bach yn fwy nag erioed - bydd pryniant bach hyd yn oed yn gwneud eu diwrnod! 💚
A text box placed over the green SustFashWales logo with the following Welsh text: “Y Dydd Gwener Du hwn, dw i'n gofyn i bawb feddwl cyn iddyn nhw siopa. Os oes angen i chi brynu... Dywedwch NA i Ffasiwn Cyflym ac IE i frandiau bach.
#GwenerGwyrdd #GreenFriday"A text box placed over the green SustFashWales logo with the following Welsh text: “Dwi'n dweud NA i or-ddefnyddio’r Dydd Gwener Du hwn!
#GwenerGwyrdd #GreenFriday"A text box placed over the green SustFashWales logo with the following Welsh text: “DEFNYDDWYR (testun trwodd). DINESYDD
#GwenerGwyrdd #GreenFriday"
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
“This Black Friday I'm asking everyone to think before they shop. If you need to shop...Say NO to Fast Fashion and YES to small brands.” 💚 Support #GwenerGwyrdd this #BlackFriday 💚 Small brands need our support more than ever and even a small purchase will literally make their day! 💚 #GreenFriday
A text box placed over the green SustFashWales logo with the following text: “This Black Friday I'm asking everyone to think before they shop.
If you need to shop...Say NO to Fast Fashion and YES to small brands.
#GwenerGwyrdd #GreenFriday"A text box placed over the green SustFashWales logo with the following text: “This Black Friday I'm saying NO to overconsumption! 
#GwenerGwyrdd #GreenFriday"A text box placed over the green SustFashWales logo with the following text: “CONSUMER (which has strikethrough the text) CITIZEN.
#GwenerGwyrdd #GreenFriday"
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Getting ready for #GwenerGwyrdd aka #BuyNothingDay The perfect antidote to #BlackFriday ✊️ Secondhand t-shirt customised by me saying: "Capitalism: I'm not buying it! How are you prepping for #GreenFriday or #CitizenFriday this year? 🤔
A collage of three images, one of Helen wearing a black t-shirt with "Capitalism: I'm not buying it!" The text is in the style of ransom style newsprint letters. The other two images in the collage are a close of of the t-shirt and text.A photo of Helen wearing a black t-shirt with "Capitalism: I'm not buying it!" The text is in the style of ransom style newsprint letters. She is smiling and pointing at the letters.A black t-shirt with "Capitalism: I'm not buying it!" The text is in the style of ransom style newsprint letters. An iron is just visible in the corner as is a sheet of heat proof paper, this shows how the lettered were fixed using iron on transfer paper.A close up of a black t-shirt with "Capitalism: I'm not buying it!" The text is in the style of ransom style newsprint letters
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Dim ond 2 wythnos tan #GwenerGwyrdd aka #DiwrnodPrynuDimByd Dewch draw i ddigwyddiad cymunedol #FfasiwnGynaliadwy arbennig i wneud neu greu - yn hytrach na siopa yn yr arwerthiannau’r #GwenerDu hwn! gweithgareddau tecstilau ar gyfer pob oedran, gan gynnwys teuluoedd â phlant hefyd. 29/11/24 4-6pm
Poster in Welsh showing textiles based activities such as sewing, applique and fabric painting. It has the SustFashWales logo and the following text: 

Gwener Gwyrdd aka Diwrnod Prynu Dim
Dydd Gwener 29 Tachwedd - 5-7pm
Canolfan Gwilli Centre, SA4 0XB
Cyntaf i'r felin

Dewch draw i ddigwyddiad cymunedol arbennig i atgyweirio, gwneud neu greu rhywbeth yn hytrach na siopa yn yr arwerthiannau’r dydd Gwener Du hwn!

Bydd gweithgareddau tecstilau ar gyfer pob oedran, gan gynnwys teuluoedd â phlant hefyd. Gweithgareddau fel addurno neu trwsio hen ddillad* neu wneud addurniadau coed Nadolig o fy ffabrigau sgrap niferus.

Bydd yr holl offer ac adnoddau yn cael eu darparu* ac mae'n rhad ac am ddim.

*Dewch â hen ddillad i ddysgu sgiliau atgyweirio neu addurno.
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Only 2 weeks until #GreenFriday aka #BuyNothingDay Come along to a special community based #SustainableFashion event to repair, make or create - rather than shopping the sales this #BlackFriday! Textiles activities for all ages, including families with children too. Friday 29th Nov' - 4-6pm
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This #BlackFriday I'm saying NO to overconsumption! Dwi'n dweud NA i or-ddefnyddio’r #DyddGwenerDuhwn! I thought I'd bring back #GreenFriday this year. Roeddwn i'n meddwl y byddwn i'n dod â #GwenerGwyrdd yn ôl eleni. Watch this space...
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SustFashWales @sustfashwales.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Supporting fashion wearing citizens to address their own consumption & seek sustainable alternatives. 📝Online directory (👇) 📚Free educatonal resources 🪡YouTube how to videos 📢Political campaigning 💡Knowledge exchange Celebrating the sustainable fashion community of Wales since 2013. 🌍👗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
The SustFashWales logo surrounded by sustainable fashion brands, businesses and organisations based in Wales.
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