Visual Culture Program Event

Friday, October 25, 2024

2:30pm to 5:00pm

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium

Sustainable Fashion Symposium

Public Event

Join us for an afternoon of presentations, panel talk, and free discussion surrounding sustainability in the fashion & textile industries. Themes explored will include the environmental cost of over- consumption and "fast fashion," textile recycling, alternative materials and bio-materials, and environmental justice for garment workers. Featuring our keynote speaker Alden Wicker, award-winning investigative journalist and author of To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion is Making Us Sick— And How We Can Fight Back, as well as materials innovator Kristine Upesleja and sustainability expert Harmony Richards.

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Itinerary:

2:00 - 2:30pm refreshments+ welcome

2:30 - 3:15pm keynote speech and presentation by Alden Wicker

3:25 - 4:15pm presentations by Harmony Richards and Kristine Upesleja

4:15 - 5:00pm panel and audience Q&A

For more information, please contact Joanna Poon by phone at 626-395-1724 or by email at jpoon@caltech.edu.

Event Series

Visual Culture Program Series

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