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Peer reviewedDomina, Tanya; Koch, Kathryn – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences: From Research to Practice, 2001
Results of a study to examine the recycling practices and needs of older adults (n=217) indicated that older adults do recycle traditional materials, but need accommodations for physical limitations. They report textile recycling as time consuming and difficult and used donations to religious organizations as their principal means of textile…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Consumer Education, Older Adults, Physical Mobility
Download full textZaman, Barbara; Lovšin Kozina, Francka – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2021
Today's world is facing a problem with the growth of textile products and in particular, textile waste, which already represents a serious environmental problem. From the point of view of ensuring sustainable handling of textile products, it is thus very important that individuals have the appropriate knowledge, attitudes and skills for…
Descriptors: Textiles Instruction, Multiple Literacies, Grade 9, Secondary School Students
Direct linkHofverberg, Hanna; Maivorsdotter, Ninitha – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Creative remake assignments using garments and textile refuse are common educational projects to promote environmental and sustainability actions. However, very little empirical research has been carried out on the learning processes of remake projects. In this article, the aim is to examine how students learn with garments and textile refuse when…
Descriptors: Recycling, Sustainability, Conservation (Environment), Clothing
Scholl, Jan – 1995
This document lists a total of 141 family and consumer science (home economics) references that were gleaned from popular press periodicals dating from December 1, 1994, to December 15, 1995. The references are organized by the following categories: child development, consumerism, grooming and clothing care, home environment, personal…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Classroom Techniques, Clothing
Christie, Lorna; Kempen, Elizabeth; Strydom, Mariette – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate custom-made apparel manufacturing micro-enterprise (CMME) owners' perspectives of sustainability within their business practices throughout the entire product development process and determine how educational initiatives can promote a more environmentally conscious product development process.…
Descriptors: Clothing, Manufacturing, Small Businesses, Ownership
Nam, Jinhee – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2012
Textile products are used heavily every day. The apparel industry is one of the largest industrial polluters, causing damage to both human health and the environment. Despite increasing consumer concern about environmental issues and a growing trend toward supporting sustainable production, consumers are often unable to evaluate accurately which…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Clothing, Purchasing, Consumer Science
Pasricha, Anupama – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Sustainability is gaining importance because of heightened ecological challenges. The UN declared 2005-2014 as the decade of sustainable development encouraging educational institutions at all levels to nurture ecologically literate individuals. An ecologically literate person has the knowledge necessary to comprehend interrelatedness among…
Descriptors: Expertise, Industry, Focus Groups, Interviews
Peer reviewedRaze, Robert E., Jr. – PTA Today, 1992
Today's children must be educated about solid waste management and recycling to reduce the amount of waste that goes into landfills. The article describes what can be recycled (newspapers, corrugated cardboard, paper, glass, aluminum, textiles, motor oil, organic wastes, appliances, steel cans, and plastics). It also lists student environment…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Hunger, Dean-Ellen, Ed.; Hancey, Helen-Louise; Hendrickson, Diane; Hicks, Camille; Munns, Barbara; Price, Barbara – 1997
This document is a nine-unit curriculum guide for a high school (grades 10-12) course in clothing instruction. The units contain one or two lessons on the following topics: (1) psychological aspects of clothing (behavior, image, and dress; self-concept and self-image); (2) wardrobe selections (wardrobe consumerism, wardrobe evaluation and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Clothing, Clothing Design, Clothing Instruction
Davidson, Jane S.; Morris, Carol – 1983
This curriculum guide on textiles and clothing, covering one of the five content areas of the Energy and Family Curriculum Guide, has been designed to provide learning experiences and identify resources that can be used to develop units of study related to energy usage and conservation. The guide is intended for use in comprehensive courses of…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Clothing, Clothing Design, Clothing Instruction
Marshall Univ., Huntington, WV. Dept. of Home Economics. – 1982
This curriculum consists of guidelines for teaching a comprehensive home economics course for grades 9 and 10, an outline of competencies and learner outcomes, a resource list, addresses of publishers, and a series of learning activities to supplement the course learning modules. Addressed in the units are the following topics: coping with today,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Awareness, Child Development, Clothing
Murzyn-Kupisz, Monika; Holuj, Dominika – Education Sciences, 2021
Fashion designers can have a key role to play in making fashion more sustainable, as they are able to influence and contribute to all dimensions of fashion impact (economic, environmental, social, and cultural), both positive and negative. Fashion design education should be seen as a chance to make aspiring designers aware of the challenges and…
Descriptors: Clothing, Textiles Instruction, Design Crafts, Sustainable Development
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1987
This set of activities is intended to assist home economics teachers in incorporating basic energy education concepts into traditional home economics topics. Awareness activities that are intended to help students develop an understanding of fundamental energy conservation concepts and, at the same time, apply these concepts in home economics…
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Clothing Instruction
