Fashion Has A Big Problem

Young people long for a better world but every purchasing decision they make can inadvertently support an often destructive and exploitative industry. Young people long for justice but can feel overwhelmed by the size of the problems in our hurting, globalised world. They long to make a difference, but their influence can feel small.

Male shopping for clothing
The average Australian buys 53 new items of clothing each year
Pile of extra clothing
1 in 4 Australians throw clothes away after just one wear
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Each year, Australians send 4 Sydney Harbour Bridges worth of clothes to landfill

What If The Clothes We Wore Reflect Our Faith And Values? 

This interactive and thought-provoking workshop draws on up-to-date research from the Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion Report to help students explore the impact of the fashion industry on people and the planet—and what a Christian response to justice looks like. 

Designed to be accessible and engaging for all Secondary School students, the workshop challenges every person to consider how their everyday choices can be an act of faith in action. 

About Our School Ethical Fashion Workshop

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Workshop Highlights

  • Understand Ethical Fashion: What it is, Why it matters
  • Explore Baptist World Aid’s Ethical Fashion Guide: Australia’s leading research into the impact of your clothes:
  • Connect faith and justice—learning how ethical fashion aligns with biblical principles of stewardship and loving your neighbour
  • Take action by buying less, buying better, and expecting more from fashion brands.
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Student Outcomes

Bible
A deeper understanding of biblical justice and why it matters
Guide
Practical tools to align their choices with their faith
Woman thinking
Critical thinking about ethical responsibility in a global world

Workshop Format

  • Best suited to Secondary School students, in groups between 20 – 400. The workshop can run with a class (e.g. religious studies, humanities), year level, or whole secondary school with up to 400 students.
  • Ideal time allocation is 30-50 minutes depending on school period length
  • Workshop is interactive and engages students to explore the impact of their favourite brands, with clear outcomes that every person can put into action
  • Can be tailored to groups of all sizes however split by year level is ideal for maximising effectiveness of interactive elements.
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Enquire Now

Get in contact with our team today to book, find out pricing, and how your school can get involved. 

For over a decade, Baptist World Aid has been advocating for a fashion system that is fairer on workers and the environment. The Ethical Fashion Guide equips consumers with brand scores to help them shop with impact, while the Ethical Fashion Report holds the industry to account and drives progress through evidence-based insights and recommendations. 

Baptist World Aid is the aid and development arm of the Australian Baptist Church. Accredited by the Australian government, we’ve been helping people around the world emerge from poverty since 1959. 

We connect generous Australians with local Christian Partners who are known and trusted by the communities they serve.  Together we work alongside children, women and men so they can fight injustice and create long-term solutions to poverty—for themselves, their families, and their communities. 

 

Hand holding Ethical Fashion Guide