The Sustainability Council holds a week of activities to raise awareness of the environment and our own personal efforts to live […]
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Category: Sustainability
Call for Student Project Exhibitions: 2017 Sustainable Business and Design Conference
FIT community members are encouraged to submit student projects or your their own research to be on display at FIT’s 11th Annual Sustainable Business […]
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FIT Awarded 2016 Environmental Excellence Award
FIT has been awarded one of eight 2016 Environmental Excellence Awards by New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). […]
Read moreCall for Sustainability Grant Proposals
The Sustainability Council is inviting proposals to support creative and innovative initiatives that help to infuse various aspects of sustainability […]
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FIT Team Wins Biodesign Challenge
FIT has won the first Biodesign Challenge (BDC), a competition in which teams of students from nine leading U.S. colleges […]
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Summer Institute Teaches Best Practices in Sustainable Fashion
Now in its third year, the Summer Institute for Sustainability in Fashion and Textiles, held June 6-9, brought together 41 […]
Read moreThe Hand of Fashion Series: Artisanship in the Supply Chain
Friday, April 22, 6 pm NOTE: CHANGE IN LOCATION The Helen Mills Theater; 137 West 26th Street on the North […]
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Student Projects Headed to Clinton Global Initiative University
For the third consecutive year, the highly competitive Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) has accepted Commitments to Action developed […]
Read moreThe Hand of Fashion Series: Fair Labor and the Living Wage
Tuesday, March 15, 6 pm Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Guest speaker: Auret van Heerden — Labor Expert and Director, Equiception The […]
Read moreThe Hand of Fashion Series: Can Impact Be Predicted?
Thursday, March 17, 6 pm Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Guest speaker: Lisa Barratt — RISE Senior Project Manager, Ethical Fashion Initiative […]
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