Climate Justice
Changing the lens in which we look at climate change allows us to focus on how deeply inequitable it is for those who have contributed the least to carbon emissions, to suffer the most.
OUR PROGRAMME
The Our Fair Planet programme was developed as part of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs Youth Climate Justice Fund and aims at educating and empowering young people around the issues of Climate Justice, Sustainable Development, Just Transitions, Human Rights and Equality.
- Session One: Sustainable Development, Human Rights and Equality
- Session Two: Climate Justice, Sustainable Development and Just Transitions
- Session Three: Youth Activism and Social Change
We know that fashion is among the most polluting industries in the world and the current fashion industry model is based around a linear model of consumption with clothes being produced, used and then disposed of after use. This is particularly true of fast fashion items with over half of 3 of 5 fast fashion items ending up in landfill sites. From our evaluation of the Our Fair Planet programme fast fashion and sustainable fashion were key areas that young people wanted to both know more and take actions on. This is echoed in recent research by our friends in SpunOut.ie and Eco UNESCOs which found that 53% of young people now buy second hand or upcycled clothes (Youth Climate Voices: Youth Climate Justice Survey 2020).
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