Chinese Student Environmentally Friendly Fashion Show
November 2nd, 2008
Yesterday, a fashion show was held in Wuhu Anhui.
Unlike, the ones that grace the runways of Paris, London, New York, or Shanghai, the clothing highlighted at this show was designed by elementary kids using recycled materials.
Fashion creations made of newspapers, packaging bags, plastic bottles and leaves designed by 280 students were displayed here on Thursday.
All jokes aside, I must give the organizers credit for taking this innitiative. As I have pointed out in several posts here and on Crossroads, it is important to get them while they are young before they develop bad habits.
This is a great event to report on! So cute. Waxing even more lyrically ..creative professions can certainly have some real relevance to people’s actions, at a time when the most important front is the one on sustainable development, and fighting climate change. As well as the education of infants slant (I tought in Wuhu before) of organising this, I belive that green fashion definitely should be pursued more generally, part of making behavioral patterns more considerate of the environment. It could provide supportive bases for such new thought patterns as are necessary for this, slowly suggesting to our aesthetics news idea of what is a beautiful sight, or what is a most beautiful action. Is it the sight of fur or leather, or even flaunting a precious, mined mineral or gem. Or is it the sight of something more abundant, produced sustainably or recycled? These are things I’d take away, no laugh, fantastic to see extensive welcoming of green culture in all institutions, including schools and the art world. For an example of the latter, see Common Ground, active in the US and China, a group merging new media, art and philanthropy to focus attention on – and raise money for - environmental projects worldwide (http://www.commonground2008.com). Their collection will be at the Huan Tie Art Museum in Beijing Nov. 9th – Nov. 19th. They also have a site in Chinese. To put this Wuhu show in context, it is not the only environment related activity making news from Wuhu. A 232,508 tCO2 e/y of Ave. GHG reductions CDM project has been approved at the Anhui Conch cement factory just outside the town ( http://cdm.ccchina.gov.cn/WebSite/CDM/UpFile/File1570.pdf) and a 4GW nuclear power plant is also slated to go up nearby (www.citychinadigitaltimes.net/2008/10/chinas-poor-anhui-gears-up-for-nuclear-plant/).
Moderating my earlier comment, I think we need a sexy siege:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/18/cleantechnology100.news\
“The all-out attacks are mega-schemes to convert the Sahara into a giant solar energy farm, or supergrids connecting renewable energy plants across continents. These are dazzling, flashy proposals and gain much attention. Global geo-engineering plans are even more pulse-quickening, aimed as they are at changing the reflectivity of the entire planet. A million space mirrors? Glitzy.
Yet such spectacular attacks are high risk, easily turning into crashing, expensive failures. Sieges, dull and monotonous, are the wise general’s choice. And in the context of carbon dioxide emissions, the siege strategy equates to energy efficiency. That means switching stuff off, or building it to use less energy in the first place”.
But what I think it really needs on this one is “”Bisociative thinking” .(wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_bisociative_thinking ).