Swap Shop

Focus on how what you wear affects the environment via a Swap Shop event, and host an EcoFashion show to get the message out.

Tips:

• Involve the whole school community by getting students, teachers, staff, and parents to bring in gently used items to swap. You can swap books, gifts, clothes, and household items to bring awareness to consumer habits.
• Secondary family-studies classes can get creative by repurposing old clothes to make funky new clothing. Organize a school fashion show and connect it with information on the environmental impact of clothing choices.
• Hold a Thrift Tuesday or Thursday where students wear their favourite items from used clothing stores – a great way to popularize buying second-hand.