Creating a circular zero-waste textile economy is one of the hottest topics for the textile industry in the coming years. Small and big textile companies are working on the development of circular systems. However, there are still many challenges to overcome from the development of fully biodegradable or permanently technically recyclable materials to organizing post-consumer recovery systems, new business models such as leasing and transparent material declaration.
During the OSCE Days 2015, we want to work on challenges around circular textiles simultaneously in the different cities worldwide and share our findings and ideas. This topic in the forum helps us to organize the Berlin Circular Textile Challenge(s). Feel free to join and share your ideas!
Challenges:
- Materials: circular materials incl. recycling
- Design and production: design and production (assembly) of products for a circular textile economy
- Use phase: the use phase of circular textiles (incl. sharing, reuse, repair, use of upcycling services)
- Recovery: recovery, sorting and disassembly for a circular textile economy (incl. new business models)
Crosscutting issues: transfer of information (transparency and declaration), business models, policy, systems
Programme (draft):
THURSDAY, 11th of June
10.30-11.30: press conference
19.00-21.00: organizers` get-together
FRIDAY, 12th of June
8.30-9.30: organizer`s meeting
9.30-10.00: doors open for participants
10.00-11.00: general introduction
- 10.00-10.20: general introduction of the OSCEDays (@Lars2i, @cameralibre, @Alice_audrey)
- 10.20-10.40: short intro of the different challenges incl. Circular Textile Challenge (@Ina, @sophia)
- 10.40-11.00: short intro of the European Commission Public Consultation for the EU Circular Economy Strategy
11.00-12.00: introduction of the Circular Textile Challenge (in the 3rd floor) - 11.00-11.20: impulse statement by Prof. Friederike von Wedel-Parlow
- 11.20-11.40: overview of the Circular Textile Challenge(s) by @Ina, @Natacha, @sophia and the Esmod students
- 11.40-12.00: introduction of participants and their interests/backgrounds
12.00-12.30: parallel sessions (Baseline 2015 and Vision 2050) - 12.00-12.30: Round 1: Materials + Design and production + Use phase + Recovery (rotation after lunch)
12.30-14.00: lunch break (Agora cafe)
14.00-16.15: parallel sessions (Baseline 2015 and Vision 2050) - 14.00-14.45: live Skype talk with Helene Smits (Circle Economy - Circular Textile Programme)
- 14.45-15.15: Round 2: Materials + Design and production + Use phase + Recovery (rotation)
- 15.15-15.45: Round 3: Materials + Design and production + Use phase + Recovery (rotation)
- 15.45-16.15: Round 4: Materials + Design and production + Use phase + Recovery (rotation)
16.15-16.30: break
16.30-18.00: outcome presentation and discussion - 16.30-16.45: presentation of the Baseline 2015 and Vision 2050s Materials by facilitator + discussion
- 16.45-17.00: presentation of the Baseline 2015 and Vision 2050s Design by facilitator + discussion
- 17.00-17.15: presentation of the Baseline 2015 and Vision 2050s Use phase by facilitator + discussion
- 17.15-17.30: presentation of the Baseline 2015 and Vision 2050s Recovery by facilitator + discussion
- 17.30-18.00: final discussion
19.00-20.30: The True Cost movie (Moviemento Kino, Kottbusser Damm 22, 10999 Kreuzberg)
20.00-21.30: Panel Discussion Eco Design + Get-Together (Orange Lab am Ernst-Reuter-Platz 2, 10587 Berlin)
SATURDAY, 13th of June
9.00-9.30: organizer`s meeting
9.30-10.00: doors open for participants
10.00-10.30: general meeting in the morning
- 10.30-11.00: Skype call with Fioen van Balgooi (Refinity)
10.30 - 13.00: Roadmap from 2015 to 2050
13.00-14.00: lunch break (Agora cafe) - 14.00-14.15: Presentation by Jacky OE (mela wear) about creating a circular brand
- 14.15-15.00: Presentation by Lucy Noris, PhD Anthropology + Researcher of Textile Recycling
16.00-16.30: break
16.30-18.00: From Vision to Action - concrete starting points
18.00-19.00: open get-together
SUNDAY, 14th of June
9.00-9.30: organizer`s meeting
9.30-10.00: doors open for participants
10.00-10.30: general assembly in the morning
10.30-12.30: Circular Economy Lab challenge
12.30-14.00 Lunch Break (Agora cafe)
14.00-16.00: documentation of the Circular Textile Challenge 2015
- 14.00-14.15: Baseline 2015 & Vision 2050
- 14.15-15.00: Roadmap 2015-2050
- 15.00-16.00: From Vision to Action
16.00-17.00: Overview of the public consultation process of the EC by Christian Rudolph (nextcycle) - 16.00-17.00: questionnaire (textile perspective)
- 17.00-18.00: main statements for the position paper of the OSCEDays with regard to textiles (1 page)
18.00-19.00: open exchange
MONDAY, 15th of June
16.00-18.00 Final panel discussion of the OSCEDays
Number of participants and application procedure
The number of participants in the venue in Berlin is limited to 50 participants in the Circular Textile Challenge (150 in total). The Circular Textile Challenge is for professionals. People who cannot attend the Challenge in Berlin may join the discussion through online tools (chat, video message etc.). The participation is for free. However, participants have to apply in order to participate in the workshops. The wrap-up session and get-together in the evening is open (no application needed).
Main coordinators:
@sophia
@Ina
Team of organizers:
@Anna_Perrottet, @MartinaSkender, @kunji, @Frans, @JuliaP, @Natacha
Communication:
Friday:
@MoaNilsson
@cameralibre
Saturday:
Arianna (?)
Outputs
- Baseline 2015 and Vision 2050
- Roadmap from 2015 to 2050
- From Vision to Action - concrete starting points (agreements, cooperation ideas)
We plan to publish the results as “Open Source (CC BY-SA) Circular Textile Manual”. Please find the link to the documents in our Textile and Fashion Folder.
Real-time Documentation
Circular Textile Challenge 1 - Materials
PAD: https://pad.oscedays.org/p/berlin_ct1-materials
FOLDER: http://is.gd/ct1_materials
Circular Textile Challenge 2 - Design & Production
PAD: https://pad.oscedays.org/p/berlin_ct2-design-and-production
FOLDER: http://is.gd/ct2_design
Circular Textiles Challenge 3: Retail, use and return
PAD: https://pad.oscedays.org/p/berlin_ct3-retail-use-and-return
FOLDER: http://is.gd/ct3_retail
Circular Textiles Challenge 4 - Recovery, sorting & disassembling
PAD: https://pad.oscedays.org/p/berlin_ct4-recovery
FOLDER: http://is.gd/ct4_recovery
Circular Textile Challenge - Documentation
PAD: https://pad.oscedays.org/p/berlin_ct-documentation
FOLDER: http://is.gd/ct_documentation
Public link to upload photos is:
Berlin Media folder: https://cloud.oscedays.org/index.php/s/hnTdkeqHbqu7fym
Please note: By uploading files to this folder, you agree that they will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). If you want to be mentioned as photographer, please add your name to the file. Otherwise add the term Public Domain. Thank you!
Orga meetings:
Circular Textile Meeting April 16 (during OSCEDays Meeting Berlin)
Circular Textile Meeting April 29
Circular Textile Meeting May 7 (part of general OSCEDays meeting)
Circular Textile Meeting June 4 (part of general OSCEDays meeting)
Participants and partner organisations:
interloom
Esmod
GetChanged!
Upcycling Fashion Store
Circle Economy - The Circular Textile Programme (tbc)
tHERAPY
Website
Hashtags:
“#circulartextiles”
“#oscedays”
Materials:
8 desks for 4 challenges a 2 desks (Agora)
50 chairs (Agora)
3+x photo cameras ( @MoaNilsson, @cameralibre, @sophia, and YOU?)
1 Alarm clock or bell (@kunji ?)
8 print-outs of the Circular Textile Programme (@Ina)
1 print-out of the Esmod input material ( @Ina )
2x4 print-outs of the facilitator guidelines incl WLAN password ( @Ina)
1 print-out of a floorplan ( @JuliaP)
5 print-out of the participants list ( @Lars2i )
1 power point presentation ( @Ina)
2x4 displays with the name of the 4 challenge, e.g. folded cardboards with green name of challenge ( @Ina )
1 Beamer (@sophia) or 1 beamer of Agora
1 mircophone ( @Lars2i ?)
1 adapter for Mac-Beamer ( Max ?)
4+x laptops ( @Ina, @UFS, @sophia, Max, Carina, Lucy, @MartinaSkender, @Natacha, @MoaNilsson and YOU)
1 good loud speakers for the Skype talks ( @cameralibre ?, @Ina; @sophia)
2 pin boards standing size 120x65cm (Max) - 4 sides for the key outcomes of the 4 challenges
3 Boards, 0,5 cm grey Cardboard (65cm x 100cm) + 1 Board ( 65 x 65 cm) (@Natacha) - (1 each for the participants on Friday, and Saturday)
1 cork board ( @Babaruna)
8 card boards for the tables to pin notes on them or big papers (Packpapier) and paper pins ( @kunji, Maike )
50 name badges from the Betahaus ( @Alice_audrey, @MartinaSkender ? or Chris)
4 pens in different colours to write on the name badges ( @kunji or @Alice_audrey)
50 coloured pens to write on paper ( @Alice_audrey, and YOU)
4 scissors ( @sophia, @kunji, @Ina, @UFS, and YOU)
200 pushpins / Reißzwecken (@kunji, @Alice_audrey, and YOU)
paper (if possible also coloured) to cut into pieces ( @kunji, @UFS, and YOU)
big Posters to write on ( Maike)
Thread ( @Natacha)
