Design For Compliance Textile EPR In California (San Francisco)

Join the California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC) and Fashion Is Outrageous (FIO) to deepen awareness and drive proactive participation in SB 707: California Responsible Textile Recovery Act 2024.

This workshop brings brands, designers, buyers, upcyclers, waste diverters, policymakers and researchers together to improve a diversity of thought and build real pathways for circularity.  It acknowledges multiple ways of knowing, and the value of difference through the exchange of knowledge between a range of stakeholders.

Contribute as part of a select group of leading stakeholders for a deep dive into the textile EPR program, first of its kind in California. This workshop has been co-developed by Fashion Is Outrageous and California Product Stewardship Council, and will be delivered by the following facilitators:

Joanne Brasch, Director of Advocacy, California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC)Tosin Folorunso, PhD Candidate, Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley Kestrel Jenkins, Outreach Educator & Journalist/Podcaster, Conscious Chatter, and Co-Founder Fashion Is Outrageous (FIO) Gabrielle Miller, University Academic Lecturer in Fashion Design for Sustainability, and Co-Founder Fashion Is Outrageous (FIO)

In this interactive session, you will:

Get inside the framework of Textile EPR in California, and deep-dive into the definitions in the bill. Engage in discussions that explore and play forward the real-world impact of SB 707, to help understand needs, opportunities and true potential through design.​Shape the conversation and contribute your voice toward deepening and evolving the definition of repair.Co-create mapping visuals, zine-making and critical dialogues toward a more inclusive, equitable and accountable textile and fashion industry.

Takeaways from workshop:

Be part of the community: learning and leadership toward SB 707.Gather insights from presentation and reflections on evolving regulatory space, improving a diversity of thought on the SB 707 definitions, with a specific focus on ‘Repair’.Research capture of complex ideas and conversations through creative and engaging visuals.

Collaborators:

UC Berkeley will be hosting us at their Faculty Club, with thanks to the Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) department.

Mike Nicholls, @thisismikenicholls, Oakland-based visual artist, who transforms ideas through storytelling into experiences and visuals that connect and inspire. Mike will be joining us to illustrate artworks that represent a knowledge landscape and community of experiences.

We are excited to invite you to our collaborative workshop to connect and draw out research, actions and emotions affected by policy, and explore visions and scenarios for better worlds.

We hope you can join us!

To note: this event has a small capacity.

Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs and we will do our best to accommodate.

By registering for this event, you agree to share your registration information with the organizers of SF Climate Week.

Tosin Folorunso is a PhD student in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) at UC Berkeley. Her research examines emerging policies to address textile and apparel waste and circular economy transitions in the fashion industry. She will be participating in and actively observing the conversations in this event as part of her study. This is for PhD research purposes only, names will not be recorded, notes will be anonymous. Please let us know if you do not wish to be observed.