The Conscious Fashion Campaign’s Earth Month Virtual Program Is Revealed—Supporting The UN Secretary-General’s 2021 Priority To Make Peace With Nature

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Program highlights agents of change Priya Ahluwalia, Becca McCharen and Hillary Taymour as well as environmental organizations WWF and Canopy among others leading the charge on sustainability.

The Conscious Fashion Campaign, an initiative founded by social entrepreneur Kerry Bannigan to accelerate fashion industry action in support of the Sustainable Development Goals, is set to host a virtual educational experience, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships, entitled “Discover the Sustainable Development Goals - To Make Peace With Nature” from April 1 - 30, 2021.

Discover the SDGs, supported by Arch and Hook, Bluesign and Lenzing, will comprise of 30 days free access to exhibitions, talks, podcasts, learning tools and documentaries responding to the United Nations Secretary-General’s 2021 priority ‘to make peace with nature’ and aims to strengthen engagement from the global fashion sector to further support the Sustainable Development Goals - 17 urgent calls to action for a better world that have been adopted by all United Nations Member States.

The On-Demand Program Includes:

Textile Mountain - Textile Mountain documentary highlights the social and environmental cost of the second-hand clothing trade, tracing the path of our unwanted garments from recycling bins in Europe to landfills and waterways in the Global South.

Shot in Kenya, Ireland and Belgium, the film calls on us to reimagine the way we design, wear and reuse our clothes - so that our fashion waste no longer becomes another country’s burden.

Our Planet: Our Business – Inspired by the Netflix series Our Planet, this film takes a look into how the global business community can be a powerful force to drive rehabilitative action for nature.

Expert perspectives are offered by WWF Executive Director of Science and Conservation, Mike Barrett, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Director, Johan Rockström, SDG Advocate, Hindou Ibrahim, Mahindra Group Chairman, Anand Mahindra, UNFCCC Former Executive Secretary, Christiana Figueres, TESCO Group CEO, Dave Lewis, and Costa Rica President, Carlos Alvadaro Quesada.

Nations United

Marking the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations and five years since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, Nations United tells the story of the world as it is, as it was, and as it could be.

It focuses on the solutions and action we need to tackle poverty, inequality, injustice and climate change.

Voices represented include UN Secretary-General António Guterres and UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, Malala Yousafzai, Don Cheadle, Michelle Yeoh, Forest Whitaker, Thandie Newton, Sugata Mitra, and an exclusive performance from Grammy nominated singer Burna Boy, and a new version of a previous UN performance by multi-Grammy award winning artist, Beyoncé. .

Discover the SDGs, convened by the Conscious Fashion Campaign in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships, April 1 - 30, 2021 | www.discoverthesdgs.com

The Conscious Fashion Campaign

The Conscious Fashion Campaign, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships, co-creates high-visibility global fashion event partnerships to advance the Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

The campaign was established in 2019 to inspire innovative ideas, connect industry leaders, enable new partnerships, and enact sustainable change.

Through advocacy, education, and partnership development; the Conscious Fashion Campaign supports solutions for sustainable innovation in the Decade of Action. www.consciousfashioncampaign.com

The United Nations Office For Partnerships

The United Nations Office for Partnerships is your global gateway to connect and co-create partnerships to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals.

UN Partnerships seeks to mobilize everyone, everywhere; demand ambition and accountability to act now to deliver the SDGs.

UN Partnerships works globally, regionally and in countries—to transform the world through SDG partnerships—for people and for the planet. www.un.org/partnerships