Carbon Literacy for the Fashion Sector

Thursday 31st July and Friday 1st August, 09:30 – 13:00

As part of our 2025 Fashion in Film Festival season Grounded: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature and in collaboration with Climate Emergency Network, we are pleased to offer an online Carbon Literacy course aimed at Fashion professionals, educators, students and graduates.

This two-part course is designed to enhance your understanding of the causes and consequences of climate change in the context of the fashion industry. Together, we will explore a variety of data, to explore opportunities and challenges of life cycle assessment, understanding together how carbon data can drive us towards scientifically informed decisions.

At the end of the course, learners are invited to take their knowledge forward and commit to taking positive climate action within their practice. These pledges are then assessed by the team at the Carbon Literacy Project, for learners to gain certification as a Carbon Literate Citizen.

This course will be run by George Barker and Ozge Sahin, Carbon Literacy Trainers and sustainability consultants based out of the University of the Arts London. Together, they have taught 50+ Carbon Literacy courses and lead over 700 learners to certification, teaching across a range of disciplines including fashion and textiles.This course run online, over two consecutive days:

  • Thur 31 July, 09:30 - 13:00

  • Fri 1 August, 09:30 - 13:00

Attendance at both sessions is mandatory in order to achieve certification as Carbon Literate. Our course is priced at £95pp, with a discounted price of £75pp for current students or recent alumni (please email recent ID as supporting evidence).

We ask that you register your interest in this course via this EventBrite link before Fri 18 July. Please note that the course will be confirmed once a minimum number of spaces have been fulfilled. We will reach out to registered attendees to confirm their space via payment, sending joining links in due course.

For any questions about the course, please contact the course convenors at carbonliteracy@arts.ac.uk