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Just Stop Oil Activist explains why it's right to Attack Art | EuroNews | 24 October 2022

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2 minute clip - good for primary age to understand and inspire them on how small acts can make a difference

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I will be a hummingbird - Wangari Maathai (English)

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BBC Radio 4 - Radio 4 in Four, What did the suffragettes do for you?

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Scarlett Moffatt tells the story of women's suffrage.

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Access to mock UN COP27 conference resources

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Documentary about Shein - the world's largest fashion retailer

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Documentary about Shein - the world's largest fashion retailer

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45 minute documentary looking into fast fashion specifically through the eyes of garment workers in the factories of global fast fashion brand Shein.
(most relevant for secondary school age)

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UNTOLD: Inside The Shein Machine | Channel 4 Documentaries

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If you have a spare 5 minutes, please scan the QR code and fill in this survey. It will help us to create better resources and make sure we are able to support you and your school in the best possible way.

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Please use this action plan resource to help you organise how you and your school could try to achieve or incorporate these into the children's learning

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Action plan for schools - takeaway template

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Posters/fact files that will be a useful introduction for students that highlight some of the key facts and statistics about the fast fashion industry

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Fast fashion and Climate change glossary

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Fast fashion and Climate change glossary

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Fashion and Climate Change glossary - bingo definitions (1)

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This Is Not Your Goldmine. This Is Our Mess.

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This Is Not Your Goldmine. This Is Our Mess.

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An insightful online article for teachers and pupils to read. (secondary school age)
"there can be no sustainability revolution without justice throughout the global supply chain; the time for a circular economy is now."

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In an open letter to the fashion industry, OR Foundation cofounder Liz Ricketts insists there can be no sustainability revolution without justice throughout the global supply chain; the time for a circular economy is now.

Dear Fashion Industry,

Let's talk about waste.

We are on the verge of a waste revolution-a revolution of waste technology and of systems driven by a revolution in the way we think about waste. Some people and organizations call this revolution the Circular Economy. Others prefer the language of regenerative systems. Whatever model or lexicon we choose, waste is quickly moving from out of sight, out of mind to the center of design, business, media, and education. The away has moved from a myth to the marketplace, which is to say that waste is no longer "waste," but instead has been reimagined as a "resource," an "asset," a "nutrient," and an "opportunity." Corporate marketing campaigns claim that waste is now " beautiful," and that waste is no longer a "problem," rather it is the "solution." I've heard people talk about waste as a "trend to design into" and other people call circularity the "waste-to-gold" revolution.

When so much of the fashion industry runs on a business model that extracts finite resources to produce an infinite amount of stuff, any conversation about recycling waste feels like progress. If we could just turn that stuff back into resources, then everything would be fine-right? It's not so simple.

Waste and greed are two sides of the same destructive path. This means that waste cannot be revolutionized without a greater reckoning and reconciliation. And I don't see much reckoning. What I see is a mass depoliticization of waste.

The truth is that most of what ends up in Kantamanto is donated simply because fast-fashion requires turn over, not attachment. Fast fashion isn't made to be loved, to be kept, to be cared for... The secondhand trade is the outlet necessary for the firsthand trade to exist.

I remember the first time a brand referred to our research findings as a "goldmine." It was last April and they were talking about the waste from Kantamanto. Hearing this from one of the largest fashion brands on the planet and from a member of their sustainability team, no less, sent my heart into my gut. It confirmed the fears that provoked my not-for-profit to launch Dead White Man's Clothes (and to name our project as such) in 2016, while simultaneously making me wonder if sharing it so publicly would end up doing more harm than good.

This is a company whose leaders hoard wealth gained by exploiting the labor power of disenfranchised women who work in garment factories. This is a company that has no trouble projecting sales across dozens of different countries and cultures while claiming that a living wage for garment workers is incalculable. A company that uses its massive marketing apparatus to prey on the insecurities of young people, making them believe that consumption will solve their problems. A company that relies on disposability to grow with godlike limitlessness.

For this company (and others since then) to call Kantamanto's wastestream a "goldmine" isn't merely absurd. It's violent.

For our Ghanaian team members, the word "goldmine" stings. It evokes an immediate connection to the Gold Coast Colony -a name given to many diverse West African nations by foreigners. It is a phrase that speaks to the historical exploitation of mineral resources and of human life. Heard within the word "goldmine" is also the specific ongoing environmental and human cost of small scale gold mining called ; the politics of which are entangled with the current neocolonial scramble for Africa. It is a reminder that little has changed since the recent time of formal colonization. The minds of foreigners are still capable of collapsing all the richness that Ghana represents into an extraction site for foreign benefit.

Justice will not be the inevitable byproduct of take-back programs, clothing donations, or recycling technology.

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This Is Not Your Goldmine. This Is Our Mess.

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In an open letter to the fashion industry, OR Foundation cofounder Liz Ricketts the need for a sustainability revolution in supply chains.

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Lidl, Zara's owner Inditex, H&M and Next have been accused of paying garment suppliers in Bangladesh during the pandemic less than the cost of production, leaving factories struggling to pay the country's legal minimum wage.

In a survey of 1,000 factories in the country producing clothes for UK retailers, 19% of Lidl's suppliers made the claim, as did 11% of Inditex's, 9% of H&M's and 8% of Next's.

A majority of suppliers of those four brands, and also of Tesco and Aldi, told researchers that almost two years after Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic they were still being paid at the same rate - despite soaring raw material and production costs in the interim.

Almost half of Primark's suppliers questioned said they did not see an increase in payment rates, with just over a third saying orders had been cancelled, according to the research by the University of Aberdeen and the UK-based fair trade campaign group Transform Trade, formerly known as Traidcraft Exchange.

Their report, which looked at the period from March 2020 to December 2021, found larger brands buying from 15 or more factories were more likely to be engaging in unethical practices, such as delaying payments or cancelling orders, than smaller ones. These bigger operators included members of the UK's Ethical Trading Initiative, an alliance of companies, NGOs and unions set up to improve relations with suppliers.

Fiona Gooch, a senior policy adviser at Transform Trade, called for a fashion watchdog to regulate UK garment retailers in a similar way to the Grocery Supply Code of Practice, which oversees relations between suppliers and retailers selling more than £1bn of groceries a year.

"This research is a wake-up call," she said. "We need a fashion watchdog to stop unacceptable purchasing practices of the clothing retailers benefiting from large consumer markets, along the same lines as existing protections for food suppliers.

"Only when suppliers are able to plan ahead, with confidence that they will earn as expected, can they deliver good working conditions for their workers."

In a response published within the report, Lidl said it had "committed itself to ensuring minimum wages in its supply chain and to ensuring the sustainable pre-planning of the production of textile goods".

It added: "Lidl takes its responsibility towards workers in Bangladesh, and other countries where our suppliers produce, very seriously and is committed to ensuring that core social standards are complied with throughout the supply chain."

Next said it "completely refutes the suggestion that its suppliers are being paid the same (or less) than before the pandemic". The company said it had gone on record about rising supplier costs and its profit margins had remained stable while prices for customers had gone up, indicating it had paid suppliers more.

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Inditex said it had participated in global action to support the garment industry including factory workers. It said: "We guaranteed payment for all orders already placed and in process of production and worked with financial institutions to facilitate the provision of loans to suppliers on favourable terms."

Primark admitted it had been forced to cancel some orders during the pandemic when nearly all its shops had to close for a period of time. However, it said it had tried to support workers: "In April 2020, we established a wages fund in excess of £22m with the aim of supporting suppliers' ability to pay their workers, and from which Bangladeshi suppliers with garment orders due to be handed over to us within 30 days of the cancellation would have received payment."

A Tesco spokesperson said: "We are committed to fair and transparent partnerships throughout our supply chain, and we worked closely with our clothing suppliers to support them through the challenges of the pandemic. To ensure that they could continue to pay their workers fairly, we did not cancel any orders, did not penalise late deliveries, and honoured our payment terms in full."

Aldi said the report had not recognised that the brand was split into two entirely separate businesses - Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud, which includes the UK chain, and so the responses did not give a clear picture of the latter's behaviour.

H&M declined to comment.

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Lidl, Zara's owner, H&M and Next 'paid Bangladesh suppliers less than production cost'

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Lidl, Zara's owner Inditex, H&M and Next have been accused of paying garment suppliers in Bangladesh during the pandemic less than the cost of production, leaving factories struggling to pay the country's legal minimum wage.

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What could students do in school for climate change 

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What could students do in school for climate change 

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Poster - some ideas that children could use to think about activism in school

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Teachers Training Event - 11th October 2022

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Teacher's workshop presentation from 11.10.2022

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Teacher's workshop presentation from 11.10.2022

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This is the presentation you were shown at the event, feel free to use for sharing with other teachers in your school or to refresh your memory.

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Teachers Training Event  11th October 2022 final one use this updated 1

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Use this link to discover work and resources from one of our previous projects called The Ten Tonne Challenge that was created for everyone to gain an understanding on how our clothes affect the environment from biodiversity through to the human cost of fast fashion.

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Use this link to discover work and resources from one of our previous projects called Fashion Fix that highlighted the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling textiles.

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Decision making board game about fast fashion and climate change for children to play
Teaching resources for all junior and secondary age - easy element to add to lesson plans

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Decision making board game - final version 19.10.2022

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Before and after visuals of climate change

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Before and after visuals of climate change

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2 minute video showing different countries on google earth timelapse and how they have changed over the past 30 years with climate change.

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Artist Prince EA tells the story of how we are killing our planet

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Artist Prince EA tells the story of how we are killing our planet

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4 minute video from spoken word artist/rapper Prince Ea showing and explaining the harm we are causing and how we need to change.

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His Epic Message Will Make You Want to Save the World | Short Film Showcase

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Oceans were the hottest ever recorded in 2022, analysis shows

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Seas dominate global weather patterns and the climate crisis is causing profound and damaging changes

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Fact file about Lesein Mutunkei's work
(video resources of his work in next section on the right to link with this content).

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Fact file about Mitzi Jonelle Tan's work
(video resources of her work in next section on the right to link with this content).

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Fact file about Xiuhtezcatl Martinez's work
(video resources of his work in next section on the right to link with this content).

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Fact file about Greta Thunberg's work
(video resources of her work in next section on the right to link with this content).

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Fact file about the late Wangari Maathai's work during the time of female and black oppression.

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Powerpoint pdf for teacher use - explains what a swap shop is and how to set up an event

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Poster info, example poster and blank poster template ready for print

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"I think it's really important for the things that you own hold a personal value to you"

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"I think it's really important for the things that you own hold a personal value to you"

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60 second video where Professor Green talks about how we need to preserve our wardrobes and not ruin our clothes by washing them too often.

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Wear Not Waste - Ecover x Professor Green (Full Length)

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The aftermath of the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013

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The aftermath of the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013

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30 minute documentary following the story of a mother and grandmother in the life she now leads after the Rana Plaza disaster where she lost her 2 daughters and son-in-law.
(Secondary school/Sixth form resource)

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Rainbow Collective - Documentary Production

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TEARS IN THE FABRIC (RANA PLAZA DOCUMENTARY 2014)

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13 minute documentary look at how some designers are making a difference by using sustainable methods and fabrics when creating collections that are built for you to keep forever and not discard at the end of every season.
(Secondary school/Sixth form resources)

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Given 83% of all of our waters contain #plastic #microfibres and a 1/3 of this is said to come from the #fashion industry, learn how you can be apart of the solution, not the problem..

Having debuted the social film at the V&A and the #UnitedNations #GeneralAssembly earlier this year, Part 1 of the #Catwalk2Creation docuseries directed and produced by award-winning duo Charney Magri and @Ramzi Moutran is now live.

"Catwalk to Creation is the journey or two #sustainable garments, in reverse. By following the #supplychain we uncover what happens behind the campaigns that #RamziMoutran and I have spent much of our careers shooting, to raise awareness on the fashion industry. In this particular series we focus in on the environmental side; one episode looking at #synthetics & #naturalfibres, the other a next-gen solution.

While leading the conversation and making sustainability aspirational through powerful content we aim to deliver clarity to an often confusing and convoluted industry. We work closely with the #UN aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 agenda and aim in advancing transparency in the supply chain, empowering the consumer to make a more educated decision when using their purchasing power.”

Want to know more?
Catwalk to Creation is the compilation of over 12 months of research but there is always room to ask more questions. Here at Fashion 4 Change we encourage you to continue to be curious and support you on your journey to find the best solutions. Here are some of the biggest leaders in the industry who will help you on your way:

- Learn more about the C&A Foundation on their website: http://www.candafoundation.org
- watch the C&A Foundation’s Executive Director's Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCSn2HKTg-U
- Watch the C&A Foundation’s Executive Director’s interview on Conscious Chatter: https://consciouschatter.com/…/s02-episode-75-canda-foundat…
- Visit the The Woolmark Company Website: www.woolmark.com
- Find out more about the International Woolmark Prize website: www.woolmarkprize.com
- Learn more about sustainability in the fashion industry through inspiring talks, clothing swaps and cultural events at @Global Fashion Exchange: http://www.globalfashionxchange.org/
- Become apart of the global movement and sign the petition at Fashion Revolution: https://www.fashionrevolution.org/ 
- Link in with people and resources that will help your business to thrive at Common Objective: https://www.commonobjective.co/
- Find out which suppliers are developing business solutions to protect ancient and endangered forrest at Canopy: https://canopyplanet.org/
- Look at how the British Fashion Council's Positive Fashion is championing the long term sustainability of the fashion industry: http://www.britishfashioncouncil.com/About/Positive-Fashion

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The story of female garment workers at a recycling textile plant in North India

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The story of female garment workers at a recycling textile plant in North India

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13 minute documentary showing the lives of female garments workers at a textile recycling company in India, their work and the discussion of their dreams for the future.
(Suitable for primary and secondary ages)

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Where do our discarded clothes end up? A fascinating yarn unravels on a journey across Northern India.

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The story of female garment workers in Mexico

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The story of female garment workers in Mexico

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14 minute documentary looking into the human impact mass production in the fashion industry has on female garment workers in Mexico.
(Secondary school/Sixth form resource - contains some explicit wording)

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Against the backdrop of fracturing United States and Mexico relations we're shining a light on the women working in factories called maquilas , who bring our fashion to life. Today the global garment industry is worth $3 trillion, or about 2 percent of the world's gross domestic product.

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Lesein Mutunkei is a teenager from Kenya who has founded a company that is using his passion for football to help tackle climate change. Every goal he scores he plants 11 trees.

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TREES4GOALS: The teenager combating climate change with his football - BBC What's New

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Mitzi's fight to climate change justice in the Philippines

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Mitzi's fight to climate change justice in the Philippines

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Mitzi Jonelle Tan from Manila in the Philippines explains her role in the FridaysForFuture international community as well as how her own organisation Youth Advocates for Climate Action helps to aid the effects climate change has in her country.

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Campaigning for climate justice in the Philippines | UNICEF

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3 minute video showing the effects of the fashion industry and explaining the solutions we can use to help save the planet.
(Suitable for all ages)

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Activism can be anything - the 22 year old hip-hop rapper

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Activism can be anything - the 22 year old hip-hop rapper

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Xiuhtezcatl Martinez shows how you can incorporate activism into one of your passion to help others become aware and to join the climate change movement.

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Meet The 17-Year-Old Aztec Rapper Suing The Donald Trump Administration | NBC News

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Young activists from across the world stepping up for their country and the whole planet

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Young activists from across the world stepping up for their country and the whole planet

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Greta and eight young activists reveal how the climate crisis is shaping their lives | UNICEF

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Greta Thunberg - Nature can be the solution to climate change

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Greta Thunberg - Nature can be the solution to climate change

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Founder of the Green Belt Movement and first woman to win the Nobel peace prize, this video takes a look at the work she did throughout her life journey and how her legacy still lives on today.

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Prof. Wangari Maathai at 80: Tree planter, Nobel Prize laureate, revolutionary

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Young Environmental Activists Speak Out on Climate Change

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SOS From The Kids choir - Britain's Got Talent audition

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SOS From The Kids choir - Britain's Got Talent audition

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We are a community of kids who love singing and want to protect nature.  We write and sing songs as our form of environmental activism. We're asking for social and environmental justice and we invite others to sing with us.

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An important SOS From The Kids: SAVE THE PLANET! | Auditions | BGT 2020

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Can You Imagine - (Official Music Video)

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Entreprise swap shop checklist resources for students to use

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Entreprise swap shop checklist resources for students to use

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Fast fashion and climate change wordsearch

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Fast fashion and climate change wordsearch

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Printable warm up activity introducing 12 key terms associated with the project