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Application Deadline: December 31st 2020 Environmentally friendly measures, sustainability and circular economy actions applied to fashion are the focus of Fashionomics Africa’s first online contest. The first Fashionomics Africa contest is a challenge prize run by the African Development Bank, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, Parsons School of Design and Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Make Fashion Circular initiative, across the Continent. On the continent and worldwide, the current linear take-make-dispose model, characterised by rapid and endless consumpti...

6 Inspiring Women Leaders Fighting Climate Change by Image: Wikipedia Climate change has, and continues to be, a pressing issue globally. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown showed us what we are capable of achieving digitally - be it for work, education, or shopping, offering opportunities to exact change and new learnings that can be carried forward to deal with climate crisis in the future. If we are to avoid the worst of climate change, we need to continually work towards a better tomorrow, be it with advocacy or activism, sustainable development or eco-friendly solut...