Students plan and execute a swap shop where they and other participants can exchange clothes instead of throwing them away or buying new ones.
The intention is to give students an experience of organizing a sustainable event and experience how recycling can be supported in practice.
Introduce the concept of a clothing swap, and why it is important.
Students decide what will be tradable, who will participate, where it will take place and when.
With the Reverse Brainstorming method, students come up with ideas about what could go wrong – or what will be difficult for the participants. The students then come up with positive ideas for how the exchange could work in practice. For example, will there be categories or exchange coupons to make the exchange more manageable?
Using the Brainstorming method, students come up with ideas for which working groups to set up. This can be, for example: development of the exchange concept, marketing, physical construction of the exchange, information material about recycling and sustainability, etc. Students choose the working group they want to join.
In their working groups, students prepare the exchange and market it.
The students bring the items they want to swap. Beforehand, they have agreed on how much each will bring.
Students prepare tables and signs to make it easy to navigate the different categories. Students identify and assign roles (e.g. emcee, table hosts, registrars and video and photo documentarians).
Students welcome you and explain how the clothing swap will work.
Participants can either freely swap 1:1 or use a developed point/trade voucher system. Selected students act as hosts, tutors and helpers at the tables.
When the time is up, the swap ends and students clean up.
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