ACTIVITY

Clothing swap – Part 2

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.

Before:

Make sure that you have completed part 1 before starting this activity: Clothing swap – Part 1.

In their working groups, students prepare the exchange and market it throughout the school.

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. table hosts, registrars and video and photo documentarians).

Students welcome visitors 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.

Didactic tips:

Let students research consumption patterns and challenges with lack of recycling before preparing and organizing the swap meet.
After the swap, students can evaluate the event:

- How many items were exchanged?

- Which categories were most popular?

- What worked well and what can be improved next time?

Any remaining items can be donated or saved for a new swap.
Students can write articles about the exchange for the school website or social media afterwards.
The swap shop (manned or unmanned) can be continued as a permanent or regularly recurring feature at the school if some of the students want to run it.

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THEME:

Textile & fashion

AGE: 10-12 years, 13-15 years

SUBJECTS:

Social studies
Mother tongue

TOOLS / MATERIALS:

Room for the clothing swap
Signs