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MOTTAINAI / A Journey inSearch of the Zero Waste Life

Virginia Aronson“Mottainai feels like sacrifice at first.Then it feels like the only way to live.”

Mottainai means waste. Popular with the Japanese forgenerations, mottainai (pronounced moe-tie-nye) is the Buddhistterm for essence. One can say mottainai and mean “wastenothing.” Or, if something appears wasteful, one might remark,“mottainai.”

A kind of modern day fairy tale, MOTTAINAI: A JOURNEY INSEARCH OF THE ZERO WASTE LIFE is the story of a young manwho has everything and feels nothing but frustration. Until hemeets an unusual stranger and learns how little we reallyneed - and why living differently is important for each of us,and for the planet.

A typical American Millennial, Greer Grassi stumbles on agrassroots movement to change the world. More interested inmaterial accumulation and boosting his bank account, he puts hislifestyle of comfort on hold after he falls for a charming activist. Towoo the girl, he takes a job at her nonprofit organization andembarks on the wacky but required training program in ruralJapan. There, he lives off the grid with a cranky guru who talkstrash and drinks too much. Yet, mottainai is the journey that willchange the young man’s outlook - and his life.

An ancient Japanese philosophy popularized worldwide by thelate African activist Wangari Maathai, mottainai is both anindividual consciousness and a global movement toward zerowaste. To support this important worldview, MOTTAINAI: AJOURNEY IN SEARCH OF THE ZERO WASTE LIFE provides anentertaining story, an allegory about what it takes for us to changeour comfortable, wasteful lifestyle in order to save our beautiful,beleaguered planet. Includes tips for cutting back on waste and helpfulresources/references.

135 x 210 mmPaperback - 105 Pages

About the Writer

Virginia Aronson is the Director of the Food and Nutrition Resources Foun-dation. She is the author of more than 40 books pub-lished by Random House, Doubleday, Macmillan, Prentice-Hall, Penguin, and small independent presses in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. Her books include textbooks on nutri-tion, guidebooks for healthy living, and fiction for chil-dren and adults. She lives in the US with her husband and son.

"Mottainai feels like sacrifice at first.Then it feels like the only way to live."

Mottainai means waste. Popular with the Japanese for generations, mottainai (pronounced moe-tie-nye) is the Buddhist term for essence. One can say mottainai and mean "waste nothing." Or, if something appears wasteful, one might remark, "mottainai."

A kind of modern day fairy tale, MOTTAINAI: A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF THE ZERO WASTE LIFE is the story of a young man who has everything and feels nothing but frustration. Until he meets an unusual stranger and learns how little we really need - and why living differently is important for each of us, and for the planet.

A typical American Millennial, Greer Grassi stumbles on a grassroots movement to change the world. More interested in material accumulation and boosting his bank account, he puts his lifestyle of comfort on hold after he falls for a charming activist. To woo the girl, he takes a job at her nonprofit organization and embarks on the wacky but required training program in rural Japan. There, he lives off the grid with a cranky guru who talks trash and drinks too much. Yet, mottainai is the journey that will change the young man's outlook - and his life.

An ancient Japanese philosophy popularized worldwide by the late African activist Wangari Maathai, mottainai is both an individual consciousness and a global movement toward zero waste. To support this important worldview, MOTTAINAI: A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF THE ZERO WASTE LIFE provides an entertaining story, an allegory about what it takes for us to change our comfortable, wasteful lifestyle in order to save our beautiful, beleaguered planet.

Includes tips for cutting back on waste and helpful resources/references.

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A Garden on Top of the World

Virginia Aronson“This is the way the world is fed.”The year is 2066 and life in Greenland is much warmer, morecrowded, and lacking in fresh food. Sixteen-year-old Jonnie lives inthe Relocation city of Shamed. Hundred-story high rises houseextended families from American coastal cities relocated after theSixth Sea Rise. Work and school are conducted from overcrowdedapartments, and homeless people camp out in the streets.

Jonnie’s parents run a high-tech call center where familymembers work day and night. She shares a bedroom with her mucholder nieces. For quiet and privacy, Jonnie retreats to the emptyrooftop.

Red is a homeless man who takes up temporary residence in apigeon coop on the roof. After Red talks about the seeds in the birds’droppings, Jonnie gets interested in heirloom seeds. The familybusiness has just been awarded a lucrative contract from Monarcho,the international conglomerate that holds patents to much of theworld’s seeds. Jonnie knows little about how food grows becausemeals come in packages ordered online and delivered by drone.Dishes are manufactured in the home using 3D printers.

Armed with a new understanding of old-fashioned garden-grownfood, Jonnie is determined to create her own garden on the roof of herhigh rise. Along the way, she meets a former cryosphere scientist, abotanist with an urban indoor garden, and Drew and Darr, twins herown age who live in the next building.

Jonnie’s search for who she is and what she might be able to offerthe world is one that will resonate with readers of all ages. Theinformation she learns about healthy food, sustainable agriculture,and urban gardens may inspire readers to start their own gardens.

A cautionary tale with depth and humor, A GARDEN ON TOP OFTHE WORLD is environmental fiction for ages 12 and up. Includesresources on gardening, urban gardens, heirloom seeds and organicfoods.


About the Writer

Virginia Aronson is the Director of the Food and Nutrition Resources Foun-dation. She is the author of more than 40 books pub-lished by Random House, Doubleday, Macmillan, Prentice-Hall, Penguin, and small independent presses in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. Her books include textbooks on nutri-tion, guidebooks for healthy living, and fiction for chil-dren and adults. She lives in the US with her husband and son.

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“This is the way the world is fed.” The year is 2066 and life in Greenland is much warmer, more crowded, and lacking in fresh food. Sixteen-year-old Jonnie lives in the Relocation city of Shamed. Hundred-story high rises house extended families from American coastal cities relocated after the Sixth Sea Rise. Work and school are conducted from overcrowded apartments, and homeless people camp out in the streets.

Jonnie's parents run a high-tech call center where family members work day and night. She shares a bedroom with her much older nieces. For quiet and privacy, Jonnie retreats to the empty rooftop.

Red is a homeless man who takes up temporary residence in a pigeon coop on the roof. After Red talks about the seeds in the birds' droppings, Jonnie gets interested in heirloom seeds. The family business has just been awarded a lucrative contract from Monarcho, the international conglomerate that holds patents to much of the world's seeds. Jonnie knows little about how food grows because meals come in packages ordered online and delivered by drone. Dishes are manufactured in the home using 3D printers.

Armed with a new understanding of old-fashioned garden-grown food, Jonnie is determined to create her own garden on the roof of her high rise. Along the way, she meets a former cryosphere scientist, a botanist with an urban indoor garden, and Drew and Darr, twins her own age who live in the next building.

Jonnie's search for who she is and what she might be able to offer the world is one that will resonate with readers of all ages. The information she learns about healthy food, sustainable agriculture, and urban gardens may inspire readers to start their own gardens.

A cautionary tale with depth and humor, A GARDEN ON TOP OF THE WORLD is environmental fiction for ages 12 and up. Includes resources on gardening, urban gardens, heirloom seeds and organic foods.

FNR Foundation is a non-profit corporation that supports individuals, organizations, and communities actively seeking to improve access to healthy food, sustainable agriculture, and nutrition education. FNR supports children, animals, and the people who feed them with love and respect. Healthy food, healthy children, healthy animals, healthy planet. Visit at www.fnrfoundation.org.

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Linguizismus

“Language” is not only a means of communication, but also an instrument of over- and subordination, of inclusion and exclusion. This problem dates back to a long tradition, namely (at least) the colonial period. In the colonial era not only physiognomic features such as the so-called “skin color” were used to legitimize the subjugation of humans. Linguistic differences have also been used to justify people’s superiority and inferiority - the technical term for excluding people from their languages is linguizism. The colonial era is long gone, but even today people are categorized and hierarchized with reference to differences between languages, dialects, sociolects, accents, and other linguistic features.

This anthology is based on two international Erasmus projects carried out in 2013 and 2014 in Vienna and Oldenburg. Lecturers and students dealt intensively with the problem of linguizism and analyzed the education systems of their countries under linguistic-critical perspectives. The anthology contains the results of these discussions in the form of articles on contemporary linguistic phenomena. Readers are offered a versatile impression of the phenomenon of linguizism, with which they can grasp and understand their own observations and experiences.


About the Writer

İnci Dirim studied at the Hacettepe University (Tur-key) and the University of Bremen (Germany). She completed her doctorate at the Department of Educa-tional Science of the Uni-versity of Hamburg. Since 2010 she has been working as professor for German as Second Language at the University of Vienna.

Inci Dirim, Johannes Köck,

Birgit Springsits

in collaboration with Doris Pokitsch

LinguizismusInci Dirim, Johannes Köck,

Birgit Springsits

in collaboration with Doris Pokitsch


About the Writer

Johannes Köck, studied German Philology at the University of Vienna where he got also a master degree in German as a Foreign and Second Language. Lecturer at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Goethe-Institut in Mex-ico-City. Currently he is working as lecturer at the department for German Studies at the Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republik).

About the Writer

Birgit Springsits, studied at the Federal Pedagogic Academy in Vienna (“Spe-cial Needs Education”), the University of Vienna (teach-ing profession in “German” and “Catholic Religion”) and at the Pontifica Uni-versitá Gregoriana (Roma). Teacher at the “Academic High School” in Vienna.

Nuclear Disasters

Nuclear power plant disasters threaten the entire planet. From so-called ‘developed’ Russia to Japan, USA to France; in the aftermath of an accident, thousands of people are deprived of their basic human right to health and subjected to lies and suppression of information. Workers of the nuclear powerplant, people who live in that region as well as in other parts of that country, residents of close countries and even consumers from distant places who have to buy the contaminated products; every single one of them is affected.

Nuclear Disasters: Chernobyl and Fukushima covers the impacts of accidents in these two nuclear power plants with more clarity since a reasonable amount of time has passed for data accuracy. Even a country as developed as Japan failed to take the first measure after a nuclear power plant accident,iodine tablet distribution, and it has already led to great consequences.

Did the Chernobyl experience serve as a lesson to Japan in Fukushima, a success-driven country and a firm believer in technology? In addition to this comparison, this book examines the importance of the tendencies of power holders, the effectiveness of the civil society, the politically organized structure of the medical community, the independence of scientists and the courage of journalists. There is a thin line between treason and devotion for one’s country and it is usually left to the discretion of governments. People harmed in both accidents do not need suppressed information or manipulated reports, research financed by the nuclear lobby or false hopes, but they need reliable information and support. After all, these are the taxpayers whose money is used to eliminate the effects of an accident which may take up to 300 years.

The type of the nuclear fallout, it’s half-life and its effects on plants, animals and ecosystem in general are at such a catastrophic level that even human-centered people have to take into account since radioactive particles contaminate the food cycle of humans. For those who are able to see the world from a different perspective though, the effects on blue butterflies, which already have a very short life, are also momentous. Apart from the lifetime of butterflies getting shorter or the length of their wings decreasing, mutations seen in new generations are highly worrisome for the future.

It is ironic to note that Japan, a country so dependent on technology and electricity, idled all of its nuclear power plants after the accident and has survived just well enough by restarting only five of them, despite the claims of the nuclear lobby that life would stop without nuclear energy. A significant lesson learned from all these accidents is that, just like the global climatechange, nuclear power plants concern an area larger than the jurisdiction of the state that they are built in, namely they concern every living organism on this planet. Therefore, all the people who will suffer from the negative effects have the right to resist nuclear energy regardless of whichever country a reactor is built in.


About the Writer

Dr. Angelika Claussen is head of the European IP-PNW (International Physi-cians for the Prevention of Nuclear War). She is among the writers of two IPPNW rapports:– 30 years living with Cher-nobyl – 5 years living with Fukushima: Health effects of the nuclear disasters in Chernobyl and Fukushima– The health effects of ura-nium weaponWithin the framework of her anti-nuclear studies, she visited Chernobyl and Fukushima. She also visit-ed Turkey and Iran several times within the scope of her peace studies.

Nuclear power plant disasters threaten the entire planet. From so-called 'developed' Russia to Japan, USA to France; in the aftermath of an accident, thousands of people are deprived of their basic human right to health and subjected to lies and suppression of information. Workers of the nuclear power plant, people who live in that region as well as in other parts of that country, residents of close countries and even consumers from distant places who have to buy the contaminated products; every single one of them is affected.

Nuclear Disasters: Chernobyl and Fukushima covers the impacts of accidents in these two nuclear power plants with more clarity since a reasonable amount of time has passed for data accuracy. Even a country as developed as Japan failed to take the first measure after a nuclear power plant accident, iodine tablet distribution, and it has already led to great consequences.

Did the Chernobyl experience serve as a lesson to Japan in Fukushima, a success-driven country and a firm believer in technology? In addition to this comparison, this book examines the importance of the tendencies of power holders, the effectiveness of the civil society, the politically organized structure of the medical community, the independence of scientists and the courage of journalists. There is a thin line between treason and devotion for one's country and it is usually

left to the discretion of governments. People harmed in both accidents do not need suppressed information or manipulated reports, research financed by the nuclear lobby or false hopes, but they need reliable information and support. After all, these are the taxpayers whose money is used to eliminate the effects of an accident which may take up to 300 years.

The type of the nuclear fallout, it's half-life and its effects on plants, animals and ecosystem in general are at such a catastrophic level that even human-centered people have to take into account since radioactive particles contaminate the food cycle of humans. For those who are able to see the world from a different perspective though, the effects on blue butterflies, which already have a very short life, are also momentous. Apart from the lifetime of butterflies getting shorter or the length of their wings decreasing, mutations seen in new generations are highly worrisome for the future.

It is ironic to note that Japan, a country so dependent on technology and electricity, idled all of its nuclear power plants after the accident and has survived just well enough by restarting only five of them, despite the claims of the nuclear lobby that life would stop without nuclear energy.

A significant lesson learned from all these accidents is that, just like the global climate change, nuclear power plants concern an area larger than the jurisdiction of the state that they are built in, namely they concern every living organism on this planet. Therefore, all the people who will suffer from the negative effects have the right to resist nuclear energy regardless of whichever country a reactor is built in.

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Nuclear Disasters

Nuclear power plant disasters threaten the entire planet. From so-called ‘developed’ Russia to Japan, USA to France; in the aftermath of an accident, thousands of people are deprived of their basic human right to health and subjected to lies and suppression of information. Workers of the nuclear powerplant, people who live in that region as well as in other parts of that country, residents of close countries and even consumers from distant places who have to buy the contaminated products; every single one of them is affected.

Nuclear Disasters: Chernobyl and Fukushima covers the impacts of accidents in these two nuclear power plants with more clarity since a reasonable amount of time has passed for data accuracy. Even a country as developed as Japan failed to take the first measure after a nuclear power plant accident,iodine tablet distribution, and it has already led to great consequences.

Did the Chernobyl experience serve as a lesson to Japan in Fukushima, a success-driven country and a firm believer in technology? In addition to this comparison, this book examines the importance of the tendencies of power holders, the effectiveness of the civil society, the politically organized structure of the medical community, the independence of scientists and the courage of journalists. There is a thin line between treason and devotion for one’s country and it is usually left to the discretion of governments. People harmed in both accidents do not need suppressed information or manipulated reports, research financed by the nuclear lobby or false hopes, but they need reliable information and support. After all, these are the taxpayers whose money is used to eliminate the effects of an accident which may take up to 300 years.

The type of the nuclear fallout, it’s half-life and its effects on plants, animals and ecosystem in general are at such a catastrophic level that even human-centered people have to take into account since radioactive particles contaminate the food cycle of humans. For those who are able to see the world from a different perspective though, the effects on blue butterflies, which already have a very short life, are also momentous. Apart from the lifetime of butterflies getting shorter or the length of their wings decreasing, mutations seen in new generations are highly worrisome for the future.

It is ironic to note that Japan, a country so dependent on technology and electricity, idled all of its nuclear power plants after the accident and has survived just well enough by restarting only five of them, despite the claims of the nuclear lobby that life would stop without nuclear energy. A significant lesson learned from all these accidents is that, just like the global climatechange, nuclear power plants concern an area larger than the jurisdiction of the state that they are built in, namely they concern every living organism on this planet. Therefore, all the people who will suffer from the negative effects have the right to resist nuclear energy regardless of whichever country a reactor is built in.


About the Writer

Alex Rosen Vice-President of the German affiliate of IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War). An outspoken critic of nuclear ener-gy, he has published reports on the health effects of the Cher-nobyl and Fukushima nuclear catastrophes, including compre-hensive replies to the WHO re-ports on Fukushima in 2012 and 2013, ‘Critical Analysis of the UNSCEAR Fukushima Report’ in 2014 and the book ’30 years living with Chernobyl – 5 years living with Fukushima’, which was published in Germany, France, the US and Turkey.In 2012, he created an exhibition called ‘Hibakusha Worldwide’, which deals with the environ-mental and health effects of the nuclear chain – from uranium mining to civil and military aspects of the nuclear industry and ultimately nuclear waste and radioactive fallout.

Nuclear power plant disasters threaten the entire planet. From so-called 'developed' Russia to Japan, USA to France; in the aftermath of an accident, thousands of people are deprived of their basic human right to health and subjected to lies and suppression of information. Workers of the nuclear power plant, people who live in that region as well as in other parts of that country, residents of close countries and even consumers from distant places who have to buy the contaminated products; every single one of them is affected.

Nuclear Disasters: Chernobyl and Fukushima covers the impacts of accidents in these two nuclear power plants with more clarity since a reasonable amount of time has passed for data accuracy. Even a country as developed as Japan failed to take the first measure after a nuclear power plant accident, iodine tablet distribution, and it has already led to great consequences.

Did the Chernobyl experience serve as a lesson to Japan in Fukushima, a success-driven country and a firm believer in technology? In addition to this comparison, this book examines the importance of the tendencies of power holders, the effectiveness of the civil society, the politically organized structure of the medical community, the independence of scientists and the courage of journalists. There is a thin line between treason and devotion for one's country and it is usually

left to the discretion of governments. People harmed in both accidents do not need suppressed information or manipulated reports, research financed by the nuclear lobby or false hopes, but they need reliable information and support. After all, these are the taxpayers whose money is used to eliminate the effects of an accident which may take up to 300 years.

The type of the nuclear fallout, it's half-life and its effects on plants, animals and ecosystem in general are at such a catastrophic level that even human-centered people have to take into account since radioactive particles contaminate the food cycle of humans. For those who are able to see the world from a different perspective though, the effects on blue butterflies, which already have a very short life, are also momentous. Apart from the lifetime of butterflies getting shorter or the length of their wings decreasing, mutations seen in new generations are highly worrisome for the future.

It is ironic to note that Japan, a country so dependent on technology and electricity, idled all of its nuclear power plants after the accident and has survived just well enough by restarting only five of them, despite the claims of the nuclear lobby that life would stop without nuclear energy.

A significant lesson learned from all these accidents is that, just like the global climate change, nuclear power plants concern an area larger than the jurisdiction of the state that they are built in, namely they concern every living organism on this planet. Therefore, all the people who will suffer from the negative effects have the right to resist nuclear energy regardless of whichever country a reactor is built in.

Nuclear Disasters

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Alex Rosen

OPEN WOUNDSS. C. Farrow

Her eyes drift as she wonders who they are and where they’re going. More importantly, where is she going? Where are they going? And what’s going to happen when they get there? A new life? A newbeginning? She bites her lip. She doesn’t think so.

Australia is known as the lucky country, but as we know luck is relative.

S.C. Farrow’s Open Wounds is a collection of unflinching Australian short stories that shines a light on those moments in life that are as profound as they are traumatic.


About the Writer

Susannah Farrow is writer and fully qualified andaccredited editor. She has over fifteen years’ experi-ence in the publishing and entertainment industries.She has written and edited everything from song lyrics to novels to screenplays.She is currently studying for her MA (Creative Writing).

OPEN WOUNDS

S. C. Farrow

Her eyes dri� as she wonders who they are and where they’re going. More importantly, where is she going? Where are they going? And what’s going to happen when they get there? A new life? A new beginning? She bites her lip. She doesn’t think so.

Australia is known as the lucky country, but as we know luck is relave.

S.C. Farrow’s Open Wounds is a collecon of unflinching Australian short stories that shines a light on those moments in life that are as profound as they are traumac.

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Overcomingthe Robotic

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Why HumanityMust Come

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It’s half past midnight now. Set the alarm -when it ringsand you awaken- bring into your vision the weatheredface of the Indian chief or squaw, and let it remind you ofthe ascent of the Spirit and the pull of the Earth. Theupward thrust of aspiration and the downward pull ofgravity; the powers that fuel the drum-driven tribaldance; that catalyze a tingling sense of ecstasy,expectancy-about where you need to be and what youhave to do to get there. Then do it.


About the Writer

Julian Rose; early pio-neer of ecological farming, integrated rural economies and decentralised commu-nity regeneration. Farmer, writer, holistic thinker, broadcaster and activist: Julian campaigns against all attempts to sterilise our living earth and create aspi-rations and expresses belief in the power of the human spirit to awake new life and hope.

It's half past midnight now. Set the alarm -when it rings and you awaken- bring into your vision the weathered face of the Indian chief or squaw, and let it remind you of the ascent of the Spirit and the pull of the Earth. The upward thrust of aspiration and the downward pull of gravity; the powers that fuel the drum-driven tribal dance; that catalyze a tingling sense of ecstasy, expectancy-about where you need to be and what you have to do to get there. Then do it.

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S L O W N E S S I N F A S H I O N

Solen KipozMainstream fashion system is experienced in an unsustainable loop with the global supply chain. It is an unsustainable system not only because of its effects on the environment and ecology, but also because of theunfair working conditions which put a social distance between the employer and the employees. This structure, which has greedy characteristics with its production and consumption rates, thanks to its ‘fast’ loop in global scale, is recreating a ‘throwaway’ consumption culture every day which causes a waste problem that cannot be solved by the linear production model. Together with this, the non-transparent global supply chain builds the modern slavery system in the third world countries by applying hard labor conditions and human rights violations.

The Slow Fashion movement, which is born as an alternative to this course, builds an ecological, sustainable and ethical sense of fashion for design, production and consumption relations. Slow Fashion promises a hope for the search of a more humane and ethical future, for the production of long-lasting, enduring, unique, and eco-friendly goods that have been made with care for local values and respect for craftwork. Slow Fashion promises these by also making the relationships between the designer, producer and consumer transparent. Hereby, ‘slowness’ passes beyond being just an ethical and activist approach which is critical to the mainstream fashion system, it also prepares a base for the circular and collaborative economic model that has a potential of challenging linear moving power balances. In this framework, the transparent and cooperative character of slowness is prioritizing the design process rather than the end product, and the ethics of the slow movement conjoins novelty, style and aesthetics that are intrinsic to fashion with social awareness and responsibility.

This book consists of eleven chapters which discuss the following issues within the critical ‘temporality’ of fashion, in the context of dialectics of speed and slowness and the socio-politics of slowness. These issues are the social justice system of fashion, the social and environmental effects of supply chain, the probability of creating a cyclical economic system rather than the linear cycle of production and consumption, the creative waste management strategies, the role of slowness in togetherness of design and artisanship, the responsible consumption understanding created by slowness as opposed to the illusion of hedonic sense of consumption and happiness, our emotional and sensual relationship with clothes, and the role of education for the creation of a sustainable fashion system.

In this book, authors from Turkey, Britain, Australia, USA, Sweden, and South Africa, who have a deep understanding of this subject, present the reflections of slow fashion from their own cultures. The book becomes even more colorful by the slow fashion examples from Turkey.


About the Writer

Solen Kipoz is an associate professor at the Depart-ment of Fashion and Textile Design at Izmir University of Economics. She produc-es publications on fashion studies and conceptual de-sign works on ethical, social and sustainable fashion. Her book entitled Sustainable Fashion (2015) published in Turkish, has been influential in the path of creating an awareness on slow and eth-ical fashion in Turkey. Her personal exhibition Ahimsa: The other life of clothes (2012),her installations and performances for PortIzmir International Contemporary Art Triennial (2014) and Asteya (2017) exhibition are some of her notable works.

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Mainstream fashion system is experienced in an unsustainable loop with the global supply chain. It is an unsustainable system not only because of its effects on the environment and ecology, but also because of the unfair working condions which put a social distance between the employer and the employees. This structure, which has a greedy characteriscs with its producon and consumpon rates, thanks to its 'fast' loop in global scale, is recreang a 'throwaway' consumpon culture every day which causes a waste problem that cannot be solved by the linear producon model. Together with this, the non-transparent global supply chain builds the modern slavery system in the third world countries by applying hard labor condions and human rights violaons.

The Slow Fashion movement, which is born as an alternave to this course, builds an ecological, sustainable and ethical sense of fashion for design, producon and consumpon relaons. Slow Fashion promises a hope for the search of a more humane and ethical future, for the producon of long-lasng, enduring, unique, and eco-friendly goods that have been made with care for local values and respect for cra�work. Slow Fashion promises these by also making the relaonships between the designer, producer and consumer transparent. Hereby, 'slowness' passes beyond being just an ethical and acvist approach which is crical to the mainstream fashion system, it also prepares a base for the circular and collaborave economic model that has a potenal of challenging linear moving power balances. In this framework, the transparent and cooperave character of slowness is priorizing the design process rather than the end product, and the ethics' of the slow movement conjoins novelty, style and aesthecs that are intrinsic to fashion with social awareness and responsibility .

This book consists of eleven chapters which discuss the following issues within the crical 'temporality' of fashion, in the context of dialeccs of speed and slowness and the socio-polics of slowness. These issues are the social jusce system of fashion, the social and environmental effects of supply chain, the probability of creang a cyclical economic system rather than the linear cycle of producon and consumpon, the creave waste management strategies, the role of slowness in togetherness of design and arsanship, the responsible consumpon understanding created by slowness as opposed to the illusion of hedonic sense of consumpon and happiness, our emoonal and sensual relaonship with clothes, and the role of educaon for the creaon of a sustainable fashion system.

In this book, authors from Turkey, Britain, Australia, USA, Sweden, and South Africa, who have a deep understanding of this subject, present the reflecons of slow fashion from their own cultures. The book becomes even more colorful by the slow fashion examples from Turkey.

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