Design & Construction - Shoe Sustainability Training Center

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Critical Course 2  |  Sustainable Shoe Design, Construction, and Production

True sustainability starts at the beginning. This topic area features case studies from leaders around the world, covering how to design the full lifecycle from optimizing the first iteration of a shoe, to designing parts that can be used for repair and enhancement to extend its lifetime, to making sure it can recycled and turned into another product. It is also about doing line building in the most sustainable way, minimizing the use of new tooling—ideas that can help reduce environmental footprints while increasing efficiencies (ROI).

Critical Course 2 content, including 21 recorded classes, interviews, and webinars with sustainability expert contributors, covers:​

Designing the Lifecycle
Using Agriwaste and Novel Supplier Development
Quality of Material and Manufacturing Processes and Footwear Sustainability
Resourceful Design
LCA-Led Design for Disassembly and Developing Biofabricated Materials
Digital Design and Development
Using Digital Tools to Minimize Sampling

Design for Recycling
Designing the Lifecycle of Footwear from Plant-Based Fibers and Fabrics
Making Recyclable PU and TPU Footwear
Design for Durability
Production on Demand
Shifting the Fashion Paradigm to Fully On-Demand
Local to Local Manufacturing

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