LibGuides: Sustainability: Sustainability & The FIT community

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Muslin Composting Project
"Muslin Composting Project
In 2015, Textile Development and Marketing students Lydia Baird and Willa Tsokanis took their own idea to the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) conference, where they presented a proposal for a muslin composting system.

Baird and Tsokanis developed the project because much of the cotton muslin used by designers goes to waste: "It is undyed and unbleached and minimal. What makes cotton-muslin lifespan so short is also what makes it perfect for our project...without a compost collection system or a means for properly recycling the fibers, it must get tossed away."

Muslin composting is a perfect companion to FIT's natural dye garden, which will benefit from the nutrient-rich material it creates."
FIT Sustainability Council
The Sustainability Council was established by the President to develop and foster sustainability initiatives throughout the FIT Community.
Faculty Senate Committee on Sustainability
The committee's responsibilities are:
Initiate, develop and recommend policies and procedures across all areas of the college for best practices in sustainability related issues.
Develop and maintain a sustainability handbook.
Initiate and support communication for disseminating pertinent information regarding sustainability to the college community.
Sustainability at FIT
There is an active and diverse group within the FIT community working together to incorporate sustainability into all that we do.
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Ethics and Sustainability Club
Please contact EthicsSustainability@fitnyc.edu if you are interested in joining.

Committee on Sustainability