Let’s Fix Fashion is an initiative of An Taisce’s Green-Schools and aims to promote awareness among secondary school students of the impact of fast fashion on the planet. Students were challenged to put together a look for less than 30 euro from a charity shop or create a new look or accessory by upcycling old or used materials.   

The 2026 Green-Schools Lets Fix Fashion campaign celebrated its fifth year of the sustainable fashion campaign, extending to 5 participating schools in Kenya, South Africa and Dubai. 50 secondary schools across the country currently working on the Green-Schools programme have collaborated on the impacts of fast fashion, sharing practical ideas for upcycling, textile reuse and circular innovations in both countries.   

The Let’s Fix Fashion campaign this year has consisted of five virtual events with associated tasks covering five themes commencing with the impact of Fast Fashion, with over 100 classroom documentary screenings of “Losing the Thread: The True Cost of Fast Fashion” now available on mywaste.ie. A new webinar on Culture and Identity was facilitated by Sheila Clancy from the Circular Dress Collaborative. This was followed with an inspiring upcycling workshop with the Rediscovery Centre. The new year began with Circular Economy, with talks from Lynn Haughton, the Upcycle Movement along with circular innovations across Kenya and UAE. The final webinar inspired students on how to make fashion circular through Clothes Sharing initiatives from swap shops to rentals and donations with Change Clothes Crumlin founder, Mary Fleming and Jennifer Kiersey, 2nd Ave Trading.  

The catwalk event in Brú Ború is the culmination of the hard work of the schools throughout the school year, with seven schools selected to prepare looks from second-hand shops, culture and identity as well as upcycled looks to wear on the runway. Students were announced onto the catwalk by Lets Fix Fashions very own ambassadors, Sarah and Elizabeth from Colaiste Muire in Cobh who have been dedicated to the campaign over the last 5 years inspiring students with their passion and creativity each year. Before the catwalk, students were inspired with presentations, a swap shop, and a mend and repair station educating students on the importance of reusing and reworking materials, as well as the skills needed to give clothes a second life.  

Up to 52 schools participated in the initiative throughout the school year, with 7 schools presenting at the final catwalk event in Cashel