At Pol’and’Rock Festival, co-created with hundreds of young people, we reinvented fashion as a vehicle for creativity and regeneration. In just three days, we activated a circular microcosm where individual expression merged with the timeless beauty of planetary care — a journey that culminated in a bold circular fashion show.

Country: France, Poland
IDG HUB: IDG Paris, DG Europe Regenerative Cities Network
Link to website: https://www.naturalintegrity.org/projects-8
Link to presentation: Sewing a Regenerative Future

Our project, led by the EquiRoots Climate Collective (ECC), began with a simple idea: to show that fashion can be a vehicle for creativity, self-expression, and planetary care. In May 2025, ECC showcased a circular fashion collection at the Trend Station event in Łódź, which led to our participation in Pol’and’Rock Summer Music Festival in August.

Over three days, hundreds of young people explored circular fashion, creativity, and multigenerational rock’n’roll trends, culminating in a bold circular fashion show. Through this journey, we inspired youth to see regeneration as playful, empowering, and transformative, while demonstrating the potential of collective creativity to drive systemic change.

As of September 2025, ECC continues its work in circular fashion education, partnering with Climate Hub: Tricity to catalyze regional synergies. ECC is also preparing to create more spontaneous immersive experiences and circular fashion shows, expanding this approach to new communities and events. From this project, we learned that care is renewable power, and that engaging youth in hands-on, imaginative experiences can spark both personal transformation and broader cultural shifts toward sustainability.

Bridging Generations Through Fashion Our project connects the past and the future by honoring multigenerational influences while empowering youth to reinvent fashion with the planet in mind. By revisiting iconic rock’n’roll trends from previous generations and transforming discarded materials into circular garments, we created a space where experience meets innovation. This blending of old and new, remembering and reinventing, allowed participants to explore creativity, collaboration, and sustainability — showing that respecting the past can actively shape a regenerative future.

Describe something about the real world impact (SDG connection) your project/initiative has contributed to.

Our project contributes directly to SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) by promoting circular fashion and reducing textile waste. It also supports SDG 13 (Climate Action) by empowering youth to take climate-conscious action and SDG 4 (Quality Education) through hands-on, creative learning experiences. By transforming discarded clothes into wearable art, fostering multigenerational collaboration, and inspiring systemic thinking about sustainability, we created tangible change: participants gained skills, awareness, and motivation to integrate circular practices into their daily lives and communities.