Institutional development · Sustainability and civic impact · Indonesia
Airlangga professor addresses fast fashion's impact with international students at AICECS
Universitas Airlangga's Prof Muhammad Adib spoke about reducing fashion's environmental footprint at an international community service programme initiated by student executive boards.
Why it matters: International students in Universitas Airlangga's AICECS community service programme received a session on the environmental impact of fast fashion.
Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) reported that Prof Muhammad Adib, coordinator of its Laboratory of Human, Culture and Physical Studies (Lab. MaBuRag), was a speaker at the Airlangga International Cultural Environmental Community Service (AICECS) programme.
According to the university, his presentation dealt with reconsidering the environmental footprint of the fashion industry with a view to a more sustainable future.
The university said the event was initiated by student executive boards (BEM), including the one at its Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (BEM FISIP).
The university's report described fast fashion as a global problem and said the talk invited international students to understand its impact.
Editor’s view
Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
International students taking part in AICECS heard a session on fashion's environmental footprint, delivered within a community service programme that UNAIR's student executive boards initiated.
