Junk Kouture: Youth Sustainable The World's First Sport for Creatives for Schools!

JUNK KOUTURE – 2024

Get ready for a truly unforgettable celebration of creativity, sustainability, and innovation!

 The Junk Kouture Festival of Creativity and Circularity is coming to Dublin on the 3rd and 4th March, 2025. Hosted at The Helix in the heart of the Dublin City University Campus, the inspiring two days will culminate with the Junk Kouture World Final on Tuesday, March 4th, a live event showcasing the incredible talent of students from Ireland, the UK, Italy, France, the USA and the UAE. 

Tickets on sale NOW, starting at €40

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The Junk Kouture 24/25 Competition Handbook is now available for download! 

This is the ultimate resource for your Junk Kouture journey – everything you need in one place, carefully crafted to guide you and your students from start to finish.

We’ve worked hard to bring all the essential elements into this single document—lesson plans, timelines, submission details, inspiring stories, and step-by-step guidance—all integrated throughout to make your experience seamless and easy to access all resource!

For French and Italian versions, visit our Eductor Hub found under Education 

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DUABI      DUBLIN LONDON LOS ANGELES MILAN NEW YORK PARIS

BACK TO THE FUTURE CROWNED WORLD DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
SUSTAINABILITY IS THE NEW CREATIVITY
WIN FASHION BURSARIES!
UPCYCLIST NICOLE MC LAUGHLIN: NEW YORK JUDGE 2022
SHOWCASE YOUR CREATION TO A GLOBAL AUDIENCE!
EDUCATION RESOURCES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS!
DELOITTE ANNOUNCED AS YOUTH SUSTAINABILITY PARTNER!
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A sustainable fashion competition

Junk Kouture is open to 12-19 year-olds and challenges young people to design, upcycle and create high end Kouture from recycled Junk, before showcasing their design and representing their school on stages across the world!

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DISCOVER

Junk Kouture offers schools and students a creative way to become involved in active climate change initiatives, empowering them to lasting behavioural change. We are constantly evolving the educational materials available to both educators and students on issues of sustainability and circular economies to help them look beyond their Junk Kouture project and begin to apply the knowledge learned to all aspects of their lives. 

JUNK KOUTURE LESSON PLANS
INCLUSIVITY FOR ALL
LIVE EVENTS
STUDENT DOCUMENTARIES
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
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EVENTS

DUBLIN CITY FINAL 2024

Watch now on the RTEPlayer a celebration of creativity and innovation, from across Ireland.

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2023 WORLD FINAL

Junk Kouture's Festival of Creativity & Circularity took place in February 2024 at the Grimaldi Forum, in Monaco.

Catch the hightlights below of the live event!
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2024/2025 PROGRAMME

Register for our 2024/25 programme and give your school the opportunity to showcase its designs on stages around the world.
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Junk Kouture is delighted to announce that it has been appointed a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Champion by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications for 2024-2025.
 

The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD announced the appointment of 20 organisations from across society, including Junk Kouture, THINKHOUSE, Leave No Trace Ireland, UCD, Cork Chamber, and Too Good To Go as part of the 2024-2025 SDG Champions Programme, to serve as leaders in driving forward Ireland’s progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE!

Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) as our guide, we have devised an sustainability policy to constantly challenge the way we operate and to make us accountable to our students, schools, staff, partners, stakeholders, and planet.

We have committed as an organisation to focus on 6 areas of improvement

A PLATFORM FOR YOUTH ACTIVISM

WORKING TOWARDS A BETTER PLANET
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EDUCATION

Junk Kouture offers a student-centric, value-driven learning experience for young people, in line with the requisite twenty-first century competencies (21CC). The process integrates formal and informal learning, to allow students to experience purposeful learning. Each Junk Kouture participant will engage their head, heart and mind to increase their understanding of:

SUSTAINABILITY  SELF - DEVELOPMENT CREATIVITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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