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Pumpkin Interactive is the UK’s leading producer of Textiles Technology DVD educational resources. Our aim is to provide innovative and exciting examples of the very latest industrial textile practices and processes from around the world. Our titles cover some of the hottest topics in textiles – the 6Rs, sustainable design, smart textiles, ethical textile design, globalisation and new technologies. 

Each of our educational resources is designed to meet the needs of GCSE and A Level specifications and are developed with the help of expert teacher consultants. We work closely with subject associations like the Design and Technology Association and with awarding bodies. In fact many of our Design and Technology resources are now either endorsed or recommended by all the major UK exam boards, including AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC. 

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Textiles: Eco-Design

DVD: PAL
DUR: 26 mins
YEAR: 2011 / KS 3-5
Product Code: ECOTEX
Price: £49.00

As lead designers for Finisterre, Tom and Debbie are on a mission – to create the most eco-friendly surf-wear brand in the world. From their HQ in Cornwall to fabric suppliers in Japan and manufacturers in Portugal, we follow the pair as they explain how they reduce the environmental and ethical impact of their clothes by considering the use of materials and energy throughout their design, manufacture, transportation and use. We see how they; source and develop eco-friendly technical materials - from recycled polyester to organic wool and cotton, we follow Tom on a series of environmental factory audits in Portugal and we find out how Finisterre work with customers to reduce the carbon footprint of products throughout their life-cycle.


Endorsement/Recommendation

Endorsed by Edexcel for use with their GCSE in Design and Technology: Textiles Technology

Endorsed by OCR for use with their GCSE in Design and Technology: Textiles Technology

Recommended by AQA in their resources list for both their GCSE and GCE D&T Textiles specifications

Testimonials

"Textiles: Eco-Design is brilliant. I use the entire set of Pumpkin Textile DVDs from Year 9 where we dip in and out, to all the examination groups I teach. I find the activities and the full scripts are a really good tool to assist learning and have developed some detailed revision tasks around them."

Jane Dalley,
Head of Textiles, The Redmaids' School, Bristol


Suggested exam board specification links

AQA

    
GCSE  D&T Textiles
GCE   D&T Product Design (Textiles)
     

Edexcel

    
GCSE D&T Textiles
     

OCR

    
GCSE   D&T Textiles
     

WJEC

    
GCSE D&T Textiles

Related Titles

 Ethical Textiles



Textiles: Environmental Impacts



Sustainable and Recycled Textiles