January 26, 2022
DEDI Green Gate workshop (Photo: Rowan El Shimi // DEDI)

2021 at DEDI

The year started off with many Covid related cancellations and rearrangements until April came along and slowly things started to come to life. 
March 7, 2022
Green Gate 2022 call for participants

Open Call: DEDI Green Gate 2022

Reshaping the Fashion industry What is being done and what could we do to reduce carbon footprints? All around the world there is a growing demand […]
June 6, 2022
Green Gate 2021

Reshaping the fashion industry

The way we understand fashion is changing. Fashion is no longer just about looking good, it is about being environmentally and ethically aware of how the clothes are being manufactured, where they are coming from, and what impact a piece of clothing has on our environment.
September 19, 2022
Youssef Anwar and Anna Poulsen are working on developing sustainable footwear and exchanged valuable knowhow during DEDI Green Gate workshop in Copenhagen in August.

Sustainable walks

Producing sustainable footwear is a complicated process. Given the environmental impact of a global production of 20 billion pairs of shoes yearly, the stakes are high. When teaming up during DEDI Green Gate Workshop, the two footwear designers, Youssef Anwar and Anna Poulsen, gained valuable knowhow.
December 7, 2022
DEDI Green Gate participants make their own upcycled products using traditional Egyptian tentmakers quilting technique during a workshop at the Egyptian Clothing Bank. (Photo: Rowan El Shimi // DEDI)

Boosting circular collaboration

The latest VR technologies, traditional quilt-making techniques and many visits to local sustainable fashion hubs inspire collaborations and inspire the 23 participants of DEDI Green Gate in Egypt.
February 28, 2023
DEDI Green Gate Open Call Deadline Extended

Open Call: Green Gate 2023

DEDI Green Gate aims to be part of exploring and promoting solutions through dialogue between Egyptian and Danish designers, entrepreneurs, professionals, researchers, and students working in the fashion field and concerned with a more sustainable approach to fashion.
April 11, 2023
DEDI Green Gate Sustainable fashion participants Denmark Egypt

Meet the green fashion innovators

DEDI Green Gate 2023 is well underway – with 24 selected green fashion entrepreneurs, scholars and innovators  from Denmark and Egypt are set to meet, exchange and be inspired throughout the year.
September 13, 2023
DEDI Green Gate participants explore the students’ end of year exhibition led by associate professor Else Skjøld of the Royal Danish Academy. (Photo: Rowan El Shimi // DEDI)

Green is the new black

How can we transform an industry plagued with a massive carbon footprint into one that inspires people without harming the environment? The 23 Danish and Egyptian green fashion designers, entrepreneurs and students explore this question together in Copenhagen.