The Aftermath Learning Lab has numerous publications, presentations, and media related to our work.

2023:

  1. Julia E. DeVoy. “Accelerating Just Transition: A Call to COP28 Action (SE# 7, Zone B6).” Invited panel speaker on December 5, 2023. United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP 28). Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Available at: https://laudatosimovement.org/news/accelerating-just-transition-a-catholic-call-to-cop28-action/.

  2. Julia E. DeVoy. “Dispatches from Dubai: Experiences as an Official Observer Organization at the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP 28).” Invited panel speaker on December 4, 2023. Boston College Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society. Virtual Event from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Available at: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/sites/bc-news/articles/2023/fall/bc-hosts-live-discussions-from-cop28-uae.html.

  3. Dielle J. Lundberg. “Textile Waste as a Public Health Equity Issue and the Need for a Political and Structural Response.” Presented at the LEAPS 2023 Textile Waste Conference, Boston College, May 18, 2023. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO_GrY-0L_s.

  4. Mark Cooper. “Aftermath: An Exploration of Art and Activism.” Presented at the LEAPS 2023 Textile Waste Conference, Boston College, May 18, 2023. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzjllYjd8i0.

  5. Matilda Lartey. “Aftermath: An Exploration of Art and Activism.” Presented at the LEAPS 2023 Textile Waste Conference, Boston College, May 18, 2023. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjeLN2V8Gow.

  6. Evan Warns. “Producing a Landfill Simulating Bioreactor: Considerations, Design and Impacts.” Presented at the LEAPS 2023 Textile Waste Conference, Boston College, May 18, 2023. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqkCtyUTN-g.

  7. Katherine Canniff. “Linking Ecological Consciousness to Narrative Approaches & Recent Climate Reporting.” Presented at the LEAPS 2023 Textile Waste Conference, Boston College, May 18, 2023. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqkCtyUTN-g.

  8. Julia E. DeVoy. “Fast Fashion, Textile Waste and Environmental Impact.” St. Lawrence University. April 26, 2023. Available at: https://www.stlawu.edu/events/fast-fashion-textile-waste-and-related-environmental-impacts.

  9. Julia E. DeVoy, Qingwan Cheng, Griffin Lawler, and Kate Canniff. “Aftermath: Fast Fashion and Textile Waste.” Wilmington Memorial Library. April 6, 2023. Available at: https://wilmingtonapple.com/2023/04/12/video-wilmington-library-hosts-lecture-on-fast-fashion-textile-waste/.

  10. James Rojas. “Boston 'Aftermath' Sculpture Depicts Fast Fashion, Rapid Textile Production.” WBZ NewsRadio Boston. March 16, 2023. Interviews Julia E. DeVoy. Available at: https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/boston-aftermath-sculpture-depicts-fast-fashion-rapid-textile-production/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C5Dh5n5TTw.

  11. “Have You Ever Thought about the Environmental Impact of Fast-Fashion? - Julia DeVoy, PhD Joins Eric Alvarez.” LX Explains: NBC LX. Interviews Julia E. DeVoy. March 5, 2023. Available at: https://x.com/NBCLX/status/1632430300939669508?s=20.

2022:

  1. Dielle J. Lundberg and Julia E. DeVoy. “The Aftermath of Fast Fashion: How Discarded Clothes Impact Public Health and the Environment.” Boston University School of Public Health. September 22, 2022. Available at: https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2022/the-aftermath-of-fast-fashion-how-discarded-clothes-impact-public-health-and-the-environment/.

  2. Julia E. DeVoy, Elizabeth Congiusta, Dielle J. Lundberg, Sarah Findeisen, and Sunand Bhattacharya. “Post-Consumer Textile Waste and Disposal: Differences by Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Retail Factors.” Waste Management 136 (December 2021): 303–309. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.10.009.

  3. Julia E. DeVoy, Mark Cooper, Evan Warns, and Kate Canniff. “The Aftermath of Textile Waste: How Fast Fashion is Impacting the Environment and Public Health, and What Can Be Done About It.” Boston Public Library: Faneuil Branch Library. October 11, 2022. Available at: https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/631b40bea57e0b98876890cf.

  4. Julia E. DeVoy, Mark Cooper, Sunand Bhattacharya, and Jennifer Beard. “Textile Waste & Environmental Racism: The Opportunities For Art To Impact Public Health.” October 6, 2022. Available at: https://www.bu.edu/sph/practice/activist-lab/activist-lab-events/textile-pollution-environmental-racism/.

  5. Matilda Lartey, Stacey Johnson, and Dielle J. Lundberg. “Textile Waste, Environmental Justice, and the Aftermath of Fast Fashion”. A Collaborative Panel Discussion by The Aftermath Learning Lab and Make Fashion Clean. September 11, 2022. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFBjfdesFsA.

  6. Julia E. DeVoy, Dielle J. Lundberg, Matilda Lartey, Mark Cooper, and Brian Smith. “The Aftermath Documentary.” Boston College Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society. 2022. Filmed and Edited by Cyrus Rosen, Qingwan Cheng, Julia E. DeVoy, and Dielle J. Lundberg. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpzW3HOOqmw.

  7. “We’re Not Going to Recycle Our Way Out of This Problem.” Interviews Dielle Lundberg. Boston University School of Public Health. April 30, 2022. Available at: https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2022/reducing-textile-pollution-through-research-and-art/

2021:

  1. Sarah Findeisen, Elizabeth Congiusta, Julia E. DeVoy, and Dielle J. Lundberg. “Post-Consumer Textile Waste and Recycling: Differences by Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Retail Factors.” Eleventh International Conference on The Constructed Environment. May 2021. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quDGkvnbKeg

  2. Eva Ottum, Evan Warns, Julia E. DeVoy, and Dielle J. Lundberg. “Engineering a Bioreactor Using Frugal Innovation.” Eleventh International Conference on The Constructed Environment. May 2021. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFBxDTpvEwU.