Swap-O-Rama-Rama


2003 - 2017 Worldwide
Wishing to create a remedy for the lust for stuff I designed a community based model for repurposing textiles. Swap-O-Rama-Rama was adapted by over 150 cities world wide and it helped to repurpose many tons of textile waste. Each event featured the unwanted clothing of all who attended (free), DIY stations for learning to modify and repair clothing (silk screening, sewing, grommeting, composting textiles, wearable electronics etc), and a fashion show in which participants showed off their creations. 

Swap-O-Rama-Rama was the first project awarded a grant by Burning Man’s Black Rock Arts org for projects that take place off playa (not in Black Rock City during the social experiment called Burning Man). 


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Books that have featured Swap-O-Rama-Rama
Fashion-able: Hacktivism & Engaged Fashion Design 
10 Ways to Change the World in Your Twenties
EnvironMentalities: Twenty Two Approaches to Eco-Art
Jean Therapy by Scatha G. Allison
The Virtuous Consumer
Knitting for Good by Betsy Green
Sew Green
Generation Change: 150 Ways We Can Change Ourselves, Our Country, and Our World
Press - 
Sundance, Big Ideas For a Small Planet
ABC
Arte Tracks (France)
BBC, It's Not Easy Being Green
Sierra Club
TIME Magazine
Fiber Arts
Womens Wear Daily
Plenty Magazine
Satya Magazine
New York Magazine
Wired Magazine Issue 15.06
TechnoThreads, Dublin
Treehugger
Jerusalem Edition Treehugger
World Changing
We Make Money Not Art
Treehugger (Autumn)
World Changing Two
Psychopedia Daily News
Indy Week
Green Prophet
NY Times Style Section
Washington Post Lifestye Section
Sunday Times - United Kingdom
LA Times
Tulsa Scene
Sunday NY Times Magazine UK
New York Press
Twin Cities
Washington Post
Jerusalem Post
NY Times Weekend Arts
Vegetarian Times
Time Out Chicago
Philly Inquirer
LA Times
The Press New Zeland
Cityscape New Zeland
Lyttelton, New Zealand
Voxy/New Zealand
AZ Central
Hudson Sun, Marlboro, LA
The News & Observer
West Fargo Pioneer
NYU News
Seattle Times
Delphos Herald
The Olympian
Conscious Choice
Green Options
Green LA Girl
Style Will Save Us
Reimaginestyle.com
Compassionate News
Hot Couture
Sea Notes
IsGreaterThan
Crafty Pod
Groovy Green
OReilly Radar
Eco-Artware
Girlawhirl
Living Scotsman
 Bohemian (CA)
Lantern Books Newsletter
Inhabitat
Burda Style
Whip Up

Documentary Community, Activism and the Downtown Scene; An independent documentary about the experimental scene in New York Directed by Cristiane Bouger, Primere August 17th, 2006