Get involved too Our Proposal The Sesc Program Envolva-se (Get involved) aims to educate organizations and individuals through the principles of sustainability to generate jobs and income. Our action is based on the concept of Sustainable Fashion, understood as the creation of styles, customs and production and consumption standards aligned with sustainable practices from an environmental, social and economic point of view, promoting a positive impact for our society. The Program promotes knowledge about social, creative and sustainable entrepreneurship as well as taking advantage of raw materials that would normally be discarded.
Our network • Waste donor companies that are looking for way to get rid of their solid waste in a correct and sustainable way, and this waste can be used in a new creative and productive process. • Artisan groups inspired by sustainable production methodologies seek raw materials that would normally be discarded, they then use these materials to generate new products and reduce environmental impacts while producing their art. • Social Entities that open their doors to the development of educational actions with children, young people and adults, allowing its public to learn more about different techniques of artisanal production, developing pieces that are of artistic and commercial value.
How we connect our network • Donor company: they donate solid waste (pieces of fabric, wool, leather, trimming, used uniforms) that has the potential to become raw material for the manufacture of new products. • Sesc: carries out the logistics of collection, selection and delivery of the donations and offers courses, workshops and lectures on the creation of new pieces with artistic, cultural and economic value. • Institutions: production of pieces, advertising and marketing through groups. It incorporates the raw material and knowledge received in to its production process, promoting a positive social impact through sustainable practices.
Advantages for donor and partner companies • Provides the transformation of disposable supplies into useful products. • Establishes a communication channel between companies and the community. • Transforms the company’s social and environmental responsibility into actions that are useful to society. • It contributes to the human and social development of these communities. • It contributes to the consolidation of community enterprises.
What can be donated? • Off-cuts (wool, leathers, foam, leftovers from various fabrics). • Materials and haberdashery (buttons, zippers, thread, needles, and accessories in general). • Used uniforms. • Garments with no commercial value. • Sewing machines (manual, electric or overlock). • Artisanal products.
Social Impact The Sesc Program Envolva-se creates solutions for social and environmental problems and promotes a positive impact through its activities. Through workshops, courses and lectures, transformations in people’s lives is possible through the generation of work and income, personal, social and community development or environmental awareness. The greatest result of the Program is the change it brings to people’s lives! “Envolva-se has changed 80% of our group, because with the donations of materials our work demand has increased as well as our sales. We have expanded our space and machinery. Today artisanal craft is a passion.” (Artisan Idemar Domingues Mendonça). “I always found sustainability to be important and to reuse waste that would go into the trash. My involvement in the Program is very recent, but I’ve already had a great learning experience and this makes me very happy, I am very happy to have this opportunity. Envolva-se has really changed my life, the dressmaker course opened a new door for me and has given me a new outlook on everything. Today my goal is to turn this into my source of income, as my profession! “ (Artisan Niciane Soares Fonseca).
Contact information Sesc Community – Porto Alegre/RS Rua Dr. João Inácio, 247 – (51) 3224-0538 / 3224-1268 / 3224-1764 Email: envolva-se@sesc-rs.com.br