Education is one of the most powerful tools for change. In 2024, one of our biggest dreams came true: together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), we co-created Story of a T-Shirt — a children’s activity book that opens young minds to the world of responsible fashion. Published in eight languages and distributed across 143 countries, Story of a T-Shirt is a free global resource inspiring the next generation to value the clothes they wear as deeply as the food they eat. Download the book here.

Why This Book Matters

Since WRÅD was founded, we’ve been challenging the status quo of the sustainability discourse, which is often limited to English-speaking audiences and therefore inaccessible to many schools and communities worldwide. In 2020, we attempted to crowdfund a project to translate educational materials into multiple languages, but it didn’t succeed. That dream was temporarily shelved, until now. Thanks to FAO, Story of a T-Shirt is finally available for free in Arabic, Chinese, Russian, French, Spanish, English, and Italian, reaching children worldwide and helping teachers spark new conversations about fashion’s impact on people and the planet. Because knowledge should never be limited by language.

The Story of Celestina

The book is about Celestina, a very special T-shirt who wakes up in a landfill after being discarded for a tiny hole in her fabric. Determined to find her way home, Celestina retraces her journey step by step, guiding children through every stage of the fashion supply chain from cotton fields and sheep pastures to factories to factories and shops, uncovering the natural resources and human effort required to produce the clothes we wear.  Her story helps children see value where others see waste, to think critically about where their clothes come from, and why caring for them matters.