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Simulation Exercise, Manual, Group Building Activity
Threadwell: A Game About Sustainable Fashion & Green Entrepreneurship
In Threadwell, young people explore creativity, strategy, and sustainability by designing their own green fashion brands. Players collect resources and develop eco-friendly clothing lines while learning about responsible production and circular economy.
Aims of the tool
In this game, you’ll gather resources, design
eco-friendly clothing lines, and develop green
production facilities.
Description of the tool
The game invites players into the dynamic world of ethical fashion, where they become eco-conscious designers and entrepreneurs striving to build the most sustainable brand.
Players collect materials, design clothing lines, and make strategic choices about production and innovation, all while reflecting on real-world issues such as resource management, fair trade, and environmental impact.
Through play, participants learn how creativity and responsibility can go hand-in-hand, exploring the challenges of transforming the fashion industry into a greener, fairer system.
It can be used as a structured board game (with rules, seasons, and scoring), or as an educational tool for discussions on sustainability, circular economy, and conscious consumption. Ideal for youth exchanges, workshops, or awareness campaigns.
What’s inside?
✔ 1 T-shirt-shaped game board
✔ 106 Clothing & Machinery Cards
✔ 20 Worker Tokens
✔ 4 Resource Types (Organic Cotton, Recycled Plastic, Plant-Based Dye, Energy Units)
✔ Rulebook + Quick Guide for Facilitators
Why use ThreadWell with young people?
*It sparks conversations about sustainability, fast fashion, and conscious consumerism
*It encourages teamwork, critical thinking, and decision-making
*It fits the non-formal education framework, youth exchanges, and environmental workshops
Available downloads:
Disclaimer
SALTO cannot be held responsible for the inappropriate use of these training tools. Always adapt training tools to your aims, context, target group and to your own skills! These tools have been used in a variety of formats and situations. Please notify SALTO should you know about the origin of or copyright on this tool.
Tool overview
http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/5171
This tool is for
Anyone interested in learning how to run a sustainable fashion company
and addresses
Networking and Follow-up, Environment
Materials needed:
*Resources & Cards
*Main Deck & Mall
Behind the tool
The tool was created by
Hellenic Youth Participation
in the context of
The tool was developed as a part of “Roll for Initiative” project (No. 2023-3-FR02-KA210-YOU-000175811). Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
HELLENIC YOUTH PARTICIPATION HYP (on 3 November 2025)
and last modified
27 October 2025
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