Fauzia's Hyderabadi Veggie Biriyani
Even on the way to the airport I start thinking about them - the wonderful biriyanis (Indian rice stews) that await me in Hyderabad. Hyderabad is not only the location of one of our three sewing wo...
Jyoti Sustainability Report 2020-2022
The time has come. After more than 12 years of Jyoti - Fair Works, we are writing our first annual report. In recent years, our sole focus has been on the further development of our work in Germ...
Indigenous Women, Culture, Heritage and its role in the Fashion Industry
This is a third-party article by Sofia Sovera, a fashion writer and editor. After graduating from IED fashion school in Milan, she continues to pursue her passion for sustainability, cultures and...
Covid-19: Food donations for Londa
Our partner NGO in Londa urgently needs support! WHY ? You've probably heard about it - in recent weeks, Covid-19 has been spreading across India at a pace never seen before. Millions ...
Jyoti addition: Our sewing workshop in Hyderabad
We are very happy to introduce you to Jyoti’s newest addition: our sewing workshop in Hyderabad – the fourth largest city in India and capital of the southern Indian state of Telangana. For a ...
Covid-19: Lock-down week 4 in India and no end in sight.
The situation in India and especially in Chittapur – our main location – is tense; many people have had no income for weeks, no savings and their food supplies have also been used up. More and m...
We are RESPONS-able: Climate damage in Londa
#WEARERESPONSIBLE The current weather forecast for Londa, a small town in South India and location of one of our two partner organizations, is: persistent rain, strong winds and no improvement...
Circular Wardrobe (Part 5/5): Proper Upcycling Part 2
A great way to breathe new life into your wardrobe without having to buy anything new is upcycling - and it doesn't have to be complicated at all. The main thing is to counteract throwaway fashio...
Circular Wardrobe (Part 4/5): Upcycling Properly
A great way to breathe new life into your wardrobe without having to buy anything new is upcycling - and it doesn't have to be complicated at all. The main thing is to counteract disposable fash...
When a fashion blogger and a German-Indian fair trade label come together, a real zero-waste combination talent is created - our wrap blouse Winu. In December 2017 we got together for the first ti...
Circular Wardrobe (Part 3/5): How to Recycle Properly
From our two previous parts, you now know how to buy and care for your clothes fairly and in an ecologically sustainable way, but what if you don't wear something anymore? Let's move on to the last...
Circular Wardrobe (Part 2/5): Proper Care
Welcome to part 2 of our blog post series: “Redesigning your wardrobe”! Now that you have found great new clothes, no matter how you did it (How?? Click here for Circular Wardrobe, Part 1 “Shopp...
Circular Wardrobe (Part 1/5) – Shopping Right
Up until now, the wardrobes of many of us have been one thing above all: overfilled! Clothes are bought, worn a few times at best, and then wander deeper and deeper into the depths of the wardro...
Guest article by Isabel Bürger – founder of the collective “Crafts and Cramps” Anyone who knows Jyoti – Fair Works knows what the company stands for: It is primarily about people, not profit. ...
Ikat – The supreme discipline of weaving
We have been searching all over India for it for over 3 years and finally found it practically on our doorstep – this very special woven fabric called Ikat. Last October, during a visit to Mum...
Vegan or not vegan – Part 1: Silk
So far we have only worked with vegan materials, to be more precise, with fabrics made from 100% cotton. That's no longer the case. This autumn, for the first time, we're using fabrics that origin...
Cotton - a plant whose fiber shaped and changed the world of our ancestors. The Greek historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus reported on a wool that grew on trees, surpassed sheep's wool in bea...
Who Made Your Clothes? Halima Did!
Halima has been with Jyoti – Fair Works from the beginning. She grew up in Kurkunta, a small village an hour and a half from Chittapur by train, but moved aged 18 in order to marry. She had been...