january - December 2024
THE JOYFUL CLOSET CHALLENGE
Consumption Challenge
Welcome! The Joyful Closet is a transformative challenge designed to revolutionize your relationship with fashion and empower you to make mindful and conscious choices with clothes. Over the course of this program, you will embark on a journey of self-discovery, learn practical strategies, and develop a new relationship with your wardrobe.
BE YOU.
BE MINDFUL.
CHALLENGE FORMAT
“The Joyful Closet Consumption Challenge” is a year-long experiment, backed by a free comprehensive online system to support you that includes instructional videos, interactive discussion forums, practical exercises, and curated resources. The goal of the challenge is to improve your connection to your clothes, rethink consumption patterns towards more conscious options, and have fun doing it! Participants will have access to a supportive online community to share experiences and gain inspiration. The experiment allows flexibility in peer learning, enabling you to progress at your own pace and apply the lessons to your personal journey.
Registration is now closed. Look forward to the report of the study findings in the future!
Active challenge period: January – December 2024
Learning modules and exercises will be released each month, beginning January 1, 2024 and continue until December, 2024.
cULTIVATE
DECLUTTER
Cherish
Repair & Maintain
Understand
Avoid
Adopt
More joy, less stuff
MEET THE JOYFUL TEAM
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Cosette Joyner Martinez, Ph.D
Katia Dayan Vladimirova, Ph.D.
Meike Sauerwein, Ph.D.
Samira Iran, Ph.D.
THE RESEARCH STUDY
This challenge is being offered and facilitated by four researchers from the International Network on Sustainable Fashion Consumption (sustainablefashionconsumption.org) from universities in Germany, Hong Kong, Switzerland, and the United States. We are conducting a research study to better understand the challenges, motivations, and benefits that clothing consumers experience when they significantly reduce their overall wardrobe size and adhere to strict limits on new clothing acquisition. Your choice to participate in the research study that corresponds to the consumption challenge is voluntary, and you may complete the challenge with or without this participation. When you register as a member of the mindfuldresser.com, you will be prompted to review research consent information and complete a pre-challenge survey. Participants who opt into the research study will be prompted to share their experience and provide feedback about the content provided throughout the challenge. We value the time you are devoting to reducing your closet and hope you will consider sharing your experience with us!
Questions or concerns about this research study may be addressed to Dr. Joyner Martinez in the School of Family and Consumer Sciences at Texas State University by email at cjoynermartinez@txstate.edu
This project has been reviewed and received “exempt” status by the Texas State IRB, application #8920, on 7/26/2023. Pertinent questions or concerns about the research, research participants’ rights, and/or research-related injuries to participants should be directed to the IRB chair, Dr. Denise Gobert 512-716-2652 – (dgobert@txstate.edu) or to Monica Gonzales, IRB Regulatory Manager 512-245-2334 – (meg201@txstate.edu).
What is required of me?
1) Complete pre-challenge & post challenge surveys
2) Share your experience with challenge in community forum
3) Respond to brief monthly module evaluations
4) Respond to periodic “pulse" queries to the community