CT Sustainable Fashion Tour
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (approx.)
New Haven, CTCost: $40 per participant
About the Tour
Join us for an immersive, behind-the-scenes tour that reveals what really happens to our clothes after we’re done with them. This one-day experience takes you inside facilities rarely open to the public to see how waste, fashion, and innovation intersect — in real life.
Our itinerary:
New Haven Transfer Station — Discover what truly happens to textiles collected from those clothing donation bins and how communities manage clothing waste.
Goodwill Sorting Facility — Step inside a private, high-volume operation where thousands of pounds of clothing are sorted, baled, and re-routed for reuse or recycling every day.
P2 Science — Tour one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025, a green chemistry pioneer creating plant-based ingredients for clean beauty and personal-care products.
The tour will be led by Haley Lieberman, a consultant in the field of Tech for Climate Solutions and a sustainable fashion entrepreneur, and will provide a rare opportunity to connect theory with practice through on-site learning and conversation.
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Event Organizer
Haley Lieberman
Haley Lieberman is an entrepreneur, sustainability advocate, and community builder. She founded ShopTomorrows, a venture-backed resale marketplace acquired in 2023, and co-founded a stealth-mode startup for resale curation. Most recently, she was the founding Director of Marketing & Community at ClimateHaven, a Yale-affiliated incubator, where she built the communication channels, partnerships, and programs that supported early-stage climate-tech startups.
Haley is an affiliate of Yale’s Center for Business and the Environment, advising on Moving the Needle, the university’s sustainable fashion initiative. Earlier in her career, she was a costume designer and stylist for clients from Madonna to the Metropolitan Opera. The volume of capital and clothing she managed for stage and film productions ultimately shaped her commitment to sustainable consumption and circular innovation. She now writes SubConscious Consumption: The Circular, a newsletter merging fashion technology with history and climate commentary to inspire systemic change.
Email: haley@haleylieberman.com
Questions?
Contact: Dr. Meital Peleg Mizrachi
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Economics at Yale University
Title: Executive Committee Member
Dr. Meital Peleg Mizrachi is a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, department of Economics, specializing in environment, sustainable fashion, and public policy. Her research explores the intersection of environmental and social sustainability, focusing specifically on secondhand clothing markets, fashion consumption patterns, and regulatory frameworks. She coordinates Moving the Needle, a Yale-based initiative promoting research and education on sustainable fashion, moderates a sustainable fashion discussion group at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, and serves as an executive board member of the International Sustainable Fashion Consumption Research Network. Meital has over eight years of experience conducting research, teaching, and supervising students in the fields of environmental studies, fashion, and public policy. Her multidisciplinary background bridges academia and real-world impact, contributing meaningfully to global conversations on sustainability, labor conditions, and ethical fashion consumption.
Email: meitalpeleg@hmail.com