Why Running a Sewing Workshop in a Caravan Can Change the Way We Consume Clothing
Environment

Lorena Heras y Roser Giralt

Founders — Planeta Dots

Why Running a Sewing Workshop in a Caravan Can Change the Way We Consume Clothing

10:28·3 September 2026

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Lorena Heras and Roser Giralt co-founded Planeta Dots, a traveling environmental education and textile recycling project that tours Spain in a workshop caravan.

Planeta Dots reaches schools, towns, businesses, and rural communities with the ambition of using sewing as a tool for collective reflection. "Sewing makes the value of things visible. We live surrounded by clothing, we pass through quickly, consume thoughtlessly, but we don’t realize how much time that creation requires," explains Roser. In their workshops, primary school children and corporate teams come together, but the effect is usually the same: "We look each other in the face and suddenly the child who had time for this emerges, precisely to stop and create."

In 2022, a serious breakdown left the caravan unusable. What seemed like a crisis revealed a community stronger than they had believed. The response from their network showed them that Planeta Dots builds something difficult to measure: "These are impacts that don't fit on an Excel sheet, but we know they are important," they acknowledge.

"A project needs values, strategy, economic sustainability, and adaptability. Much of our growth has come from lifting our gaze from our workshop and seeking out those around us to create alliances," say the entrepreneurs, reminding those who want to venture into the circular economy that purpose alone is not enough.

Frequently asked questions

  • Planeta Dots is a traveling project focused on environmental education and textile recycling that tours Spain in a workshop caravan. Its main mission is to generate reflection on textile consumption and foster community creation through sewing and recycling.
María Díaz Valderrama
impact.info journalist
Published on 3 September 2026
Photo credit — Planeta Dots

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