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FASHION FOR THE FUTURE – A FASHION REVOLUTION WEEK SPECIAL
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Your shopping habits, buying choices and the clothes you wear be impacting human rights, the environment and our supplies of finite resources.
The fashion industry cannot continue to operate the way it currently does.
In this episode of Life Solved, Dr Elaine Igoe shares stories from her innovative fashion design, community and sustainable production projects at the University of Portsmouth. April is host to Fashion Revolution Week, a global initiative that sees industries and academia unite to share knowledge and address critical problems in fashion.
We also hear from Leila Choukroune, Professor of International Law, on human rights in fashion supply chains. Dr Matthew Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Business Ethics, highlights some exciting new business models and market opportunities emerging within the circular economy. And Rory Miles from the Centre for Enzyme Innovation tells us how new technology might help break down unrecyclable waste materials left over from years of fast-fashion.
Points of Interest
Join the Fashion Revolution – what is fashion revolution week? – 19th – 15th April
https://www.fashionrevolution.org
#fashionrevolutionweek
Dr Elaine Igoe -
Teaching upcycling of clothes: design-led upcycling
Professor Leila Choukroune
Dr Matthew Anderson - https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/matthew-anderson(59631060-d00d-4d08-8f7a-d38c55b539c8)/publications.html
Rapanui operates on an open source digital platform called Teemill, where you can make and sell T-shirts online –
Rory Miles – https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/rory-miles(b31b73b7-90cc-4894-a09f-105557680135).html
Engineering plastic-eating Enzymes at the University of Portsmouth –
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