fashion sustainability
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Big Wool wants you to believe it’s nice to animals and the environment. It’s not
Wool’s cozy image masks a polluting, violent reality.
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Fast fashion goes to die in the world's largest fog desert. The scale is breathtaking
Some of the developed world's favorite brands lie in discarded heaps in Chile's Atacama desert. How they got there tells the story of modern fast fashion.
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Are mushrooms the future of alternative leather?
MycoWorks uses mycelium, the substance in the root structure of mushrooms, to make Reishi, which has the look and feel of leather. Big-name companies are very interested.
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Will we ever be able to recycle our clothes like an aluminum can?
A new factory operated by Renewcell, a textile recycling company in Sweden, is the first step in turning old clothes into new, high-quality fashion.
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Can fashion be profitable without growth?
Industry leaders said the goal of sustainability wouldn’t happen without changes to the business model and more efforts to educate consumers.
Meet the activist who wants New York lawmakers to hold the fashion industry to account
Maxine Bédat, founder of the New Standard Institute, is on a mission to reform the fashion industry’s social and environmental toll.
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Sustainability standards allows fashion industry to ramp up emissions
The index used to certify sustainability in New York’s Fashion Act is tied to apparel giants like Patagonia and Walmart.
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