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fromFast Company
6 months ago

3 ways fast fashion takes a costly toll on the planet

Fast fashion promotes overconsumption through rapid production cycles, low-quality clothing, and significant environmental harm.
Startup companies
fromTNW | Deep-Tech
8 months ago

Embracing pivots: insights from a nanotech startup founder

Startups often need to adapt their business models to solve unexpected problems.
Gelatex shifted from a fashion industry focus to advanced materials through innovation.
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fromFast Company
6 months ago

3 ways fast fashion takes a costly toll on the planet

Fast fashion promotes overconsumption through rapid production cycles, low-quality clothing, and significant environmental harm.
Startup companies
fromTNW | Deep-Tech
8 months ago

Embracing pivots: insights from a nanotech startup founder

Startups often need to adapt their business models to solve unexpected problems.
Gelatex shifted from a fashion industry focus to advanced materials through innovation.
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fromKqed
2 months ago

Cuddly but Costly: The Unseen Dangers of Fleece in Kids Clothes and Toys | KQED

I think we're now at the point where we have enough evidence to act. It is really mind-blowing how much comes from textiles.
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

How Nigeria lost its textile market to Chinese imports DW 03/21/2025

"Today, however, only a few factories remain, and even those are struggling amid the influx of cheap textiles from abroad particularly from China."
Fashion & style
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Loom with a view: Lancashire's old cotton mills in pictures

Daniel Meadows captured the essence of Lancashire's cotton mills before their demise, documenting workers' lives and practices critical to textile production.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Over the moon: Billie Eilish sports 188-year-old Yorkshire wool brand at Grammys

We didn't get any heads up but of course we spotted it immediately and were like Wow that's incredible.'
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#child-labor
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fromenglish.elpais.com
4 months ago

Modern cotton slaves in 18 countries work for large textile companies and many of them are children

The report reveals widespread forced labor and child exploitation in cotton farms in India, linked to major textile suppliers.
Brands like Inditex and H&M are responding to the findings by reviewing their supply chains due to human rights concerns.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
4 months ago

Modern cotton slaves in 18 countries work for large textile companies and many of them are children

The report reveals widespread forced labor and child exploitation in cotton farms in India, linked to major textile suppliers.
Brands like Inditex and H&M are responding to the findings by reviewing their supply chains due to human rights concerns.
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fromwww.dw.com
5 months ago

Women in Indonesia's textile industry seek more rights DW 12/05/2024

"We want to ensure that brand owners can guarantee better and fairer treatment for female workers, especially in terms of occupational health and safety," Saleh told DW.
Business
fromianVisits
7 months ago

Tim Dunn's podcast takes a look at the London Overground's Weaver line

Tim Dunn’s journey along what will soon become the London Overground Weaver line connects the heritage of weaving in east London to its modern transportation designs.
London
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