Tag: sustainable textiles

  • Green tech: Algiknit

    How big an eco-footprint does your closet represent? And how long will it take the contents to regenerate when you tire of them?   These are some of the questions that environmentalists are asking the fashion industry. We’re all trying to reach minimum environmental impact, but synthetics regenerate easily, and their manufacturing processes are produces…

  • Textiles on Our Minds

    I was just noodling around, looking for new developments in sustainability and textiles, and stumbled upon this site: Innovation in Textiles: Events Calendar There are four major conferences on textiles in just the next two weeks. That’s a good indicator that textiles continue to be important in the world economy. From the ancient silk road…