RewovenPlanet

What is GOTS Certification?

So you are ready to buy organic clothes but dont know which ones are best? In this episode, we learn all about the certification standards for organic textiles. Check out GOTS and see how it ensures that your fabrics are actually sustainable across their lifecycle.

Fiber Barcodes, Butterfly Wings and More!

What if the threads of your clothes could tell us what they are? Learn how a technology inspired by butterfly wings is creating a new type of self-identifying thread, and more in the land of high tech textiles. 

Where can I buy second hand clothes?

It may not be well known, but the second hand clothing market is growing and thriving! No matter where you like to shop (physical stores, online, 1:1), there are options for you! Check out this episode to find your next favorite clothing retailer.

Why do we buy clothes we never wear?

Lets take a step back. As complex as the textile pollution issue is, it is worth remembering that it all starts with us as consumers. Why do we buy clothes that we dont need, and often never wear? In this episode, we explore the psychology of clothes purchases, or in other words, why we buy clothes for the life we want rather than the life we have.

Clothes are plastic!

Did you know that your T-shirt and a water bottle have something in common - they both have plastic! While one is easy to classsify and dispose into recycling bins, the other is not. Learn about the plastic in your clothes and how you can make sure they do not end up inside the soil, in animals, or in you!

What is the United Nations doing about Fast Fashion?

Textile pollution is a worldwide pollution issue. What is the United Nations doing? to raise awareness and work with world governments to address this issue? 
 

How Can AI Help Fabrics?

Join this deep dive to explore two ways that AI can help us create a textile circular economy? Imagine if your clothes can tell you where they came from!

Atacama's Fashion Wasteland

Did you know that there is a pile of clothes in Chile so big that you can see it from space? Is this really what we want aliens to know about us? Join this podcast to learn about the disaster in the Atacama desert, how it happened, and what we can do about it.

A Beginner's Guide to Circular Textiles

How many of us think about circular economy principles when we pick out clothes? I certainly didn't! A circular textile economy is very important to make sure that our clothing consumption patterns do not become a disaster for our planet. Learn all about how we can make textiles circular!

Reducing the Textile Industry's Water Footprint

When you open your closet, do you see a lake or ocean? You should! Textiles take a massive amount of water to create and pollute about 20% of the world's water in the process! What can we do to save our precious water supply for other things, like maybe drinking and growing food?