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The future of fashion -- made from mushrooms

Dan Widmaier · TED

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Your closet is likely full of all kinds of materials -- leather, cotton, nylon and polyester, to name a few -- that contribute to fashion's sustainability crisis. Biomaterials investigator Dan Widmaier explains how we could look to nature for sustainable replacements for these much-used materials and introduces a leather alternative made from mushrooms that looks great and doesn't harm the environment. "We can make fashion sustainable, and we're going to do it with science," Widmaier says.

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Institution
TED
Department
TED2022
Speaker
Dan Widmaier
Year
2022
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment
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TED
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