Science for future fashion
· 26 min · Episode 403
Episode Science for future fashion
We know there are issues with sustainability within the fashion industry - can science help create a better future? Claire Concannon visits the Bioeconomy Science Institute in Rotorua to learn how New Zealand scientists are contributing to a massive multi-national project aimed at shaping the textile industry of tomorrow.
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Learn more:
• UPWEARS has their own research project page if you want to learn more. • Learn more about how the Bioeconomy Science Institute (formally Scion) is figuring out how to make new materials and products using bio-waste products rather than fossil fuels. • The rise of synthetic fibres impacted the wool industry here in New Zealand, although some entrepreneurs and weavers are making it work for them.
Guests:
• Dr Yi Chen, Bioeconomy Science Institute, and UPWEARS • Dr Robert Abbel, Bioeconomy Science Institute, and UPWEARS • Sean Taylor, Bioeconomy Science Institute, and UPWEARS • Louise Le Gall, Bioeconomy Science Institute, and UPWEARS • Dr Kate Parker, Bioeconomy Science Institute, and UPWEARS
Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Links in the notes 8
- https://radionz.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&id=81ad21bafe
- https://www.upwears.eu/
- https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/2018858563/future-forest-industry
- https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/the-detail/2023/the-woes-of-wool
- https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/countrylife/2025/jacob-smith-lacing-up-a-future-for-nz-wool
- https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/countrylife/2025/where-there-s-wool-there-s-a-way
- https://www.bioeconomyscience.co.nz/
- https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/ourchangingworld?share=b4890ead-744c-4cc1-bad9-9810a3edf206
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