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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Amazon's climate pledge: to be net-zero by 2040 | Dave Clark and Kara Hurst
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The case for stubborn optimism on climate | Christiana Figueres
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The global movement to restore nature's biodiversity | Thomas Crowther
Make your actions on climate reflect your words | Severn Cullis-Suzuki
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Europe’s plan to become the first carbon-neutral continent | Ursula von der Leyen
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