smartermaterials

Sustainability experts campaigning for a move to alternative materials and the prevention of ocean pollution. #smartermaterials #microfibres #closedloop

[smartermaterials @SmarterMaterial]

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‘Circular’ fashion: greenwashing myth, or attainable goal?
Hopes for recyclable fashion are far from mass market reality, warns a new documentary at London Fashion Week https://t.co/I7ZmwI9NLX

[smartermaterials @SmarterMaterial]

@Campaignforwool This is beautiful!

[Carlos Duarte @carlosduartephd]

Carlos Duarte: “Effective climate action requires empathy rooted in basic social justice” https://t.co/jTudGLJjLj

[Carlos Duarte @carlosduartephd]

The ugly side of electrification:

Developing countries pay environmental cost of electric car batteries | UNCTAD https://t.co/VXm8sxMwGU

[smartermaterials @SmarterMaterial]

A large number of weeks old flatback turtles have been found on the west coast of Keppel Bay QLD. Fragments of floating hard #plastics and soft plastics had been found in the post-hatchling #turtles.
💔💔💔 https://t.co/UheEQ7cLRR

[Julia Reisser @julia_reisser]

Yes please -> Jair Bolsonaro could face charges in The Hague over Amazon rainforest https://t.co/ta6dGLz8UX

[Carlos Duarte @carlosduartephd]

A call to sea turtle ecologists & conservation practitioners:

If you wish to participate in a global study I co-lead w. @MarkMeekan on impacts of sea level rise on turtles and have data on nesting height above msl and/or nest flooding

Pls contact @chalastani

[smartermaterials @SmarterMaterial]

A new #yarn from Japan-based companies Goldwin & Spiber looks like it is made from wool, but the new material #BrewedProtein comes from a bioreactor, not a sheep. It is designed to mimic common #fabrics while shrinking their environmental footprint. https://t.co/GkH09CwqWG

[smartermaterials @SmarterMaterial]

#Microplastics pollutants have been found in snow samples taken from 8,440 metres up Mount Everest at 18 sites. They include #polyester, acrylic, nylon and polypropylene and were present in all snow samples, at an average of 30 particles per litre sampled. https://t.co/2Rrf2WTvbQ

[smartermaterials @SmarterMaterial]

@annalise_webb @Caroleina2 @aarghpirates You seem the perfect tweep. Have a great day everyone.

[smartermaterials @SmarterMaterial]

Grief hardens people, probably without them knowing. This is sad, not only in the environmental context.

[James Wakibia @JamesWakibia]

It's #WorldRiversDay2020 unfortunately our rivers especially those passing through urban centers are heavily polluted with all kind of waste, they also have become conveyors of plastic to the lakes and oceans. We must do more to protect our rivers from pollution.

[smartermaterials @SmarterMaterial]

@annalise_webb @Caroleina2 @aarghpirates The point was getting hard blocked for a differing opinion still hurts, especially if there was no harm done whatsoever. And it is outside the borders one can draw.

[smartermaterials @SmarterMaterial]

@cooten9009 @stukhan at what cost tho : /

[Stuart Khan @stukhan]

Why do retailers still persist with this junk? There’s got to be a better way to advertise a pizza in 2020...

[smartermaterials @SmarterMaterial]

@annalise_webb @aarghpirates @Caroleina2 Only you would know the answer to this, right? Might be because everyone has a bad day every now and then? A soft block would see people part for a while, whereas a hard block can really impact on people's mental health.