Alice Harrison Lampoon Magazine

/ Digital Intelligence

Blockchain is our future

Knowing the supply chain from yarn to fabric is possible through a software that provides end-to-end product transparency. In conversation with Alexandre Sundberg, CEO and co-founder of True Tribe

/ naturally sourced

Milk is a natural product, but can damage the environment

Whilst milk is a natural product, when thrown away, it has the potential to damage the environment as «into a water stream, there is potential that it can sit there and block out the oxygen»

/ architecture

Biophilia in the home: the art of growing furniture

Patience, Innovation, and Nature – from exclusivity to mass appeal. Full Grown's vision for the Future is about connections with the Natural World through furniture

/ naturally sourced

Crabyon – what is this? We are not there yet, but it could be a solution

Crabyon cannot be produced at a large scale. However the large quantities of waste available mean that in the future, it could be a new alternative to viscose

/ call to action, naturally sourced

Cotton recycling: the chances we have working on man-made cellulosic fibers

«If cotton or other cellulosic fibers can satisfy the 100 million tons of demand, there’s no reason why we can’t use a regenerated natural fiber from beginning to end»

/ Alice Harrison

House of Dagmar — the hunt for fabrics with the lowest environmental footprint

The Swedish brand has been exploring scientific and technological innovation to create fabrics from cellulose, viscose, among others, all in an effort to minimize their environmental footprint

/ Alice Harrison

WOOD: a documentary filmed over seven years to combat large corporations exploiting forests

«From the taiga in Siberia over the primary forests of Romania to the primeval forest in Peru: around the world, billions of dollars are made from illegal logging»

/ call to action

Textile from salt-tolerant plants grown using seawater: SaltyCO

When we can no longer rely on the availability of freshwater for survival, can we turn to the seas for their help?

/ Lampoon Issue 22

Textile from salt-tolerant plants grown using seawater: a case study by SaltyCo

The process involves saline farming – plants will be harvested to extract fibers which will be turned into textile products, using pre-existing production methods.

/ Oslo, The Publishing Industry

Future Library, Oslo. Will books become the next extinct species in a hundred years?

The forest whose tree rings are chapters in a book. How understanding the human traits in nature can help save the environment

/ call to action, Lampoon issue 23

If not viscose for a sustainable fabric, then what? Peter Bartsch, at Lenzing

Lenzing has developed its viscose products, keeping environmental sustainability at the forefront of their innovations, and transparently closing the fiber production loop

/ Digital Intelligence

Södra. Climate-smart products based on renewable raw materials from the forest

Taking advantage of raw materials from the forest to produce dissolving pulp will later close the textile industry loop. The story of Södra and the OnceMore initiative

/ Digital Intelligence, textile fibers

Mantero Seta Re-silk: producing a regenerated material with 100 percent silk by-products

Mantero Seta: tracing the environmental footprint on virgin silk production to ensure that the environmentally harmful steps of virgin silk production are avoided

/ call to action

From Field to Fashion – The Savory Institute puts farmers at the forefront

Through their work they have built 47 global hubs, have signed up more than 100 accredited professionals, trained nearly 15,000 land managers and sustainably developed nearly 15,000 hectares of land

/ call to action, Digital Intelligence

Aerium — the self-sustaining future of flight

airlines to go net zero: all steps of aviation, from buildings and staff vehicles, to emissions during flight are expected to be fully carbon neutral

/ Digital Intelligence

Infinited Fiber – no more virgin materials: a man-made cellulosic fiber

A fiber regenerated from discarded textiles and can be processed in converted viscose mills: Kirsi Terho of Infinited Fiber Company explains how this circular alternative to cotton is made.

/ call to action, textile fibers

Renewcell’s Circulose – closing the loop on fashion. A product made from discarded cotton

Renewcell’s Circulose aims to optimize reactivity, viscosity, and brightness for efficient use within the textile industry’s value chain. In conversation with Harald Cavalli-Bjorkman

/ call to action, Lampoon issue 23

Lampoon / Transition – the viscose matter: the big trouble that could be a solution

The word itself reminds us of negative considerations, but yarns obtained by extruding procedures could present new options

/ Alice Harrison