They bought them like we would buy cufflinks, with an eye on how they looked. Obviously, if they chose a shishi they must have been a bit superstitious, but the value lay in the shishi, not in the netsuke

According to the International Coconut Community, working with coconut waste is a business that ensures benefits for both producers and South eastern suppliers

Marcin Rusak combines the dichotomy of the natural and the man-made – «I took something already dead, that was grown for our pleasure, and turned it into a print that would remind you of what these flowers really mean to us»

Overshadowed by Copenhagen, Oslo is emerging as a city for circular fashion, focused on sustainable textile industry, with convincing initiatives – against the backdrop of Norway’s dependence on oil and gas

Belgian designer Tim van Steenberg and journalist Ruth Goosens create REantwerp, a fashion brand that employs refugees and repurpose leftover fabrics

Hemp as an ideal plant for phytoremediation projects for its tolerance to pollution and its versatility of use at the end of the phytoremediation process

High-quality garments are redirected from African secondhand clothing markets, leaving the discards and low-empowering labor in local traders’ wake. Human dignity is at stake

Verdi: a family story and respect for Colombian natural raw materials – from fique fiber and copper wire, supporting the artisans of Curití Santander

SANE Standard is a fashion sustainability certification that certifies the sustainable manufacturing of fashion products, apparel and home textiles. Raw materials through transparent lens

From DGTL in Amsterdam to Bucolika at Lake Camosci in the Susa Valley, Italy: boutique festivals emphasize respect for nature and the use of short, controlled supply chains for food products