LIVIA FIRTH, ACTIVIST AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF ECO-AGE; CARMEN HIJOSA, INNOVATOR & FOUNDER OF ANANAS ANAM LTD; GISELE BÜNDCHEN, ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST; PAUL HAWKEN, BEST SELLING AUTHOR; OSKAR METSAVAHT, CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT OSKLEN AND UNESCO AMBASSADOR; ISABELLA SPRINGMUHL, FASHION DESIGNER; CAMERON SAUL, CO-FOUNDER OF BOTTLETOP FOUNDATION; CLAUDIA DONALDSON, PUBLISHER AND FORMER EDITOR IN CHIEF OF NOWNESS; LUCY SIEGLE, AUTHOR, BROADCASTER & JOURNALIST; KATHERINE TREBECK, RESEARCH DIRECTOR FOR THE WELLBEING ECONOMY ALLIANCE; SHARON CHANG, FOUNDER OF FUTURE ARCHITECTS AND YOXI; DONNA KARAN, PHILANTHROPIST AND HUMANITARIAN; AMONG OTHERS.
New business models are emerging due to the rise of new technologies and the increase of environmental awareness. Meet four case studies: Armarium, VillageLuxe, PlatformE, TROQUER.
Shanin Molinaro – VillageLuxe, “Airbnb of fashion”
The fashion industry has one of the least transparent supply chains. But this doesn’t have to be the case. We present some of the world’s most relevant examples of fashion as a facilitator of social, cultural, and ecological resilience.
80% of the environmental impact of a garment is determined when designed. We discuss different approaches to a sustainable design process.
For too long, success has been synonymous with having a bigger house, a faster car, and a wardrobe full of clothes. Today we know that this has nothing to do with happiness. We present the pioneers that are working to revolutionize this model towards a wellness-oriented sustainable lifestyle.
The future of textiles has to be green. We meet the innovators who have decided to take the lead and bet for humankind and the planet.
Each square mile of our oceans contain an average of 46,000 pieces of floating plastic, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating mass of manmade debris, is currently thought to occupy an area equivalent to three times the size of France. We present innovative and disruptive projects that aim to reverse this reality.