How To Fix…from the University of Leeds. Providing hopeful solutions to the greatest challenges humanity faces, directly from the scientists and researchers on the front line.

This week: The fashion industry is a huge contributor to pollution and climate change, but how do we ensure the clothes we buy are sustainable? How can we know if they are made ethically and how do we make fashion more accessible? 

Host Rich Williams is joined by Mark Sumner, Lecturer in Sustainability, Retail and Fashion, Bethan Bide, Lecturer in Design and Cultural Theory, and Matthew Davis, Associate Professor in Organisational Psychology.

Resources:

Cotton’s Hidden Voices:

https://sustainablethreads.leeds.ac.uk/

Durability study:

https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news-working-business/news/article/5346/why-price-does-not-indicate-how-long-clothes-will-last

Supply chains:

https://modernslaverypec.org/assets/downloads/Research-summary-India-fashion-supply-chains.pdf

Presented by Rich Williams. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio Production: Jade Bailey. Design: James Parrett. Lead Producer: Anne-Marie Luff. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. HOW TO FIX… is a Podmasters Production for the University of Leeds Communications and Engagement team.

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