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Avoiding synthetic fibres by choice: Strategies employed by businesses and their policy recommendations

Authors: Irene Maldini, Ingun Grimstad Klepp and Kate Fletcher Abstract Clothing and textiles are increasingly made of synthetic (fossils-based) fibres, enabling rapid growth in overall production volumes in this sector, with significant environmental impact. This research aims at… Avoiding synthetic fibres by choice: Strategies employed by businesses and their policy recommendations

‘Creating’ variety without waste: Pre-industrial dress practices as inspiration for updating the sustainability discourse

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Authors: Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Bjørn Sverre Hol Haugen, Marie Ulväng, Pernilla Rasmussen, Ingrid Haugsrud This study explores how ideas of variety were created and practised among women and men of different social strata in Norway… ‘Creating’ variety without waste: Pre-industrial dress practices as inspiration for updating the sustainability discourse

The environmental impact of product lifetime extension: a literature review and research agenda

Authors: Irene Maldini, Ingun Grimstad Klepp & Kirsi Laitala Abstract Consumer goods environmental policy is increasingly focusing on product durability and product lifetime extension (PLE) to reduce their impact. Given the growing societal relevance of PLE, this review investigates the… The environmental impact of product lifetime extension: a literature review and research agenda

The EU Textile Strategy: How to Avoid Overproduction and Overconsumption Measures in Environmental Policy

Authors: Irene Maldini and Ingun Grimstad Klepp Abstract The environmental impact of clothing has become critical in recent decades and the growing volume of products in circulation plays a main role. The European Union’s Strategy for… The EU Textile Strategy: How to Avoid Overproduction and Overconsumption Measures in Environmental Policy

Posing in nature.

Pakket i plast 

“Wrapped in plastic” was a talk given during the Forskning i Friluftsliv conference by Kate Fletcher and Ingun Grimstad Klepp.

Washing Clothes

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Clothes must not only suit the user and the occasion but also be clean for us to be well dressed. The meaning of cleanliness and the methods to achieve this goal has changed throughout history, but it has been central in our clothing practices. In this chapter, we will show how the understanding of dirty and clean clothes and the work of keeping them clean has changed in the last 200 years.