During Easter, the Hot or Cool Institute launched a series of policy briefs on resizing the fashion system, known as the SAFE (Sufficiency Approaches to Fashion and the Environment) project. This is a transformative policy… Launch of policy briefs from Hot or Cool Institute with contribution from Clothing Research
On 23 April researcher at SIFO Vilde Haugrønning will defend her thesis “Dressed for the Occasion. Exploring gender and clothing consumption from a social practice perspective” for the PhD in Innovation for Sustainability!
Ingun Grimstad Klepp and Tone Skårdal Tobiasson have together given feedback on the JRC document Preparatory study (PS) on textiles for product policy instruments – 3rd Milestone. The object of the Preparatory study is to… Feedback 3rd milestone on ESPR (Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation)
The production of polyester is increasing rapidly, and so is the disagreement about whether this is a problem. A new article and policy brief summarise the perspectives of textile companies that have taken a clear stand against “plastification”, offering recommendations to policymakers and businesses on how to halt this trend.
Public PhD Defence, Monday 9th February, 10:00 CET, OsloMet/Online
Textile waste as an environmental challenge – A Knowledge Base for What Now? The Change Lab (Hva nå? Endringslaben) – Nasjonalt vitenarkiv The report, written by Kirsi Laitala, discusses the significant environmental challenges posed by… New report summarizing knowledge on the environmental challenges associated with textile waste.
In order to set a final punctuation for two major research projects that have run parallel over the last five years, Consumption Research Norway Clothing division invited partners and interested parties to an closing hybrid… End seminar for CHANGE and Wasted Textiles
New paper in CHANGE
The paper looks at the acquisition and use of clothes in the period of 1780–1850 to understand how variety was achieved and to discuss whether historical research can inform today’s debate on clothing and the environment. Three researchers from Norway and Sweden with in-depth knowledge of clothing during that period look at their material through questions based on current clothing and sustainability discourse, provided by the last two authors. The paper explores how ideas of variety were created and practised before the big changes in the second half of the nineteenth century.
A new open-access article in Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio) explores how communities across the globe define and practice garment durability. The study, titled “Understanding garment durability through local lenses: a participatory study with communities across… New study highlights how cultural and local contexts shape the longevity of clothing
The Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE) conference aims to be a conference that brings together leading researchers trying to address ways for us to align our consumption more realistically within our planetary means. But… PLATE – Pleasant, but disappointing