CHANGE seminar in Copenhagen
Friday 30th September 2022, 14:00-17:00. The Royal Danish Academy, Philip de Langes Allé 10, Copenhagen.
Clothing research at the ESA Sociology of Consumption Conference
Last week SIFO hosted a conference for The European Sociological Association (ESA)’s Research Network of Sociology of Consumption. The theme for the conference was “Consumption, justice and futures: Where do we go from here? (oslomet.no)“.…
Deep diving into wardrobes provides important knowledge on clothes and their environmental impact
Authors: Vilde Haugrønning, Ingun Grimstad Klepp and Anna Schytte Sigaard Norway leads the way in methods for studying the use of clothing. This is knowledge that is important in sustainability studies of apparel. How many…
Visit to Poland
Ingvild and Lisbeth visited Poland the last week of June. The goal of the trip was knowledge transfer and during it, they held three workshops/seminars. At the University of Bielsko-Biala, teachers and pedagogy students were…
New Make the Label Count White paper outlines important shortcomings for PEF
The report, that Ingun and Kirsi have contributed to, identifies key areas that are not aligned with other EU environmental strategies and that will have detrimental environmental effects if not amended. Key whitepaper findings: Issue…
Local as a fashion change-maker
Hybrid event, 8th June 2022, 17:30-19:30 CET Online and at Sentralen, Oslo
Hit them where it hurts: Producers of fast fashion should pay the most
OPINION: How best to deal with the negative environmental impact of the clothing industry? The writers behind this opinion suggest a system in which those who sell large volumes of clothes that don’t last pay…
Feedback to the EU Textile Strategy
The input is based on knowledge from these ongoing research projects on clothing and its environmental impact, supported by the Norwegian Research Council: Lasting: Sustainable prosperity through product durability CHANGE: Environmental system shift in clothing…
Acoustic Performance of Sound Absorbing Materials Produced from Wool of Local Mountain Sheep
Katarzyna Kobiela-Mendrek, Marcin Bączek, Jan Broda, Monika Rom, Ingvild Espelien and Ingun Klepp Abstract Wool of mountain sheep, treated nowadays as a waste or troublesome byproduct of sheep husbandry, was used for the production of…