Algae Attire, Fungi Footwear: The Future of Sustainable Fashion.
Covid-19 has brought the fashion industry to a halt.
The pandemic has highlighted the need to protect our planet. And it gives us a chance to re-evaluate our ‘normal’ consumption habits.
Clothing made from living organisms holds vast potential for the future of sustainable fashion.
This video looks at textiles that actually absorb CO2.
Humans pollute from beyond the grave.
Our dead bodies are full of toxic pollutants- pesticides, preservatives, and heavy metals- emitted they decompose.
This morbid reality inspired Korean artist Jae Rhim Lee’s Burial Suit (featured at the start of the video).
Lee’s creation, featured in Somerset House’s Fungi exhibition, transforms corpses into clean compost. The suit is made of mushrooms which absorb the body’s toxins and protect the soil from being polluted.
Learn more about Jae Rhim Lee’s innovative burial suit in her Ted Talk below.
A Silent Cry: Falun Gong Organ Harvesting in China
It all begins with an idea.
Organ tourism is a billion-dollar industry.
The average waiting time for a liver transplant in the UK is 135 days. For kidneys, it is almost 3 years. In contrast, organs in China can become available within 2 weeks.
But how many of those travelling to China for a transplant have considered how these organs were obtained? Asna Arif investigates the violence inflicted upon the Falun Gong: a religious meditation movement originating from China.
