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First ever TEDx event in a refugee camp
The world’s first TEDx event in a refugee camp will take place at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in the Kenyan northern county of Turkana on June 9, 2018. The TEDx…
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New report on innovative material proves the potential of a sustainable fashion future
The circular economy of the future starts with the material innovators of today. With support from H&M Foundation, Fashion Positive has just released its first Emerging Material Innovators Report, highlighting…
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Additional support is given to the refugee crisis in Bangladesh and Myanmar
The situation in Myanmar and Bangladesh is a humanitarian disaster of historic proportion. In response to the urgent situation, the H&M Foundation is making a second donation to the Red…
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Let us present the Early Bird Winner of 2018
Worn-out and damaged clothes are often just thrown away, instead of being repaired. This leads to enormous amounts of textile waste. What if your t-shirt or jacket instead could repair…
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Mobile phone app provides safety to migrant children
In 2015 alone, more than 10,000 unaccompanied children went missing on the move through Europe and thousands more have continued to go missing since. Records shows that up to 50%…
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War Child and H&M Foundation launch ‘Peace Circus’ in Colombia
Colombia’s internal conflict has raged for more than 50 years – leaving a generation of youth who have known nothing but war and violence. War Child and H&M Foundation have…
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Innovations creating a waste-free fashion industry awarded
From food crops, smart stitches and 3D-modelled clothes, to advanced recycling processes and biodegradable clothes with health benefits. On March 20, five innovations that can help speed up the shift…
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Five ground breaking innovations that help create a waste-free fashion industry awarded by H&M Foundation
From food crops, smart stitches and 3D-modelled clothes, to advanced recycling processes and biodegradable clothes with health benefits. On March 20, five innovations that can help speed up the shift…
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You decide how to split 1 million euro between five innovations reinventing the fashion industry
Imagine wearing a coat made of leftovers from harvests of flaxseeds, sugar cane and pineapples, or a t-shirt made of mushroom roots that you decompose in the ground once it’s…