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Fashion production makes up 10 per cent of humanity's carbon emissions, dries up water sources, and pollutes rivers and streams. About 85 per cent of all textiles go to the dump each year. And washing some types of clothes sends thousands of bits of plastic into the ocean.

Textiles in our home have transitioned from being all natural 50 years to finding ourselves surrounded by synthetics on our floors, walls and even beds. These bring their own health and safety hazards as well as having an irreversible impact on our environment.

So what can we do about it? This discussion will explore where fashion and textiles are heading and how you can make a difference with style.

WHO IS THIS FOR: Whole Community

KEY TAKEAWAYS: to raise awareness on the importance of natural fibres, not just for land and water, but also for our health.

SPEAKERS:

Tim Jones (facilitator) - Grow Good founder, a purpose-focused consulting
Peri Drysdale - founder and CEO of sustainable lifestyle fashion brand Untouched World and Chair of the Untouched World Foundation
Jacinta Fitzgerald - founder of Make Good and Programme Director for Mindful Fashion New Zealand
Fiona Clements - founder of Stitch Kitchen, a community sewing room for textile resource recovery and community education
Samantha Jones - Founder and CEO of Little Yellow Bird
Natalie Norman - Head of Production, Mons Royale
Lillian Cotter - Advocate for sustainability and circularity in the fashion industry

Local food and beverage will be available to purchase at this event. We invite you to arrive earlier and stay past the event time to get to know your fellow Wao community.

The Wao Summit is a six day annual event held in Wānaka. Its aim is to inspire, educate and enable our transition as a community and nation to a healthy, thriving, diverse, carbon zero community.

This event is part of the Wao Summit 2021, check out the full programme here.

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Covid-19 Policy

In the case of Covid-19 alert level changes, this event will be activated online as a virtual session. All events that can be run in person will be. Visit our website for full details of our Covid-19 Policy www.wao.co.nz/covidpolicy