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The dirt on clothes: why washing less is more sustainable

  I wrote a piece for The Conversation recently, about my MPhil jeans research. It was really interesting to fit my 45,000 word thesis into 800 words (the editors are strict!). The article had a great response: over 300 shares … Continue reading

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Guide to Sustainable Fashion

Model and sustainability entrapreneaur Nerida Lennon put this short documentry together with the clever people at EcoTopia. It looks at different elements of sustainable fashion including interviews with Georgia McCorkill and Alex Trimmer and a brief use phase appearance from … Continue reading

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Transition Framework: towards future practices of sustainable washing

“Personal washing routines are currently the most water intensive activity in Irish households” Irish researchers recently published a report on sustainable washing practices, right up my alley.  This report is particularly interesting as they imagine a sustainable washing future, and … Continue reading

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The Great Unwashed

The University of Melbourne made this video about my work recently.  It gives a pretty good overview of the sort of ideas I’m playing with. Thanks to Ted Yu Shen Chen for his comments and Laura Soderlind, Clive Banfield and … Continue reading

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