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Are Next-Gen Synthetic Fibers the Future of Sustainable Textiles?

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MARCH 1, 2024

Textiles are a major source of microplastics in the ocean, where they weave their way into the food chain, causing untold harms to marine life. Fashion contributes around 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to big oil. In the US, 85 percent of used clothes and other textiles are sent to the landfill.

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Meet the Refugee Farmers Raising the Crops of Their Homelands From Texas Soil

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It was there she met Meg Erskine, co-founder and CEO of the Multicultural Refugee Coalition (MRC), the non-profit that oversees New Leaf and a textile manufacturing studio located at the church. Bista’s son Bal is New Leaf’s chicken and greenhouse manager, and he and his in-laws also have community farmer plots.

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