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Biodegradable jacket wins ISPO Award
December 9th, 2024
The new Templa biodegradable jacket was an ISPO A2024 awards winner. Photo: ALLIED Feather + Down. A new, 99+ percent biodegradable, down puffy jacket collaboration is a 2024 ISPO Award winner. ALLIED Feather + Down, Vernon, Calif., providers of high performance, ethically sourced and recycled down, worked in partnership with global performance wear manufacturer Active […]
The future with plant-regenerated synthetics
January 27th, 2020
Sustainability issues leap to the forefront in creating new synthetic fibers. by Ericka Ford, Ph.D. Robert Hooke’s 1664 belief—that plants eaten by the silkworm could spin into a silk alternative—was an oversimplification of the biological processes that ultimately allowed the food satiated silkworm to spin silk. Nevertheless, the timely invention of the regenerated cellulosic fiber, […]