The future of fashion — made from mushrooms Dan Widmaier

TED Climate by TED

May 1, 202412:41Science & Medicine

Your closet is likely full of all kinds of materials — leather, cotton, nylon and polyester, to name a few — that contribute to fashion's sustainability crisis. Biomaterials investigator Dan Widmaier explains how we coul...

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