Growing organic natural dye gardens to coax color from plants & acknowledging the cultural origins of dyestuffs along the way

Liz Spencer is the natural dye wizard behind Dogwood Dyer. With experience in both tending organic natural dye gardens and coaxing color from plants, Liz has devoted her artistic practice to discovering as much as possible about color that can come from plants.

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Examining Gen Z's shopping behavior & highlighting why product designers should rethink existing product before designing new

Rayouf Alhumedhi is the creator of the hijab emoji, and has a passion for bridging the creative and tech spaces. She was named one of Time’s Most Influential Teens and Forbes 30 under 30, and is currently a senior at Stanford majoring in Product Design.

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The new documentary *Fashion Reimagined* & the film's star on the need to truly reconnect with the people, the land & the process behind our clothes

Amy Powney is a UK based fashion designer, creative director and activist living in London. She is now the Creative Director and owner at Mother Of Pearl, and the star of a new documentary called Fashion Reimagined.

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The Hot Or Cool Institute's new report & what a 1.5 degree wardrobe could look like

Katia Dayan Vladimirova is a senior researcher at the University of Geneva working on the nexus of fashion consumption, sustainability and degrowth. She is the founder and coordinator at the Sustainable Fashion Consumption Network, and recently contributed to the Hot or Cool Institute’s Report – Unfit, Unfair, Unfashionable.

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