Mycelium Mushroom T-Shirt

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Ultimately, it is not only about saving animals’ lives but our own. The future of fashion –and our planet– is cruelty-free. To grow our organic cotton, SÖKTAŞ covers the soil with a carefully selected mix of crops and seeds that keep it fertile, humid and nutritious year-round. In addition to using little to no conventional fertilisers, they also take manure from their own dairy farm and other organic materials to naturally nourish seeds. Vegan fashion is already desirable – and making a difference. In selling over 1 million of our iconic Falabella bags, we have helped save up to 400,000 cows’ lives and countless more animals by not contributing towards biodiversity loss. Using recycled and regenerative nylon reduces the global warming impact of nylon up to 90% compared with virgin materials . It takes 2,700 litres of water to make one conventional cotton t-shirt – the equivalent of 2.5 years’ drinking water.

Each year, 150 million trees are cut down for fashion – many from the world’s most ancient and endangered forests . ECONYLⓇ uses industrial waste, post-consumer textiles destined for landfill and ocean plastics to create virgin-quality regenerated nylon that feels luxuriously silky and durable. At the end of its life, it can be recycled, remade and remoulded again. In 2020, ECONYLⓇ collaborated with fishermen and divers to collect 75,000 kg of fishing nets from the ocean bed. So, this collection is inspired by that idea of community, and specifically by mycelium, by the reality of nature as a community that is far, far older than we are,” Burton elaborated. “Mycelium connects even the rooftop of the tallest skyscraper to the plants, to the grass, to the ground, to animals and to human beings." If achieved globally, regenerative systems can drawdown more than 100% of current annual CO2 emissions. Animal agriculture accounts for approximately 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions and is driving the destruction of vital ecosystems.BBC Earth and Teemill have joined forces to disrupt the fashion industry and propose a solution to one of the greatest environmental problems caused by fast fashion – landfill. When most of us imagine mushrooms, we picture the bulbous caps that sprout up in gardens or forests. However, under that is mycelium – the naturally abundant and infinitely renewable root system of fungi. It is the internet of the natural world; a complex and connected network of lattices, weaving across and holding together the Earth’s surface. Since we started using ECONYLⓇ in 2017, we have prevented over 10 tonnes of nylon from going to landfill.

There is expected to be 4 billion tonnes of manure created by animal agriculture by 2030, largely from cows also raised for leather. This leeches into local waterways and pollutes the air with methane and other noxious greenhouse gases, creating massive environmental and health challenges.The environmental impact of our animal- free, cruelty-free leather is up to 24 times lower than animal leathers. The 1.5 to 5 million of kangaroos killed annually for leather are hunted in the wild, not farmed – a cruel practice impacting natural ecosystems. Cruelty-free alternatives are significantly better for the planet. In fact, our vegan materials have an environmental impact that is up to 24 times lower than conventional animal leather. Moving towards an animal-free fashion industry is essential for saving all of our skins if we want to end the climate crisis. Plant-based fibres are biodegradable, vegan and can be grown in a way that protects biodiversity instead of exploiting nature. Evrnu’s NuCycl™ fibres are made to be remade, created through a process that liquifies cotton textiles. These are then blended with wood pulp and regenerated into breathable cellulose fibres that can be transformed into virgin-quality jersey, denim or twill that is effortlessly comfortable and ultra-soft to the touch.

Deforestation releases 3 billion tonnes of CO2 annually and destroys the homes of the 70% of land animals living in the world’s woods. Imagine if you were one of the millions of people around the world who also rely on forests for living and livelihood, only to see it all being cleared and cut away. We need a solution kinder to people and planet. ECONYLⓇ reduces the global warming impact of nylon by up to 90% compared with virgin petroleum-based materials. Forest-friendly viscose has been one of our most-used materials since 2017. This versatile fibre is made from wood pulp and features in our collections as everything from dresses to tailoring. Essential to ending the use of animal products in fashion is innovating realistic, durable and desirable alternatives to leather, fur and skins – and we need your help to drive private investment and incentivisation to encourage a more collaborative commitment to positive change. Leather tanning is often outsourced to developing countries, where people must work in poor conditions and are exposed to harmful and carcinogenic tanning chemicals. 90% of tannery workers in Bangladesh die before the age of 50.

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We collaborated with adidas to produce the first-ever 100% recyclable hoodie made from garment waste using Evrnu’s NuCycl™.