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From unboxing and influencers to circular fashion and a new artwork unveiled for Earth Day: New Generation Thinker Xine Yao from University College London hosts a conversation about sustainable fashion ideas.
How does the London College of Fashion experiment with materials and teach design practices and fashion media which focus on sustainability? Monica Buchan-Ng is the Acting Head of Knowledge Exchange at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion and she tells us about online courses and innovations including material made from algae https://www.futurelearn.com/partners/lcf
Lucy Orta has been a Professor since 2002 and is currently the Chair of Art and the Environment at the University of the Arts London, where she founded the Art for the Environment Artist in Residency Program. She also runs her own studio in partnership with George Orta https://www.studio-orta.com/
Her artwork Fabulae Naturae, comprises three 60-foot draperies adorning the Granary Building behind Kings Cross station. A programme of events is taking place across Earth Day on April 22nd https://www.kingscross.co.uk/event/earth-day-at-kings-cross

Producer: Belinda Naylor

This New Thinking episode of the Arts & Ideas podcast was made in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of UKRI
https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/ukri-circular-fashion-and-textile-programme-networkplus/

UCL is home to a People and Nature Lab https://www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/gee/people-and-nature-lab
East Bank is the new cultural quarter which is home to UCL, London College of Fashion, 麻豆约拍 Music Studios and other cultural partners https://www.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/east-bank

You can hear on 麻豆约拍 Radio 3 and 麻豆约拍 Sounds a special Earth Day concert featuring the music of Max Richter and find a whole collection of conversations about Green Thinking on the Radio 3 Free Thinking programme website /programmes/p07zg0r2 and if you want more discussions about fashion check out these New Thinking podcasts
Arts & Ideas: Fashion Stories in Museums /programmes/p096hw0q
Arts & Ideas: Fashion AI and sustainability /programmes/p07nhbrd