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What's better: Cotton or polyester clothing?

Benjamin Restle
April 4, 2024

Are you torn over your clothing's environmental impact? From resource-intensive production methods to consumer behaviors, explore the complexities shaping our fashion choices and their ecological footprints.

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Interviewees featured in this episode: 

Laura Scherer, assistant professor at Leiden University's Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML)

Susanna Horn, senior research scientist with the Finnish Environment Institute

Beth Jensen, Climate+ Strategy Director at Textile Exchange

 

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