Rawaa Ammar sheds light on sustainable fashion, focusing on textile waste and recycling challenges. She shares her journey from Lebanon to leading eco-design innovation, emphasizing her passion for science and sustainable solutions. Rawaa introduces a heat-dissolvable stitching thread for textile recycling, advocating for circular fashion to reduce emissions, waste, and water usage. She combines personal stories and data to advocate for a rethink in fashion production and recycling, inspiring the audience to support circular solutions for a sustainable fashion industry and planet. Dr. Rawaa Ammar is Resortecs' Chief Sustainability & Impact Officer. As an expert in climate risk mitigation, decarbonization, and LCA with 15 years of experience, she leads the sustainability strategy. She is connecting different stakeholders to accelerate the circular transition in fashion. Passionate about nature, science, and social equity, she holds a Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences from ULB in Brussels and is a former visiting professor at The Lebanese University in Beirut. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
27 авг 2024
