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Lee DeVito A recent visit to RecoveryPark found most of the eight hoop houses had no crops or signs of farming. As Gary Wozniak tells it, his career in finance started in the 1980s when he did a cost-benefit analysis on what it would take to pursue a master s and Ph.D in psychology, his major as an undergrad at Oakland University, and realized he would never be able to pay off his student loans. So I decided to take a different path, and I went to Wall Street and became a stockbroker, he tells a class during a lecture at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design in a video from Oct. 11, 2018. The class laughs.
Alternative leather manufacturing moves towards sustainable sources and environmentally friendly chemical processes
A small clutch purse demonstrates the utility of silk leather in manufacturing products
Leather is an ever growing multi-billion dollar industry requiring more than 3.8 billion bovine animals – equal to one for every two people on earth – to sustain production each year. And while the products – clothing, shoes, furniture and more – can be quite elegant and durable, the environmental impact of leather production has been severe, leading to deforestation, water and land overuse, environmental pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering set out to find an alternative to leather, with similar texture, flexibility and stiffness, yet focused on materials that are sustainable, non-toxic, and friendly to the environment. It turns out, we have been wearing that material all along – it’s silk, but instead of weav
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VIDEO: The process of making the silk leather begins with dissolving the fibers and reformulating the protein for extrusion and printing into swatches with customized patterns view more
Credit: Laia Soldevilla, Fio Omenetto, Tufts University SilkLab
Leather is an ever growing multi-billion dollar industry requiring more than 3.8 billion bovine animals - equal to one for every two people on earth - to sustain production each year. And while the products - clothing, shoes, furniture and more - can be quite elegant and durable, the environmental impact of leather production has been severe, leading to deforestation, water and land overuse, environmental pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions.
(NEWARK, NJ) On April 29, 2021, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced that the City of Newark is calling on Newark residents to share their feedback on proposals submitted by the five finalists selected to design the new Harriet Tubman Monument. Five critically acclaimed artists: Abigail DeVille, Dread Scott, Jules Arthur, Nina Cooke John, and Vinnie Bagwell, were chosen by a jury to submit their designs.