2022 world cup. and he w these hungry silkworms are eating their way to sustainable fashion for switzerland, their owners of venturing into siri culture breeding, silkworms for swiss silk. by south, it's the impulse to me, it's really fascinating to watch the whole cycle develop goals to call really see that in such a short time with any other agricultural products or in court sites in call with the idea is to produce home spun, sustainable fashion in switzerland, it could avoid the huge carbon footprint caused by importing silk from china. which offered those in monica to and i hope my generation and to generations can bring about change to produce more sustainably and locally, ashton ah, billy came up with the idea of breaking silkworms, which are actually caterpillars, the laughing form of the domestic silk moth. the lab space he needed for his experiment was rather testing for his family at 1st. so thick of the yellow, he said t ashanti von, but he was bearing his silkworms in our bathroom, over the bath top in their own. my own for our daughter and i. well, we didn't find at that practical phone biskin nie ya crock dish. who only and bettina resolve the conflict by moving miss silkwood tries to the garage, the humble origin of many a grand project. of i've been a long period ball, i'm a foreigner, but i have no land. this is not always a problem, right? all the room. so i decided to focus on special cultures where you can produce a lot on very little land owned by the health. 60, i'm also a textiles engineer. so silkworms are a good match for this is the thought was partly out of necessity, but it's also fascinating it on the side, it's really fascinating to watch the whole cycle develop. you rarely see that in such a short time with any other agricultural product, falls to comb. i didn't want to talk to him, so it was a combination of necessity and fascination of the fiscal of anna mae so tish notated tie on this. false to not feel is the sound of 12000 hungry caterpillars munching. the idea of making money from syria culture was a bold one, especially in switzerland. silk is actually from china where production originated thousands of years ago, bettina and really had to face resistance from a powerful knobby at 1st form that picks the. but all sure volunteer reactions from the textile industry were mostly negative. that i, it's crazy. it will never work, it's just a hobby off it off. it was mostly negative. 40 and make up, if all but over time thereafter today changed not to listen that of course, where names were very niche doing this, but we have revived the idea of making silk in switzerland. again, not every one is talking about it, but some are lemons. rip it off. the silk yarn they spin is destined for the world's catwalks fashion designer raphael quito. a star in switzerland is a strong advocate of swiss silk in the textile industry. he's showcasing his collection at the swiss design awards in basil, the leading national design competition for years. rafael hunted down the best materials in the archives, museums, and companies. it decided on swiss silk. melissa thought in my to the eyes like by the silk as a great material to work with it and it has something special compared to other fabrics fits and then it. i prefer to work with natural fibers, materials, what up cycle, materials and leftovers on it or did upside connect either. mentally. jada leftovers in 2019, raphael won the award for fashion and textile design at the swiss design awards. sustainability has become an essential criterion. visit i am done by then. this is a silk shirt. it's a vintage silk produced. i switzerland and everything is dyed by hand on the elephant on get back. it's gorgeous. so from china is out of the question for him. thousands of kilometers of transport means a huge carbon footprint. as a top designer is given swiss silk a name. but the silk has also given him a night. hadn't been, looks of as he did guys it's. i was lucky enough to win several different words and i was able to set up my own studio and zurich on deck. somebody with these they collect this collection, for instance, was developed during the pandemic. so this is the 1st time i've been able to display it live on that that's big enough because i also made this video to present my work on film at my la, because there were no opportunities to hold an exhibition or fashion show, right? so i know stella that i knew that so so to martin mulberry tree leaves at the ssl forms faithful food experiments facing them. other types of plant have all failed. the mulberry tree is robust, but there is one challenge the side that all contained. so silkworms are so sensitive because they've been specially brent for thousands of years purely to create silk for a whole conserves the for sensitive to insecticides, of course, but also to fungicides and other chemicals. this is claude form, that they make the caterpillar sick and kill them and all that on than off the cartoon kemesha teeth on did open. this is also why, sorry, culture is not possible in many places for all, for only under difficult conditions and open offices because insecticides can drifting along. i was how from large apple watches, for example, bhaskar olson op for long la, can these chemicals settle on the mulberry leaves? we harvest the leaves with him in the silkworms can't say that it is the place that aunt decides that all that and crop. so clams of voracious creatures. it takes 450 kilos of mulberry late to raise his 12000 silkworms. it really often has to bring in new supplies. how many of the earlier neighbors are traditional farmers, such as peter bomb up? his cows produce milk for cheese, a classic swiss product. but unlike many of their colleagues, he understood the sil project right from the start. ny and man, mommy, he thought he could pretty from a dollar. if you talk to historians, he will hear that circles produced in switzerland many years ago. i was silkworms all thought out of italian that out belong day for theda. hong gallagher i go dueli has founded a suit, produces association called sweet silk. so far, 11 production science in switzerland had joined the association. he hopes the project. oh gra. so they say bodies. it was important for swiss sales. i sent a regional example which would extend beyond switzerland, you know, and include nearby european contrast in all of it is where a complete supply chain could be built up. in the friday. i met complet. they've had all items k delve. this would mean finance transport than usual in these times have globalized trying shenise, stalls to where sell comes from china or brazil, side in the home to of 30 small plane tickets in. okay. not com for the cross even called mitchell suite on me. we are trying to save the wow, director will turn the whole system around here because it is in $45.00 small niche . so that's not our aspiration of itself. is that on scroll up a bit, conan buys. but we can set an example by producing self locally to avoid greenhouse gases and problems awhile. could i post garza for my ah, dueli is meeting a farmer in the picturesque sim into the valley. in the canton of ben. china managed to defend it. so production monopoly for many centuries. in fact, it was a state secret which was systematically prevented from spreading. it wasn't until 552 a d that silkwood eggs finally reached curate or so with this, danny christina is interested in suit production to young men is not sure whether it will work with his business. wait, the thing is with them out of out of well if, if they did, if all the 1st step has worked out the tiny eggs with the size of poppy seeds have hatched on has a slot in them onto b. all i saw a picture in a biology book and i said to my wife, hey, that would be something different to something new. lot of this noise. and that's how it happened. and that's the reason we decided to try it out now saying to so different little to see it. us models, vivian ah, younique's 1st attempt at siri culture has would be the issue is now finding a space to ria, more than $10000.00 silk. once the garage is occupied with the co, shit be an option with the stall he is delightful to negotiate. here in times of space would be really good at good mike on the line for me for just put a breathing tray down. he said he had a more hung a detainer, but we need a constant temperature of 2122 degrees celsius. i know it's on 6 signs on to cut off of says i use the one thing. the other is the hygiene issue. hawkins is a cow shad suitable at this mr. mottos copy of that you have to try it out. it. the 3rd thing is access. how easily can you get there to feed the caterpillars in that open off face? my recommendation is to always have a breathing room where you can go in your pajamas before bad home and bring in fresh leaves if necessary. in ken como had parlor confirm it. it's the easiest and most efficient way of if it's in the sunshine for free from the norway tablo from harris kind and in terms of the workflow, it wouldn't be such a problem with or to inspect guessed it's always been more difficult in the evening just before you go to bed when you're tired and you still have to attend to the animals of it, but it's the same in the winter when a cat is born. it doesn't care that you want to go to bed rock. mister thor, inspectors suddenly. a jenny could have to plant at least a 120 mulberry trees, a silver production to be worth while ago from vienna. flat over here. his farm is at an elevation of either a 1000 meters. janik wants to know whether the mulberry trays could survive the winter at the moment that they were made in a fairly mid of that thought through mccorkle. as a diva. i'll just keep their body. there are different varieties of mulberry tree or variety. i would suggest is the one we have now fort lockwood pursued. they can tolerate up to minus $25.00 degrees celsius in the winter on ticket all 25th rate which meet them. b o. u nina, group of men's livelihood also depends on silk. she creates fashion, fruits with silk and other local raw materials you, nina, trained as an engineer in the construction sector. it decided to move away from building sites to the fine fabrics of fashion. became distortion. cost was, i went to her, i went to a store to buy something, and i was always disappointed, but the quality was so down that i wanted about the price with cannon, i could buy a t shirt for fi, frank sal your raise your mom. but how does not work, and oh, i'm done them. i store all these videos about the accident and the run a plaza, gama factory and bangladesh, all the that will far west so many people died. and i just thought to look at what cost of them for this my, from vision cars her concept is slowly fashion the opposite of throw away consumerism. her fashion also sells at higher prices than clothing from asia, than we are caught is a tip off. if we produce high quality clothes, we can buy them longer. ice, we're put, that means we produce less weight. and we'll give you that we can even recycle some parts gaping. or we could even composite the silk. for example, seagal compo, thea, on flight all for the for sunk lionel contribution. we can't even measure it yet and couldn't that at least at something is lani consists up or if it's in mind that the idea of slow fashion is catching all after some initial difficulties you nina found business partners and customers willing to pay the price for sustainability swiss silt from the can't on of burn has made its way back to zurich in 1881, a silver waving school was founded here to train specialist workers. however, by the beginning of the 20th century, the swiss silk industry was unable to keep up with international competition to date, new craft workers for the highly congested market being trained again in the textile college in the area. i think it's really important that people learn to make things themselves again, let expertise comes back to switzerland or her niece. that was the higher the hi, natalie. gay can be small things like mending zipper or re sewing a him for many people that's already a challenge. older owns they not do. a lot of navi gordon is left. a trend catches on and people start sewing their own clothes again. they'll gain in violet sick from dick little appreciate the textiles more as a work of art, as or as an expression of individuality video. with that. because the they'll seamstresses of relatively rare in europe. women are often exploited in low wage countries, and there is still a massive pay gap between men and women. but the debate about climate change could alter consumer behavior. it hospitals in manner to hold my generation and future generations can bring about change them, see no halter, got on local to produce more sustainably and locally. so there is something for every one and every style for years and it was was fee and still it was. so finding gibbs of, of your thing, feldwood. but the information was an from woodson, without the ceo of the school. sonya and port shows the trainees 19th and 20th century swiss. so prints from the previous school. this to you, just 80 for sheet and still he can see various patterns that were printed on silk fabric outside and shut off as they're of a really unique quality tact. but it's almost impossible to do this to day on seats here on ben boucher. these prints were celebrated and the pastor hard to help me and we don't have so many printing works to day all but there are still ways to produce. so from start to finish and switzerland from industry and also with ready to where fashion from on, on back to gone to conflicts yawn. i for many ready to wear companies. the costs were just too high and they outsourced. i'm boarding house glock at all. but at the wrong, still small companies with between $10.30 staff that still produce in switzerland. they know english rights products. you digitalization offers an opportunity to reduce production costs. with help from machines, the higher wages in europe, a less of the fact of this could bring industries black, which will be beneficial. the pandemic highlighted europe's dependency on supply chains. to ensure that silk has a future in europe, the trainees, a learning to get maximum use from the material and create as little waste as possible with digitally controlled laser cutting technology waste is virtually eliminated it. c dasia c about was not 3. i'll of the miss silk is a very valuable material. so i don't want to throw away any scraps. ethan began silly call, for example, with the sleeves. i. so i didn't just throw away the fabric. i cut out then vito, i attached them to this piece as leaves were decoration as if then get are those, this is ida at the silk, is the natural fiber and the issues of sustainability and being nature friendly are big topics right now. this does it at so currently people are living more consciously. they want to buy less plastic for. that's why i think the silk business in switzerland can definitely grow before the material gets to this stage, it's already been through a lengthy process like an early and bettina silkworm farm. then watching out for the moment of maximum growth before the caterpillar stock cocooning. they need space and distance to do that. ready silkworms gain a lot of weight as they eat, putting on 10000 times their original white. eventually, they reached the maximum size usage. also meet food come. when they get to 5 grams, the larvae start to spend their cocoons, the risk, and yet for this year, we know that they're gaining about one gram per day. right now, am i to morrow or the day after the 1st caterpillar will start spinning. it's cocoon. whittier said, oh pan chena. as long as the caterpillars keep gaining weight as they eat, everything is fine. but early in between, i had a major setback when they started out in silk production, food hoffman, fong, federal, all low salmon are beginning. blake there to pick the leaves and brought them into the caterpillars. but they got sick and we didn't know why others until we discovered that insecticides had been full. transported through the air and landed on our mulberry leaves loft for foot off the top of the black that off, cuz i felt really we picked the leaps, fed them to the caterpillars, and then they died for mission. sila haines says that it was awful for me, because on the one hand we lost, i caterpillars, but on the other got it. it's terrible how insecticides penetrate nature. while his height is height is not just of silkworms that were a faint talk in october, it's true that they are more sensitive. but all kinds of insects are affect um on the intake than ot thing side that ops, if you let that be for me, it was a real eye opener does have all that in a long time, when not heading in the right direction. thought orange lancaster missed optimistic, vixon kristof hoby dies duluth and swiss silk customers. choose the color. then he mixes it especially silver is a demanding fabric for the dye to stick to the thread. kristoff has to add acid and please ensure that the die chemically, bonds to the fabric thing . mit give all angles. oliver's as a dire. i like all colors and now what i'm personally not so keen on it's brown and me for me. it's a non color. he said his thought that all of generally a like strong bright colors. he thought he thought he thought he get little little krista works alone here. he runs one of the few small di, works in switzerland, which sits local swiss, so produces large di works, do not accept this small orders. hey, still young, spare, jolly sheep, food claim. i specialize in small quantities. fuel and that's what swiss, so can say had alt lane and i so they're very happy that i can die small quantities for them at all. thus he is to lead, decline many fat. he couldn't lose sight at all within the thought. i'm fine. show all the cell grams are so fine. when you have them in your hands, it's awful. it feels very pleasant to hold them. t thornton, hey, it's walt. after $24.00 days of feeding the caterpillars have had enough their bodies signal that they have sufficient energy and material to enter pew patient and spin their cookin. each individual silkworm is placed by hand into it's me, hon. since the so produces only have to look after the caterpillars intensively for a month. sorry, culture makes for a good site line. ah . ready of inexpensive for to but i getting ready to cocoon now. so when they start searching for a spot like this one, your dog, all that isn't it? said ocoee. they're very agile, which i like to seen. begin. see at all shines. they start spinning quickly to fees, and i don't lose too much silk thread events when they start to form a cocoon straight away. instead of searching. that's really great on the on than read and all the others will be in their little boxes in the next few hours. in that case, since i'm then finally, i'm losing patience haunting thought house cocking. ah, ah, ah, the result. 12000 caterpillar's spin, almost 4 kilo's of rural silk woven that makes 40 square meters of fabric which a d and bettina can sell for about 3200 euros. that gives them an hourly wage around $23.00 euros mold, and many farmers and per hour. ah, the cocoon is hardened by the catalogue. dried out saliva. the threads softens in hot water. the pupa inside is killed by the heat. the cocoon is unwound on the so called the coil a machine which li imported from india he learned to upright this machine in india a cropped long, forgotten in europe. once booley has wound the straight on to the bobbin, his work is done. nova i'm cold. oh, don't give him each cocoon has about 0.3 grams of silk. i had all the length of the silk thread varies between 600 meters and 2 kilometer and said on friday, the domain this is to some speed. you got this. all of these elements coming together to drive the individual coco