Future Fashion Landscapes: Fostering biodiversity through collaborations between farmers, designers, and processors of native and rare breed wool

未来时尚景观：通过农民、设计师和本地及稀有品种羊毛加工商之间的合作促进生物多样性

• 批准号: AH/Z505365/1
• 负责人: Sandy Black
• 金额: $ 12.77万
• 依托单位: University of the Arts London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FZ505365%2F1
• 关键词: Future; Fashion; Landscapes; Fostering; biodiversity

Fashion and agriculture are among the industries with the highestclimate footprint - through over-consumption of finite resources,aggregated CO2 emissions, widespread ecosystem pollution andresulting extensive biodiversity loss. There is enormous potential forimpact through improved practice and a major paradigm shift in bothsectors. This design-led R&D partnership between fashion researchersfrom UAL's Centre for Sustainable Fashion and the South East England(SEE) and South West England (SWE) Fibresheds foregrounds thepotential of fostering diverse, healthy ecosystems and increasedbiodiversity alongside supporting sustainable rural economies andbio-regional textiles networks. The partnership builds on the regionallinks created during the research team's previous project 'Beyond NetZero Goals: Regenerative fashion design for micro-circular ruralecosystems' funded in the DEP pilot scheme (2021-22).Within the overarching biodiversity theme, this project focuses on thefibre production and biodiversity enhancement potential of farmsadopting regenerative principles, while operating landscape-specificgrazing and restoration programmes with native and rare breed sheep.Sustaining thriving populations of native breeds is among the keybiodiversity indicators of the UK Government Biodiversity Strategy forEngland (Indicator 12a: Animal genetic resources, DEFRA 2023(https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/england-biodiversity*indicators)).The vision of the SEE and SWE affiliates of the international Fibershedmovement is to provide viable solutions for the shift from long,opaque fashion and textiles supply chains, towards short, transparentbio-regional fibre and fashion supply networks with potential forscaling through replication. The organisations' current priority, basedon extensive stakeholder consultation during 2020-22, is to facilitatebetter understanding between farmers and designers to improveavailability and uptake of high-quality local fibre. The focus is on woolwhich, unlike plant fibres, is still produced in the UK in abundance yetits potential for application in apparel production is insufficientlyunderstood. As a result, this renewable fibre source is undervalued,underutilised and often discarded. This project will enhance visibilityand comprehension of UK-sourced native and rare breed wool, thusopening up new opportunities for valuable income streams, withbenefits for rural economies plus landscape conservation andbiodiversity enhancement.The partnership will test methods of collaboration and design researchthat aim to:Advance the understanding of properties and biodiversity benefits of bio-regional native and rare breed wool production in the SEE and SWE and beyond, through the pilot implementation of SEE & SWE Fibresheds' new Farming Fashion Toolkit.Develop experimental design prototypes that embody the experience of 'wearing the landscape', providing a tangible proofof-concept that can facilitate access to further R&D and funding for farmers and designers.Facilitate future innovation and collaboration opportunities forfarmers, designers, and processors of fibre and textiles throughimproved mutual understanding of requirements and productioncycles when working with local landscapes, animals and naturalrhythms.The project will support the SEE and SWE Fibresheds' mission byintroducing skills in design, making and fashion designentrepreneurship, building capacity for extensive experimentation totest innovative possibilities for regenerative fashion practice withinrural ecosystems and urban design centres. LCF's recent move to theEast Bank Campus offers exceptional opportunities for publicengagement and mobilising the thriving East London designcommunity for this purpose.

时尚和农业是占地占地面积最高的行业之一 - 通过过度消费有限的资源，汇总的二氧化碳排放，广泛的生态系统污染和重新培养广泛的生物多样性损失。通过改进的实践和两种分类器的重大范式转移，具有巨大的影响。从UAL的可持续时尚中心与英格兰东南部（SEE）和西南英格兰（SWE）Fibresheds从促进多样化，健康的生态系统和增长的BBIODRIVITY的潜在性以及支持可持续的农村经济体和Bio Corgio-Corgione Fextiles网络并肩作用，这是设计领导的研发伙伴关系。该伙伴关系建立在研究团队先前的项目中创建的“超越Netzero目标：微圆形农业经纪系统的再生时装设计：在DEP PILOT计划中资助（2021-22）。与超大的生物多样性主题有关，该项目集中在Thefibre的生产和生物效率上，而恢复了恢复，恢复了农场，该项目是恢复的。 landscape-specificgrazing and restoration programmes with native and rare breed sheep.Sustaining thriving populations of native breeds is among the keybiodiversity indicators of the UK Government Biodiversity Strategy forEngland (Indicator 12a: Animal genetic resources, DEFRA 2023(https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/england-biodiversity*indicators)).The vision of the SEE and SWE国际纤维Hedmovement的分支机构是为从长而不透明的时尚和纺织品供应链转向短而透明的纤维纤维和时尚供应网络提供可行的解决方案，并通过复制潜在地进行效果。在2020 - 22年期间，组织的当前优先级广泛的利益相关者咨询是为了促进农民和设计师之间的理解，以提高可访问性和吸收高质量的本地纤维。与植物纤维不同的羊毛的重点仍在英国生产的大量覆盖物可能在服装生产中应用潜力。结果，这种可再生的纤维源被低估，未充分利用并经常被丢弃。该项目将提高对英国为英国的本地和稀有羊毛的理解，从而为有价值的收入流提供新的机会，并为农村经济以及景观保存和生物多样性增强而增强。该合作伙伴关系将测试合作和设计方法，以提高对物业的理解和生物的良好型生产，从而超越生产羊毛的生产，并在生产中造成生产，而生物的生产范围并有利于生物的生产，而生物的生产范围超出了生产，并且可以使生产物的理解和生物生物繁殖，从而实现生产，而生产的生产范围超出了生产，并且可以使生产范围越来越多 SEE & SWE Fibresheds' new Farming Fashion Toolkit.Develop experimental design prototypes that embody the experience of 'wearing the landscape', providing a tangible proofof-concept that can facilitate access to further R&D and funding for farmers and designers.Facilitate future innovation and collaboration opportunities forfarmers, designers, and processors of fibre and textiles throughimproved mutual understanding of requirements and productioncycles when working借助当地景观，动物和自然节律。该项目将通过在设计，制造和时尚设计企业家精神方面的技能来支持SEE和SWE Fibresheds的使命，从而建立了广泛的实验能力，以实验实验的创新可能性，以实现在化学生态系统和城市设计中重新生动的时尚实践中心。 LCF最近搬到Theeast Bank校园提供了出色的机会，为此目的动员了东部伦敦蓬勃发展的DesignCommunity。