AÑO
2021
CATEGORÍA
Cuerpo
OBJETIVOS
Agua limpia y saneamiento, Producción y consumo responsables, Acción por el clima, Vida submarina
PAL. CLAVE
textiles, fibre, DNA
PAÍS
United States of America
CRÉDITOS
Werewool
LINK
https://www.werewool.bio/
Werewool
Redesigning Textiles for a Circular Economy
To mitigate the fashion industry’s environmental impact, Werewool is designing a revolutionary fiber development platform to create biodegradable fibers with tailored aesthetic and performance properties. Inspired by nature, and utilizing the tools of biotechnology, Werewool is developing a platform to design fibers at the DNA level for sustainable textiles with inherent properties such as color, moisture management, and stretch, that meet the demands of today’s consumers.
Werewool is made with a circular lifecycle, returning nutrients to the ecosystem at the end of their useful life, and protecting biodiversity (Earth’s greatest resilience to climate change) from the effects of microplastic pollution. By creating fibers with inherent color, we are preventing the pollution associated with conventional textile dyes that cause dead zones in rivers, streams and other freshwater resources.