Through the Lens of Tomorrow

Move to Gothenburg

Through the Lens of Tomorrow is a podcast exploring innovation and the people shaping a better world. Each episode features entrepreneurs, companies, and startups tackling real-world challenges across industries such as fashion, mobility, energy, biotech, and more. We explore how industries are being transformed through sustainability, new ideas and collaboration. Each episode highlights the change taking shape and how tomorrow is being created - today!

Episodes

  1. Apr 21

    1.0 Creating a Circular Textile and Fashion System - part one

    In this episode, we meet with pioneers who are rethinking how we make, use, and reuse clothing, and what it will take to build a truly circular fashion system.   Discover:  What a circular textile and fashion system is  Why the financial system for textiles / fashion needs to change  Making clothes from waste products  Making new inventions from clothes waste  In this episode, we meet:  Helena Andersson & Emil Pettersen from Reparell — a Gothenburg based company making clothes from ocean plastic waste and other recycled materials  Lovisa Nolander & Evelina Ingvarsson from XV Production — a microfactory in Borås with 10 years of experience in circular product development and remake production  Lill Sjöberg — a designer and innovator who transforms discarded denim into Twood, a brand new material with a lifespan of up to 30 years  Ellen Flybäck & Anett Aldman from Science Park Borås at the University of Borås — helping companies reimagine their business models and move towards circular solutions  Context:   The fashion and textile industry is one of the world's most polluting — responsible for 8–10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, 92 million tons of textile waste every year, and where less than 1% of clothing is ever recycled.  But change is already happening. And much of it is being built right here in West Sweden.  This podcast is made by Move to Gothenburg, an initiative run by the West Sweden Chamber of Commerce and co-founded by the European Union region Västra Götaland and several companies, universities and public organisations in the region.

    1.0 Creating a Circular Textile and Fashion System - part one

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Through the Lens of Tomorrow is a podcast exploring innovation and the people shaping a better world. Each episode features entrepreneurs, companies, and startups tackling real-world challenges across industries such as fashion, mobility, energy, biotech, and more. We explore how industries are being transformed through sustainability, new ideas and collaboration. Each episode highlights the change taking shape and how tomorrow is being created - today!

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