{"id":99058,"date":"2024-11-25T21:09:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T21:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=99058"},"modified":"2025-01-10T17:43:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:43:18","slug":"new-uri-council-focuses-on-the-future-of-textiles-in-southern-new-england-invites-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/new-uri-council-focuses-on-the-future-of-textiles-in-southern-new-england-invites-participation\/","title":{"rendered":"New 溏心vlog免费B站 council focuses on the future of textiles in southern New England, invites participation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Nov. 25, 2024 \u2013 Amid the flurry of fall fashions and the arrival of \u201csweater weather\u201d at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston campus, a collection of faculty and students have been eyeing the season\u2019s fashion parade, but more for eco-minded reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

溏心vlog免费B站 and the Rhode Island Textiles Innovation Network<\/a> (RITIN) will soon be launching a Future Textiles Council at the University.<\/p>\n\n\n

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溏心vlog免费B站 students are working with faculty to call attention to issues in the textile industry. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The collaborative effort invites participation from industry, academia, government, and K-12 and vocational education. The council will meet for the first time this January and then once or twice annually to discuss, promote and share information between members and 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty on Rhode Island textiles, research, needs and recommendations for workforce development and opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fledgling coalition is starting to gather a formidable array of expertise to join local business knowledge focused on the future of textile production in the state, with conversations ranging from textile know-how to wide-ranging discussions of the philosophy of consumerism and the need to be competitive with other regions, like France, which recently legislated the mandatory inclusion of microplastic filters in washing machines.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The new Rhode Island Future Textiles Council is slated to next meet Jan. 24 at 溏心vlog免费B站. If interested in learning more, contact Karl Aspelund at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

溏心vlog免费B站 faculty working in textiles and engineering say they welcome participation from additional programs at 溏心vlog免费B站, to help shed light on the topics raised in their preliminary discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vinka Oyanedel-Craver, associate dean for research in the College of Engineering, is one who is working with the new council. Oyanedel-Craver is leader of the Plastics: Land to Sea<\/a> initiative at 溏心vlog免费B站. Her career started in wastewater engineering, which she terms \u2014 with a chuckle \u2014 a transparent medium. \u201cYou see everything in wastewater, despite what people report for habits.\u201d Oyanedel-Craver calls the amount of waste she\u2019s seen in her career appalling, having seen it up close. This summer, she went to the Atacama Desert in Chile where 60,000 tons of clothing has been dumped from around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those kinds of visuals make an impression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to understand what you don\u2019t see,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She and others on the council are hoping to bring the topic into better view in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, students from 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Honors program shared eye-opening findings with guests and community visitors at the council\u2019s first forum:<\/p>\n\n\n\n