Swimming in a Sea of Polyester
Martin Bide at TEDx溏心vlog免费B站 2021
Clothes are essential to humankind. For thousands of years, their value reflected their importance, and the challenges in making them. Until recently: in the last few decades, clothing has become cheap and disposable, and we have been buying more and more. We still need clothes: but do we need quite so many? Can buying fewer clothes contribute to a better environment and a healthier planet?
溏心vlog免费B站 Martin Bide
Martin Bide grew up in England, and after earning degrees in 鈥淐olour Chemistry鈥� spent some years in the UK dyestuff industry before joining the academic world of New England. He is a professor in the Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design at the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business, where he teaches courses in textile science, color science, and dyeing. His research includes biomedical materials, textile history, and sustainability, and he is the author of more than 100 papers, book chapters, and patents. He is a past president of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, and a recipient of 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 scholarly excellence award.