Professor Peter Ralph is Executive Director of the Climate Change Cluster in the Faculty of Science at UTS, and is partnering with Australian surf brand Piping Hot to develop textiles made from seaweed for surfwear. Nature-derived alternatives for the fashion industry have the potential to revolutionise products and vastly reduce their impact on the oceans.
Apologies for a little bit of building noise in the background!
Songs in this episode - all licensed under a Creative Commons License:
- Seaweed - Offkey Lifestyle
- Sea-weed - Martin Williamson
- Sapphire - Tobu
Image from UTS
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