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The Biomimicry Institute Announces the 2026 Ray of Hope Accelerator Cohort
The Biomimicry Institute is proud to announce the 2026 Cohort of the Ray of Hope Accelerator.
How Can the Fashion Industry Learn to Stretch Like Nature?
A guest article for The Biomomicry Instutute by Katrin Ley, Managing Director, Fashion for Good Undeniably, nature is the ultimate engineer. When you look at the natural world, flexibility and resilience are everywhere, from the…
New Case Studies from The Biomimicry Institute Show What Fashion’s circularity conversation is missing.
New Case Studies from The Biomimicry Institute Show What Fashion’s circularity conversation is missing.
The Biomimicry Institute and Upaya Social Ventures Partner to Tackle Textile Waste in India
The Biomimicry Institute’s Nature of Fashion initiative and Upaya Social Venture’s Dignified Jobs Accelerator have announced a partnership to develop a regional pilot for textile waste decomposition in India.
Fashion must look beyond existing systems to tackle its most persistent waste problems
During London Climate Action Week, we convened a private gathering of senior sustainability leaders and fashion brands
Metamorphosis Beyond Metaphors: Notes from Amsterdam with Asha Singhal
I recently spent two weeks in Amsterdam, attending Katapult Future Fest and Fashion for Good’s Innovation Fest. I came back with a full heart and a renewed sense that something real is shifting in the…
What Fashion’s Circular Economy Is Still Missing
A collaboration between the Biomimicry Institute and The Microfibre Consortium Imagine a garment designed to give everything it has and then quietly return. At the end of its useful life, its fibres break down safely,…
From Hospital Scrubs to Surgical Sutures: Berlin’s Circular Bioeconomy
In Berlin-Brandenburg, a surgical team prepares for an operation. The biodegradable sutures they’re using were once a nurse’s uniform. In a nearby greenhouse, plants are thriving with biofertilizers made from contaminated cleaning cloths that have…
From Incineration to Innovation: The Netherlands is transforming Fashion’s “Impossible” Waste
Every year, the Netherlands discards approximately 215,000 tonnes of post-consumer textiles, roughly 12 kilograms per person. Poor recyclability sends half to incineration. This waste stream containing contaminated materials, blended synthetic-natural fabrics, and mixed colors, defies…
