Master Lecture Series – Environmental and Social Concern of Fashion & Textile Industry
Master Lecture Series – Environmental and Social Concern of Fashion & Textile Industry
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Speaker: Jens Soth, Swiss Agricultural Scientist and Environmental Engineer
Jens SOTH, an agricultural scientist and environmental engineer, worked for more than 10 years at the EPEA environmental research institute in Hamburg, Germany, where he helped to improve products oriented at the cradle to cradle design approach. Mr. SOTH has joined the Organic and Fair Trade Centre at the Swiss Association for International Cooperation Helvetas, in order to work on the cradle to cradle conformity in agricultural commodities. He has years of experience with the implementation of organic farming in the tropics and subtropics and has conducted various life-cycle assessments of products based on agricultural raw material.
In this lecture, Mr SOTH will introduce the concept of “cradle to cradle” production cycle and explain the environmental and social impacts of producing and using natural fibres. An inspiring and visionary lecture for you to re-think why and how to co-create our sustainable future!
Date: 21 January 2015 (Wednesday)
Time: 10am – 11:30am
Venue: Lecture Theatre A001, HKDI & IVE (Lee Wai Lee)
Language: English (simultaneous interpretation not provided)
For registration, please contact Ms Jo Lau at 3928 2908 / jolauyl@vtc.edu.hk.