The future of fashion — made from mushrooms | Dan Widmaier | TED Talk

Hear biomaterials investigator Dan Widmaier explore how we could look to nature for sustainable replacements for fashion’s sustainability crisis in his TED Talk ‚ÄúThe future of fashion — made from mushrooms.” Your closet is likely full of all kinds of materials—leather, cotton, nylon and polyester, to name a few—that pollute or put strain on the planet’s resources. In his talk on innovation and design thinking, Widmaier introduces a leather alternative made from mushrooms that looks great and doesn’t harm the environment.