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Coal + Ice: Sustainable Fashion — Art as a Path To Creating Change
WASHINGTON D.C., April 21, 2022 — Celia Ledón, costume designer; and Manuel Carmona Yerba, counsellor for environment and oceans at the Delegation of the European Union to the United States (Spain); talk about solving textiles' negative impact on the environment and climate change. Yerba discussed the EU’s strategy for sustainable and circular textiles, while Ledón talked about using industrial and recycled materials for her creations. Dr. Erica Cusi Wortham of George Washington University moderated the conversation. (55 min., 23 sec.)