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SFGATE – Big Mats of Human Hair Are Saving Bay Area Beaches
SFGATE Big mats of human hair are being used to save Bay Area beaches. You can give yours. For the past few decades, Lisa Craig Gautier and her team at San Francisco-based nonprofit Matter of Trust have used mats made out of human and animal hair to help clean beaches...
WASHINGTON POST – Dutch start-up Human Material Loop turns hair into sustainable clothing
This unexpected material might be in your next sweater... Entrepreneurs are looking for ways to recycle human hair, including weaving clippings swept off the floor of salons and barbershops into clothes. CONTINUE READING... Washington Post - Dutch start-up...
KUAF – Clipping for a cause: Hairstream donates discarded hair to clean waterways
Aaron Elam runs a unique hair salon. For one, he operates it out of a converted airstream trailer. Hence its apt name: Hairstream. It’s located right off the Greenway in South Fayetteville. Elam said the uncommon nature of his salon draws many walk-up customers....
ABC7 – SF Ecologists Testing Human and Animal Hair to Help Grow Plants in Presidio
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- For Noah Teller, precision is a passion, especially when he's trying to learn how to make things grow. As Ecological and Restoration Coordinator at San Francisco's Presidio, he's testing a variety of fertilizers in a tiny square by square...
Forbes Japan – Fuji Rock and the U.S. Air Force also adopted the unexpected use of “cut hair” from U.S. hairdressers
Have you ever seen the hair cut at the beauty salon and thought "it's a waste"?In the United States and Canada, 31.5 tons of hair are thrown away from beauty salons every day. Under these circumstances, "Matter of Trust Japan" was established in Japan on December 19,...
ECO-PERSPECTIVES – A Talk With Lisa Gautier
A podcast where we talk to leading environmental figures about innovative climate solutions, recent developments, and practical advice for the next generation of young changemakers... Episode 0: The Eco-Perspectives podcast inspires and empowers the next...
WASHINGTON POST – A lake is filled with oil. Thousands donated their hair to help soak it up.
Volunteers cut donors' hair during a campaign in Caracas, Venezuela, on Oct. 6. Hundreds of Venezuelans came to get their hair cut, some with their pets, to support an initiative that aims to use human and animal hair to help clean up Lake Maracaibo, which is highly...
SF COMMISSION ON THE ENVIRONMENT – Award to Matter of Trust 2023
CONTINUE READING... San Francisco Commission on the Environment - Award to Matter of Trust August 29th, 2023 https://vimeo.com/859572142
CONSCIOUS DESIGN – Creative and Eco-Friendly Solutions
Welcome to another episode of Conscious Design Podcast where today Ian welcomes Lisa Craig Gautier. Lisa starts off talking about what she actually does and what her starting vision was and where it has evolved today. Lisa then talks more about her specific product...
MONEY TALE$ – The Balanced Class
In this episode of Money Tales, our guest is Lisa Gautier. Lisa cares deeply about the hair on your head. That might sound weird but let me tell you why. 25 years ago, she and her husband started an environmental public charity called Matter of Trust. Matter of Trust...