CBS – How human hair can help tackle challenges associated with climate change series

Scientists are saying human hair could be the biggest sustainable textile on the planet that can be used to address some major issues linked to climate change. There’s a movement quietly gaining momentum in the fashion world that is less about what’s...

KCBS – How you can use your hair (or your dog’s) as natural fertilizer

The hair of the dog isn’t just for hangovers– it can help your garden and ease pollution too!  One Bay Area ecology group is employing hair from people and pets to use in the garden via compost and in the ocean to clean up pollution, using hair’s...

LA TIMES – Use your hair to help your garden or fight pollution. A Bay Area group shows how

Try answering this off the top of your head: What’s an abundant renewable resource that can spur growth in your garden and clear pollutants from bodies of water? The answer, according to a Bay Area nonprofit, is hair. CONTINUE READING…   LA TIMES –...

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...

Instagram – Sam Bentley – Using HAIR to Fight Oil Spills

  CONTINUE READING…   Instagram – Sam Bentley – Using HAIR to Fight Oil Spills! February 4th, 2024 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C27u5Hbokcx/?igsh=OTU1ODAwZWUxYg==...

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...