2024 Hearst National Multimedia Championship – First Prize Matter of Trust, founded by Lisa Gautier, is a nonprofit focused on environmental sustainability by linking surplus materials with needs. Their Hair Matters program collects hair, fur, and wool fibers to...
SANTIAGO, June 4 (Reuters) – Luisana Gil, a dog groomer in Santiago, Chile, has a lot of hair on her hands – she throws away bags and bags of her clients’ hair, which until recently went straight to the landfill. Now Gil is connecting her discarded...
(WKRC) – A non-profit organization uses an often discarded part of the body to clean up deadly oil spills: the hair on your head. No, they won’t flip you over and use you like a mop. Matter of Trust has developed a variety of programs to stimulate and...
What if the key to cleaning up deadly oil spills in the ocean was right there on your head? According to Matter of Trust, a non-profit organization started by Lisa and Patrice Gautier, it is. They say human hair acts as a natural oil spill cleanup tool that’s...
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...
Scientists say human hair could be the world’s largest sustainable textile that could be used to tackle some key issues related to climate change. There is a movement quietly gaining momentum in the fashion world that is less about what is trendy and more about the...
