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Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

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Presenter Myra Anubi speaks to reporters, experts and innovators to investigate how effective different solutions are, share their successes and inspire listeners with what is possible.

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People Fixing The World: Redefining luxury fashion

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Redefining luxury fashion

16/04/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - People Fixing The World, Redefining luxury fashion

Making high-end fashion more sustainable - the luxury products that love the planet.

The fashion industry is the third largest manufacturing industry in the world consuming huge amounts of the world’s resources and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. But some innovators are trying to make the industry more sustainable. We discover how old fire hoses in the UK have been diverted from landfill and turned into fashionable bags and accessories. Plus we visit Mongolia to find out about a new luxury material made from yak hair.  It's an eco-friendly replacement for cashmere which comes from goats who are causing desertification.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Producer/reporter: Claire Bowes
Mongolia reporter: Jargal Byambasuren 
Executive Producer: Richard Kenny
Series Producer: Jon Bithrey
Editor: Tom Bigwood
Sound Mix: Andrew Mills

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