Sustainability Series – Natural Dyes/Alternative Dyes

The use of alternative colorants for textiles can take many forms. This session looks primarily at the historical source of natural dyes from plants and some animals. How is the interest growing and becoming a bulk production reality both form a design and application sense but also form a supply perspective. We also introduce some exciting research into some potential alternative sources from the sea.  This session will also explore the availability and technology of some of these technologies, how production is being scaled up and what benefits this brings to tackle the environmental impact of coloration.

Chairman – Pakistan – Dr Mohsin, Chairman & Professor, Department of Textile Engineering at UET, Lahore 

Speakers:

Jackie Andrews-Udall – Sustainable Fashion Strategies  and founder of Dyer’s Circle

Yawer Ali Shah – MD, AMA Herbal Ltd, India  

Jessica Giannotti – Crubag and colorants from seaweed Seadyes