Rebecca Van Amber's guest appearances

Rebecca Van Amber

Ocean Protect Podcast

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Brad Dalrymple

Jack Auty

Megan Grant

Lillian Stewart

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Ryan Andrews

Tim Silverwood

Andrew Knight

Luke Wilson

Susan Scott

Jonathan Clark

Trent Grimsey

Harry Saddler

Robyn Chuter

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Dr Rebecca Van Amber is a Senior Lecturer in Fashion and Textiles at RMIT University in Melbourne and an expert in clothing and textile science. Rebecca is passionate about textile and apparel sustainability, research and development and was the winner of the 2017 H&amp;M Foundation's Global Change Award's innovation challenge.Typically, when people think about the industry and environmental impact, the fashion and textile industries aren’t top of mind. However, the ecological footprint of these industries is quite significant. Each year the average Australian buys 27kg and discards 23kg of textiles, with much of this ending up in landfill. 50-60% of clothing fibres worldwide are now petroleum-based, so production methods and product lifecycles are also important considerations. Dr Van Amber takes us behind the curtain as we discuss fashion and sustainability. In this episode we discuss:• Rebecca’s background, interest in fashion and textiles and path to research• The surprising link between clothing and plastic in our oceans• Strategies to reduce microfibre shedding from clothing• The need for responsible product stewardship from industry• The pros and cons of various clothing fibres - have we been bamboozled by the magic of marketing? • The steps towards sustainability within the fashion industry • Rebecca’s involvement in an award-winning circular denim project• How to make the best sustainable fashion choices• Micro- and nano-sized plastics in teabags• And much more!We hope you enjoy this important conversation and would love to hear your feedback! Be sure to tag @TheLentilIntervention and help us reach more people by liking, reviewing, subscribing and sharing this episode with your friends and family.Please support our work and enable us to deliver more content by buying us a coffee.Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

Dr <a href="https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/v/van-amber-dr-rebecca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rebecca Van Amber</a> is a Senior Lecturer in Fashion and Textiles at RMIT University in Melbourne and an expert in clothing and textile science. Rebecca is passionate about textile and apparel sustainability, research and development and was the winner of the 2017 H&amp;M Foundation's <a href="https://globalchangeaward.com/winners/denim-dyed-denim/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Global Change Award</a>'s innovation challenge. Typically, when people think about the industry and environmental impact, the fashion and textile industries aren’t top of mind. However, the ecological footprint of these industries is quite significant. Each year the average Australian buys 27kg and discards 23kg of textiles, with much of this ending up in landfill. 50-60% of clothing fibres worldwide are now petroleum-based, so production methods and product lifecycles are also important considerations. Dr Van Amber takes us behind the curtain as we discuss fashion and sustainability. In this episode we discuss: • Rebecca’s background, interest in fashion and textiles and path to research • The surprising link between clothing and plastic in our oceans • Strategies to reduce microfibre shedding from clothing • The need for responsible product stewardship from industry • The pros and cons of various clothing fibres - have we been bamboozled by the magic of marketing? • The steps towards sustainability within the fashion industry • Rebecca’s involvement in an award-winning circular denim project • How to make the best sustainable fashion choices • Micro- and nano-sized plastics in <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b02540" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">teabags</a> • And much more! We hope you enjoy this important conversation and would love to hear your feedback! Be sure to tag @TheLentilIntervention and help us reach more people by liking, reviewing, subscribing and sharing this episode with your friends and family. Please support our work and enable us to deliver more content by <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BenAndEmma" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">buying us a coffee</a>.Follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_lentil_intervention/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheLentilIntervention" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-lentil-intervention/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>.

Dr Rebecca van Amber - Fashion, Textiles and Sustainability

This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Dr Rebecca Van Amber, Senior Lecturer in the Fashion and Textiles college of RMIT University. The first part of this chat was released last week.Useful links:Dr Rebecca Van Amber on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-van-amber-49680623/detail/featured-list/urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAAATsuzIBLkYWqtY5RtFl6rispnRoKCSe15E/Dr Rebecca Van Amber's RMIT contact details: https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/v/van-amber-dr-rebecca'Story of Plastic' Q&amp;E event on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2vr5JvbtnAArticle: De Falco et al (2018), The contribution of washing processes of synthetic clothes to microplastic pollution: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-43023-xHernandez et al (2018), Plastic Teabags Release Billions of Microparticles and Nanoparticles into Tea: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b02540For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Dr Rebecca Van Amber, Senior Lecturer in the Fashion and Textiles college of RMIT University. The first part of this chat was released last week.Useful links:<ul><li>Dr Rebecca Van Amber on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-van-amber-49680623/detail/featured-list/urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAAATsuzIBLkYWqtY5RtFl6rispnRoKCSe15E/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-van-amber-49680623/detail/featured-list/urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAAATsuzIBLkYWqtY5RtFl6rispnRoKCSe15E/</a></li><li>Dr Rebecca Van Amber's RMIT contact details: <a href="https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/v/van-amber-dr-rebecca" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/v/van-amber-dr-rebecca</a></li><li>'Story of Plastic' Q&amp;E event on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2vr5JvbtnA" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2vr5JvbtnA</a></li><li>Article: De Falco et al (2018), The contribution of washing processes of synthetic clothes to microplastic pollution: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-43023-x" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-43023-x</a></li><li>Hernandez et al (2018), Plastic Teabags Release Billions of Microparticles and Nanoparticles into Tea: <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b02540" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b02540</a></li></ul> For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at <a href="http://www.oceanprotect.com.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.oceanprotect.com.au</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Microplastic pollution from clothing with Dr Rebecca Van Amber (Part 2 of 2)

Who would have thought that clothes contribute about 35% to the global release of primary microplastics to the world oceans ? Well, Dr Rebecca Van Amber for one - Senior Lecturer in the Fashion and Textiles college of RMIT University, who recently blew our minds as part of a 'Story of Plastic' Q&amp;E event. Subsequently, we had to have her on our podcast to delve more into the detail. You'll never look at fashion in the same way again.This is a two-part conversation, with the second (and final) part released next week.Useful links:Dr Rebecca Van Amber on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-van-amber-49680623/detail/featured-list/urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAAATsuzIBLkYWqtY5RtFl6rispnRoKCSe15E/Dr Rebecca Van Amber's RMIT contact details: https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/v/van-amber-dr-rebecca'Story of Plastic' Q&amp;E event on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2vr5JvbtnAArticle: De Falco et al (2018), The contribution of washing processes of synthetic clothes to microplastic pollution: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-43023-xHernandez et al (2018), Plastic Teabags Release Billions of Microparticles and Nanoparticles into Tea: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b02540For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who would have thought that clothes contribute about 35% to the global release of primary microplastics to the world oceans ? Well, Dr Rebecca Van Amber for one - Senior Lecturer in the Fashion and Textiles college of RMIT University, who recently blew our minds as part of a 'Story of Plastic' Q&amp;E event. Subsequently, we had to have her on our podcast to delve more into the detail. You'll never look at fashion in the same way again.This is a two-part conversation, with the second (and final) part released next week.Useful links:<ul><li>Dr Rebecca Van Amber on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-van-amber-49680623/detail/featured-list/urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAAATsuzIBLkYWqtY5RtFl6rispnRoKCSe15E/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-van-amber-49680623/detail/featured-list/urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAAATsuzIBLkYWqtY5RtFl6rispnRoKCSe15E/</a></li><li>Dr Rebecca Van Amber's RMIT contact details: <a href="https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/v/van-amber-dr-rebecca" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/v/van-amber-dr-rebecca</a></li><li>'Story of Plastic' Q&amp;E event on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2vr5JvbtnA" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2vr5JvbtnA</a></li><li>Article: De Falco et al (2018), The contribution of washing processes of synthetic clothes to microplastic pollution: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-43023-x" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-43023-x</a></li><li>Hernandez et al (2018), Plastic Teabags Release Billions of Microparticles and Nanoparticles into Tea: <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b02540" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b02540</a></li></ul> For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at <a href="http://www.oceanprotect.com.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.oceanprotect.com.au</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.