4.9 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Nicole Rycroft is the Founder and Executive Director of Canopy, an international nonprofit organization that works collaboratively with over 750 companies to protect our ancient and endangered forests.
On this podcast episode, Nicole sheds light on our urgency to protect our remaining ancient and endangered forests from further deforestation; why we need to be wary of buying new clothes and textiles made of rayon and viscose, even if they're sourced from sustainably managed forests; whether we should compost old paper or wood products into soil or recycle them into new material; and more.
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1:09.7 | There are 150 million trees that disappear into rayon and viscous fabrics every year. |
1:15.9 | That is slated to double within the next decade, which makes viscose and rayon one of the |
1:21.7 | most aggressive growing threats to forest ecosystems around the world. |
1:27.4 | Why do we need to be wary of buying clothes and textiles made of rayon and viscos, |
1:32.6 | perhaps even if they come from sustainably managed forests? |
1:36.5 | What qualifies a forest to be considered as an ancient forest? |
1:40.8 | And why is there stringent and immediate protection from further deforestation vital |
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