Wool campaign making strides
A group set up to boost education and promotion of wool says it has made positive strides during the first year of its three-year strategy.
Moves to promote the natural and sustainable features of wool versus synthetic fibres and its fossil fuel connections appears to be growing momentum around the world.
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Meanwhile, a recent high-profile advertising campaign by levy-funded research and marketing group Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) is highlighting the sustainability of wool, compared to synthetic textiles.
AWI’s wool campaign emphasises the eco-credentials of the fibre compared to synthetic fabrics. The ad features people dripping in oil, representing the fossil fuels used to create synthetic clothing.
The advertising campaign, which is running in America, the United Kingdom, France and Australia, depicts people swimming in a pool of black oil, struggling to get out. When they do finally emerge, they take off their dripping clothes to reveal clean wool products underneath.
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