The Green Web Foundation, which works for a “sustainable and just internet” free of fossil fuels, is offering five Green Web Fellowships for 2023. The paid, part-time, 10-month Fellowships “will deliver a project that contributes to the digital rights and climate justice movements. Fellows will also learn together and from experienced practitioners about what powers control the internet, how it is fuelled, and what we can do about it”. Deadline for applications is December 8. More details here

Animal rights organisation PETA has launched the Vegan Wool Challenge, calling on designers and researchers to develop a vegan alternative to sheep's wool with a lower environmental impact, reports Dezeen. “The competition will award $1 million to the first entrant who develops a bio-based or bioengineered material that mimics the look, feel and performance of wool and is adopted by a major fashion brand.” Read the full story here

Making the System Shift is “a free online festival for people creating different systems for a better future”. Running from today until December 2, the festival offers sessions “from 50 of the boldest system innovators from across the world as we take a deep dive into the practical realities of shifting systems towards better futures”. Details here

All You Need is Less: last week, the UN Environment Programme ran a webinar on “Shifting the Fashion Narrative: Rethinking aspiration in a world of overconsumption”. The event asked: What is driving the increase in unsustainable consumption of textiles? What are the evidence-based priority fashion solutions for the planet to address overconsumption? What lighthouse actions are underway and can be upscaled to achieve sustainable consumption? How can we reimagine new, aspirational visions for a (sustainable) fashion future and communicate those? Watch a recording here

And talking of sustainable fashion, FastCompany interviews Pangaia Chief Innovation Officer Amanda Parkes in this video, discussing supply chain challenges, “hi-tech naturalism” and avoiding greenwashing. Watch it here

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