Eco-Fashion Encyclopedia Contents
ABACA
Acetate (Triacetate)
Abrasion resistance
Abrupt climate change
Absolute scale (zero)
Abstract
Accountability (corporate)
Acid rain
adaption
Added value
Acrylic fibre
Adhesives
Advanced fibre
Aerosols
Aesthetics
After treatment
Agenda 21
Ageing (textiles)
Agronomy
Agricultural Chemicals
Air permeability
AirDye (Air dye)
Albedo
Alkaline battery
Alienation (human)
Algae fibre
Alpaca natural
Alpaca organic
Aluminium
Alter-globalization
Altruism
Amazon River Basin
Anthropocentrism
Anthropogenic climate change
Anaerobic environment
Anthroposphere
Antibacterial finish
Anti-consumption
Antimicrobial
Antistatic properties
Appropriate design
Appropriate technology
Appropriated carrying capacity
Aramid fibre
Arms control
Asbestos fibres
Asceticism
Atmosphere
Atom
Atom economy
Atomic energy
Atomic mass unit
Atomic Number
Autonomy
Awareness
Axial yarn
Azoic Dyes
Backyard composting
Bagasse
Bamboo fibre
Balanced weave
Banana Fibre
Barometer
Basalt fibre
Basket Weave
BAT (Best Available Techniques)
Benchmarking
Benzene
Better Cotton Initiative (BCI)
Better Work Program
Binder
Biocapacity
Biocrime
Biodegradable synthetic fibres
Bioderivation
Biodiversity
Bioinspiration
Bioleather
Biomarker
Biomimetic materials design
Biomass
Biome
Biomechatronic (product)
Biomimicry
Biomineralization
Biopolymer
Bioprocess
Bioproductivity
Bioprospecting
Bioreactor
Bioregion
Bioremediation
Biosensor
Biosilk
Biosphere
Biotechnology
Bioterrorism
Bleaching
Blue scale (colour fastness)
Bluesign
Body scanning technology
Bottom-up approach
Bourgeois society
Boycott
Breaking tenacity
Brundtland Report
Burden sharing
Business as usual
Butterfly effect
C3 plants
C4 plants
Calorie (cal)
Carbon Colonialism
Carbon cycle
Carbon fibres
Carbon finance
Carbon footprint
Carbon offset
Carbon tax
Care labels
Carrying capacity
Cartel
Catalyst
Cause and effect
Cause-related marketing
Cellulose
Centre for environmental philosophy
Centre for Sustainable Fashion
Ceramic fibre
Certified product
Chain of custody
Change (everything)
Chaos
Charter
Child Labour
Chitosan
Chlorine-free
Chromic materials
Chromosome
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)
Civil Society
Clean air act
Clean Clothes Campaign
Climate Justice Programme
Climate model
Clone
Closed loop system
Clothing swapping
CM cotton
CMT cut-make-trim
CO2 Fertilization
Cogeneration
Coherent light
Collaborative consumption
Colour fastness
Command and control
Commercial solid wastes
Commercial waste
Common goods
Compassion
Community development carbon fund (CDCF)
Complexity
Compression garments
Composite fabric
Conceptual Design
Concept (sustainable)
Connected design
Constraint in design
Consumer waste materials
Consignment shop
Contaminated soil
Copenhagen fashion summit
Corporate sustainability
Corporations
Coworking
Cradle to cradle design
Cradle to grave
Cradle-to-gate
Craft
Criteria pollutants
Crop resistance
Cross section
Crowdsourcing
Crystallization
Cultural materialism
Culture Jammers
Daisyworld
Darwinism
Debt-for-nature swap
Deep Ecology
Deforestation
Degradable fibre
Demography
Denier
Denim Recycling
Denim
Design for accessibility
Design for Degradation
Design for dematerialization
Design for disassembly
Design for Excellence (DFX)
Design for Maintainability (DFMt)
Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
Design for minimum energy consumption
Design for multi-functionality
Design for sustainability
Design for upgradability
Design of Experiments (DOE)
Design to Cost
Design Validation
Digital printing
Disruptive innovation
Disturbance
DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Movement
Dopamine
Double cloth construction
Downcycling
Downgauging
Dry cleaning
Dryland farming
Dyeability
Dyes fibre reactive
Dyes Low Impact
Dyes Natural
Earth pigment
Earthquake
Earth system science
Ease of care
Eco Bag
Eco Chic Design Award
Eco-driving
Eco-effectiveness
Eco-Fashion
Eco Fashion World (EFW)
Ecofeminism
Eco fleece
Eco tote bag
Eco-terrorism
Ecocide
Ecohydrology
Ecological democracy
Ecological footprints
Eco Wool
Ecocentric
Ecosystem services
Ecotextile News
Eco-efficiency
Edge City
El Niño
Elasticity (fibre)
Electroactive polymers (intelligent textiles)
Electrotextiles
Element
EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit scheme)
Embodied energy
Emission
Endangered forest
Energy efficient
Entropy (S)
Environmental Audit
Environmental Conservation
Environmental cost
Environmental design
Environmental education
Environmental engineering
Environmental Equilibrium
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Environmental Impact Statement
Environmental Justice
Environmental Kuznets curve (EKC)
Environmental literacy
Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
Environmental review
Environmental sustainability
Environmental Value
Environmentally Friendly
Enzyme Washing
Equity
Epigenome
Ethical Fashion Forum (EFF)
Ethnographic
Eurostat
Evapotranspiration
Evergreening
Excludability
Ezio Manzini
Fabric density
Fading
Fahrenheit scale
Fair Wear Foundation (FWF)
Fairtrade
Fashion Futures 2025
Fashion Tech Lab
Fashioning the Future Awards
Fast fashion
Fault in textiles
Felt
Fertilizer
Fibre direction (fibre orientation)
Fibre length
Fibre to fabric engineering
Fibre2fashion.com
Fibres
Filament Fibres
Finished fabric
Fixation
Flat pack
Flax fibre
Forest’s Stewardship Council Certified Wood (FCF)
Fossil Fuels
Food web
Fracking (hydraulic fracturing)
Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC)
Friction spinning
Friends of the Earth (FoE)
Fuel cell
Fungi
Future Fabrics Expo
GaBi
Gaia hypothesis
Garneting (textile waste)
Geiger counter
Genetically modified cotton (GM)
Genetic code
Genetic programming (GP)
Genome
Genocide
Genotype
Genova
Geocomplexity
Geo-engineering
Geographic information system (GIS)
Geosphere
German Blue Label
Ginning
Glass fibres
Glass recycling
Global Commons
Global Cool
Global dynamics
Global sectors
Global Organic Cotton Org
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Global warming
Global warming potential (GWP)
Globalization
Glucose
Going green
Good Governance
Graphene
Green advertising and marketing
Green chemistry
Green claims
Green collar
Green Economy
Green packaging
Green procurement
Green Tribology
Greenwashing
Greenhouse effect
Greenpeace detox-catwalk campaign
Greige
Gross National Happiness (GNH)
Guardian’s Ethical Fashion Directory
Habitat
Halos (CFC)
Hard Fibres
Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
Hazardous waste
Heavy metals
Hemp fibre
Herbicide
High-density polyethene (HDPE)
High-temperature material
Hollow fibres
Hopsacking
Hotspots (biodiversity)
Hubs
Human capital
Human Development Index
Human needs
Human–environment framework (HES)
Hurricane
Hybrid yarns
Hydrocarbon
Hydrogels
Hydrosphere
Iconography
Indigenous people
Indigo dying by the hand
Indigo dying industrial
Industrial biotechnology
Industrial ecology
Information overload
Innovativetextiles.com
Inorganic fibres
Integrative leader
Integrated pest management (IPM)
Integrated waste management
Intellectual property
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Year of Natural Fibers 2009
Interrogating Fashion
Intimate blend yarn
Intrinsic bioremediation
Invisible hand
IPAT equation
Irreversible (environmental)
ISO 14001
Isotopes
Laser treatment
Laundry (processing)
LD50 (lethal dose)
Least Developed Countries
Less-Developed Countries
Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Life cycle cost
Life cycle inventory (LCI)
Life cycle map
Life cycle thinking
Light-emitting diode (LED)
Low energy fibres
Low-carbon economy
Low impact design
Lumen
Lustre
Lycra
Lyocell
Madder
Made-By
Magma
Man-made capital (manufactured)
Man-made fibre
Manufacturability
Mass customization
Material Recovery
Mechanical recycling
Meditation
Megacity
Megacommunity
Mercerization
Messe Frankfurt
Meta-design
Metabolism
Metadata
Meteorology
Methane (CH4)
Microclimate
Microbes
Microbiology
Microorganism
Microstructure fibre
Microwaves
Minimum cut and sew
Modint Sustainable Material Guide
Modernization
Moisture absorbency
Moisture regain
Molecular Manufacturing
Molecular motor
Monetarism
Monochromatic
Monsoon
Moore’s law
Mordant
Morphology (fibre)
Mutation
Nano-phase material
Nanomaterials
Nanoscale
Nanoscience
Nanosilver
Nanotechnology
Natural Dyes
Natural fibres
Nature capital
Neo-liberalism
Neutron
New urbanism movement
NICE consumer project
Nickel-cadmium (nicad) battery
Nickel-metal-hydride (NiMH) battery
Nike Environmental Apparel Design Tool
Noise pollution
Non-degradable fibres
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Non-recyclable
Non-Toxic
Non-point Sources Pollution (NPS)
North (northern countries)
Not in my backyard (NIMBY)
Nonviolence
Nuclear fusion reactors
Nylon fibre
Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
Ochre
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OEKO-TEX Standard 100
Open innovation
Optical brightness or Optical Whiteners
Optimal lifetimes
Optimum twist
Organic Cotton
Organic recycling
Ozone fading
Ozone Layer
Other fibres
Overprint
Oxidation
Parasite
Partially recyclable
Participatory Design
Particulate matter(PM)
Parts Per Billion (ppb)
Parts Per Million (ppm)
Parts Per Trillion (ppt)
Permafrost
PES (polyester)
PET (Polyethylene terephthalate)
Petroleum
PFC (Perfluorinated compounds)
PH scale
Phenotype
Photosynthesis
Photovoltaic cells (solar cells)
pi
Planet Textiles
Plastics recycling
Pigment dyes
Pineapple fibre
Planned product obsolescence
Plasma technology
Point Source Pollution
Pointillism
Polymer
Pollution
Pollution prevention
Polyolefin
Pooling and Collaboration
Positive Check
Precycling
Primary production
Principle of the best practice
Private Goods
Product Development & Management Association (PDMA)
Product lifespan complexity
Product-service-system
Prosumer
Proteins
Proton
Production factors
Radon
Ramie fibre
Rapidly renewable materials
Rayon fibre
REACH
Reagent
Recovery rate
Recyclability symbols
Recycled materials
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)
Reforestation
Reinforcement fabrics
Remote sensing
Renewable feedstock
Resilience
Resilience environmental
Retting
Return on Investment (ROI)
Reverse logistics (RL)
RFID
Richter scale
Riser
Ritual (rites)
Robust Design
SA8000
Sandblast
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
Scenario
Scientific method
Scrap Products
Secondary materials
Seconds (imperfect fabrics)
Self-assembly
Sensorial design
Sequestration
Serotonin
Shape-memory materials
Significant figures
Silicone
Silk-screen printing
Singles yarn
Sink
Sizing
Slasher Dyed
Slow fashion
Smart materials
Social capital
Social change
Social Responsibility Movement
Social Sustainability
Soil Carbon
Solar constant
Solubility
Sonde
Source4Style
Source separation systems
Southern countries
Soy fibres
Spacesuits
Spinning
Spirituality
Stain resistance
Standards Bodies
Staple fibre
Stern Review
Stone washing
Structural colour
Strong sustainability
Sub-economic resources
Stuart Walker
S-Twist Yarn
Sulphur
Super-absorbing textiles
Superhydrophobic surface
Surface design
Surface runoff water
Surface water
Sustainability Gap
Sustainability indicator
Sustainable consumption
Sustainable development
Sustainable fashion
Sustainable fibres
Sustainable living
Sustainia
Suzanne Lee
Sweatshops
Synthetic Dyes
Synthetic fibre
Systematic Approach (design)
Tar sands
Technical textiles
Tencel
Tetrachloroethylene
Textile Dye Overview
Textile Fibre Overview
Textile Finishing
Textile Industry
Textile substrate
Textile waste
Tipping point
Tissue engineering
Triple bottom line
The Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator
The chasing arrows
The Fab Home Project
The Global 100
The Higg Index
The Living Principles
The Natural Step
The Precautionary Principle
The Sustainability Consortium
The Toxic Substances Control Act
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Thermal pollution
Thermodynamics earth system
Threadbanger
Theory
Thermal inversion
Transformational innovation
Transformed Added value
Toxicity
Tragedy of the Commons
Transpiration
Triaxial weaving
Triclosan
Troposphere
Typhoon
Ultraviolet Radiation (UV)
Underground homes
UN Global Compact
UNEP
UNESCO
Uniformitarianism
United Nations framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC)
Urban runoff water
USDA
UV protective textiles
Vancouver Eco Fashion Week
Vendor guidelines and principles
Virgin Fibre
Visionary Company
Viscose
Visible light
Visual pollution
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
Volcanism
Vulnerability
Washability
Washing & drying
Waste management
Waste stream
Waste to energy (WTE)
Wastewater
Water footprint
Water jet fading
Water pollution
Water scarcity
Water Vapor
Watt
Weak sustainability
Well Dressed
Woad
WRI (World Resources Institute)
Wrinkle resistance
World Wildlife Fund
