Vancouver Eco fashion week is one of the most important fashion weeks worldwide regarding Eco and sustainable fashion design. Eco Fashion Week focuses on sustainability as the innovative and long-term strategy for future fashion; through speaker seminars and industry panels, and award winning fashion shows. Read more..

Velour is a knit or woven fabric with a thick, short, cut pile.

A fabric with a short, closely woven pile, originally made of silk, it is today made of rayon, nylon, acrylic and cut pile fabrics.

Vendor guidelines and principles are a company, store or shopping online that apply specific guidelines and principles that not necessarily can be compared to a certain standard but used different, part of established guidelines or their principle, ethics and guidelines. Read more..

Fibres never made into fabric before, primarily used for wool fibres (virgin wool), to differentiate between these and reclaimed, reprocessed, and reused fibres.

Viscose or rayon is an artificial fibre, made from wood pulp, which on the face of it seems more sustainable. However, often the tree planted is eucalyptus, which draws up large amounts of water, causing problems in sensitive landscapes. Read more..

Visible light is a term used to describe the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that can be detected by human eyes, typically wavelengths between 400 and 700 nm. Read more..

A visionary company is a term used by leading innovators in their industries, they rank first or second in market share, growth, profitability, and shareholder performance.

Pollution spoiling the vies of the landscape in built up areas.

Every day, large quantities of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted to the atmosphere from both anthropogenic and natural sources. These substances influence local, regional and even global photochemistry and several of them in addition have a potential impact of the climate, due to their properties as greenhouse gases and as well ability to form aerosol particles on oxidation. Read more..

Volcanism is a term used to describe the phenomena of volcanic activity. Large volcanic eruptions spew massive amounts of ash into the atmosphere that absorb solar radiation, thus potentially generating a cooling effect on planetary temperatures. Read more..

Vulnerability is the term used to describe the degree to which a system is unable or susceptible to, cope with, contrary effects of climate change, including variability and extreme weather. Read more..