Clementine Sandner is a textile upcycler based in Kyoto, Japan, repurposing kimonos and obis. Jane Milburn was scheduled to meet Clementine in person during her Winston Churchill Fellowship study tour, now deferred due to the coronavirus pandemic. In this ARISING from Disruption virtual Churchill conversation series, Clementine said sustainable techniques in industry was a trend before, but now there is more genuine interest. Notes of the conversation are below.
What Clementine said:
At the beginning of this crisis a lot of projects were cancelled so my first reaction was to be down, but I am coping better now and positive things are happening.