Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The fashion industry contributes up to ten percent of global carbon emissions, according to many estimates. Tucson-based designer Karen Lucaks has spent over twenty years trying to counteract that trend. She takes vintage textiles headed into the waste stream and gives them new life through her art, design and advocacy.

Producer: Sydney Sutton
Videographer/Editor: Diana Cadena