Two of FIT’s research teams–AlgiKnit and #GROWAPAIR–were featured on NY1’s morning and daytime shows on Friday, February 16, capturing the collaborative […]
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Category: Sustainability
Ten Things To Know About Bees
FIT’s hives are part of a citywide effort to increase the local bee population. Guillermo Fernandez, founder and executive director […]
Read moreVote for FIT’s AlgiKnit Team in the NatGeo “Chasing Genius” Competition
FIT’s Team AlgiKnit, winner of 2016’s Biodesign Challenge for its sustainable textile materials for the future, has been selected as […]
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Making Waves on Campus for World Ocean Day
Although the Eye of Fashion sculpture has been taken down temporarily for restoration, FIT won’t suffer from a lack of public […]
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TDM Department Receives EPA Grant to Study Plant Growth with Muslin Compost
A garden grows at FIT (and it grows better with muslin compost). FIT’s Textile Development and Marketing (TDM) Department has […]
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FIT Hives Documentary Gets National Attention
Max Hechtman, a sophomore in the Film and Media program, screened his documentary FIT Hives: Sustainability—The Secret to Survival at the 2017 […]
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Not Your Babes: Blush Magazine’s Creative, Sustainable, and Popular Fundraiser
The members of FIT’s Blush magazine want you to know that they are not your babes. And they have the […]
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Spring 2017 Sustainability Awareness Week
The Sustainability Council holds a week of activities to raise awareness of the environment and our own personal efforts to live […]
Read moreCall for Student Project Exhibitions: 2017 Sustainable Business and Design Conference
FIT community members are encouraged to submit student projects or your their own research to be on display at FIT’s 11th Annual Sustainable Business […]
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FIT Awarded 2016 Environmental Excellence Award
FIT has been awarded one of eight 2016 Environmental Excellence Awards by New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). […]
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