2026 SUSTAINABLE CITIES CHALLENGE TERTIARY EDITION · SUSTAINABLE FASHION
FROM SOURCE TO SYSTEMS
Fashion is one of the world’s most resource-intensive industries, and much of what we wear ends up thrown away. In the Sustainable Fashion track of the 2026 Sustainable Cities Challenge (Tertiary Edition), students from institutes of higher learning rethought fashion From Source to Systems: from the materials our clothes are made of to the systems that keep them in use for longer.
SUSTAINABLE FASHION WINNERS
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🏆 CHAMPION
FURSEU
Lim Xin Yu and Jessica Cheng
Temasek Polytechnic
FURSEU is a sustainable fur made from banana pseudo-stem, the trunk-like part of the banana plant that is usually discarded after harvest. By turning this agricultural by-product into a soft, fur-like material, the team offers an alternative to animal and synthetic fur.
