b'Member News November 2021 9IET@150Whats engineering got to do withMy Sustainable Community fashion? Quite a lot, actually!a new competition for We partnered with the Fashion Innovation Agency 7-14 year oldsat the London College of Fashion to launch a specialAs part of our ongoing commitment prizethe IET/Fashion District Manufacturing Futuresto sustainability, weve partnered Prizeto support technological advancements whichwith Engineering Education are solving the challenges facing the industry today. Scheme Wales (EESW) to launch After development workshopsplant-based, compostable leathera new national competition. throughout the summer, the tenalternative for the fashion industry.Our goal is to encourage young people to shortlisted start-ups pitched theirHighly Commended was awardedconsider their community response to the innovations to industry experts fromto Modern Synthesis, a bio-materialssustainability and climate change agenda. And the IET, Make UK, IBM, H&M, Pangaiastart-up making cellulose materials byby giving students the positive experience of and the Fashion Innovation Agency. growing microbes, and Nanoloom, ausing and developing their STEM knowledge, Were delighted to annouce thatcompany that creates biodegradableskills, and experience to meet the challenge Biophilica was announced as thefibre from a unique nanomaterialbrief, were encouraging yet more young people to pursue a career in our industry.winner for Treekind; an entirelywhich is based on graphene.If youve got a young person in your life Find out who was awarded Highly Commended and the rest of theand want a fun home project to work on shortlist at theiet.org/150-fashiontogether, or know a teacher that may want to include the competition as part of their classroom activitiesget involved today.Become a #DifferenceMaker The task is for young people to take on the role of an engineer and design a sustainable comes to making greener choices orneighbourhood of 150 homes using their solving some of our greatest climatelocal area as inspiration. All age groups challenges! of people will live in the community area, We want to really connect withincluding young people, teenagers, working young people, especially those whoage and the elderly, as well as their pets!arent familiar with STEM but who are passionate about changing the world, so weve created a unique visual identity and voice to speak to them on their platforms and using their language.Well not only reach them through Launched to celebrate our 150ththese stories of #DifferenceMakers, anniversary, this movement is allbut also through compelling about telling stories of incrediblepartnerships which lean on the passionYoung people will need to think about the people who are doing incrediblepoints of gaming, music and fashion. environmental, social and economic impacts things to engineer a better and moreof their Sustainable Community, which sustainable world. Were changing perceptions aboutmeans taking into consideration all the how STEM can help us tackle greatpeople that depend on it and its links to the From videos and GIFs to memes andglobal issuesfrom creating carbonwider world.TikToks, were reacting to topical newsnegative clothing to cleaning theEntries can be submitted as individuals, and telling unbelievable stories inocean floor. But more than that, weresmall groups (up to 10 per group) or large an authentic and unexpected way,establishing a community of younggroups (over 10 per group), and must fall sharing the magic of engineering and#DifferenceMakers who will make ainto one of the two age classesClass 1 technology behind the things wechange themselves, however great or(ages 7-10) and Class 2 (ages 11-14). Entries take for grantedespecially when itsmall, and inspire others to do the same. close on Friday, 28 January 2022.Check out the latest stories at differencemaker.com, Find out more atand if youre a #DifferenceMakeror know someone theiet.org/150-ecowho isget in touch at iet150@theiet.org'