Mike Redwood
@michaelredwood
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lived a life in the leather industry. Cradle to Cradle enthusiast born at 310ppm. Leather Naturally supporter. Glovers @ytfc fan
Somerset, UK
Joined June 2008
MUST READ!! Redwood Comment - What happened with leather in 2025, by Dr @michaelredwoodon @ILMEditor
https://t.co/NopE4I9rG5
aplf.com
5 January 2026 Redwood Comment – What happened with leather in 2025 Mike Redwood reflects on 2025, the peaks and challenges the leather industry has faced, as well as what might come from 2026. From...
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Redwood Comment It’s time to judge leather’s value differently, by Dr @michaelredwood on @ILMEditor Must read!!! https://t.co/oUZjHGs1RM
internationalleathermaker.com
Mike Redwood takes a moment to explore the paradigm shifts that leather has endured and the numerous lenses through which it has been viewed over the years, noting the need to obsess less on growth...
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Everything starts to go wrong: July 2024 update
mike-redwood.com
I’ve kept this web site in various forms since the 1900s. And always used the www.mikeredwood.com with mi**@*********od.com as my email for messages from it and about it, plus many other things....
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Great move…
Master Glover presents the prestigious Golden Glove Award today to Nate Macabaug for his innovative design and work with Koalaa Sleeve, a new kind of prosthetic. https://t.co/b8lGj0LrbC
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Hidden behind a paywall, but a school friend sent me the paper copy. Fascinating read. I remember my father sailing to the US every year on this business when I was young.
'I think there’s a place for alternatives, but it’s important we call them what they are - and often that’s plastic' From Tin Lizzies to supercars, how a Scottish family firm went hell for leather https://t.co/tc1v5gdrAB
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Really pleased to see Ruth Girmay getting credit for her design work, and leading the charge for better recognition for the skills, craft, design and culture that resides throughout the African leather industry.
RLSD Africa team meets with Judge Mike Redwood. Mike advocates for leather’s longevity and circularity, emphasizing its key role in building a sustainable future. #Sustainability #RealLeatherStayDifferent #LeatherNaturally
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This opportunity is subdivided into lots, allowing practices of all sizes to participate. A panel will review submissions and invite a shortlist of participants to tender on the basis of both cost and quality. (3/3) #Architecture #Design #Wilding #Conservation #Nature #Somerset
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Expressions of interest are being sought from individuals and practices committed to the highest standards of design and sustainability, and aims to be as simple as possible, with minimal outlay for participants. (2/3)
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Are you an architect? We want to hear from you! 🤝 We're looking for an architect (or architects) for the reuse and redevelopment of the buildings at Honeygar, our first ‘wilded’ site on the Somerset Levels. Download the full brief on our website: https://t.co/1JoTnmzUgZ (1/3)
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time to bring back hide & skin improvement societies. They had a good track record: eliminating warble fly, curbing excess dung, reducing flay damage & improving preservation. We need better quality raw stock not heavier, finishing: raw materials
internationalleathermaker.com
Mike Redwood laments the state of raw material quality across the global leather supply chain, and calls for a change.
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Have decided to stop posting on X (Twitter). Find me on Threads in future, and occasionally on Instagram or LinkedIn. Thanks following me since June 2008.
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Meatless isn’t healthy & doesn’t help CC.”US carried 30 pallets of supplies, inc. 8,000 bottles of high-protein milkshakes. Australia.. 3 tonnes of tuna 10K muesli bars & 2,400 meat pies to sustain their.. athlete”Meat Back on Menu at Olympics
greenqueen.com.hk
Paris 2024 was touted to be the most sustainable ever, with a majority of food being meatless – now, the Olympics has reneged on this promise.
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Is there actual peer reviewed scientific evidence to support this? As we know in the leather world the true science is often deliberately obscured around emotional language like “kill zones” which always make me suspicious
Climate word of the day: “kill zones”. Refers to the areas immediately surrounding underground pipelines carrying condensed carbon transported in CCS projects. A rupture there would cause “instantaneous death”. CCS is expensive, unpredictable and deadly! https://t.co/jq2pvZlXbG
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Trees cool cities. We need more trees.
theguardian.com
Belts of trees and large lakes suck cooler air that reduces urban heat island effect by 0.5C, scientists say
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Leather is not evil but highly circular - International Leather Maker
internationalleathermaker.com
Mike Redwood looks at how natural materials such as leather and wool are far better for the planet and society in the long run than plastics and synthetics.
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Really proud of @GloversLiveryCo and our Master’s consort Catherine Grimley who wing walked and did a loop the loop. Raising funds to provide bionic and prosthetic arms. Thanks to all who took part loop-the-loop - BBC News
bbc.co.uk
Catherine Grimley, from West Sussex, and her team raise more than £50,000 to help buy bionic arms.
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The days of using inappropriate materials to make falsely cheap products that do not last, cannot be repaired or effectively recycled must end. A major rethink for business & society, but a necessary one. Leather is not evil but highly circular - ILM
internationalleathermaker.com
Mike Redwood looks at how natural materials such as leather and wool are far better for the planet and society in the long run than plastics and synthetics.
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This decline has been steadily observed and forecast, but these figures now emphasise the reality. No need to panic over ever increasing numbers.
Latest demographic projections show global population will start to decline in just 60 years • Birth rates are (even) lower than previously forecast in developed countries • Globally women are having one child fewer, on average, than they did around 1990
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If this is true it is one more examples of the risks involved in totally replacing trained staff with third party audits. In the leather industry too often 3rd party audits have become the excuse to cut costs and eliminate trained buyers: via @NYTimes
nytimes.com
Much of what consumers buy is marked “sustainable,” “humane” or “green.” In the sugar cane fields of India, that papered over the worst abuses.
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