Rebecca Earley is a circular economy researcher, award-winning sustainable designer and team leader at Centre for Circular Design – a TCBL Lab – at University of the Arts London. In October 2021 she co-founded World Circular Textiles Day 2050, drawing together current academic and industry research into inspiring, shared visions which support a global community of changemakers. Rebecca has delivered EU-wide projects Mistra future fashion and Trash-2-Cash, and is currently leading the circular, local, bio-design fashion textile research for the Herewear project. She is also an advisor for the She Makes, a project that supports young girls and women in the industry.