VENICE – “There is no ‘silver bullet’ or perfect fibre,” said keynote speaker and Eco-Age founder, Livia Firth, at the 88th IWTO congress in Venice, in the same building that houses the Biennale. Her new film about wool farmers in Tasmania, Australia opened the three-day congress, which ended with wool heading to Mars and even further into outer space. Tone Skårdal Tobiasson reports.
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