Who would have thought that soon we will be wrapping ourselves up in mushroom, pineapple waste or cow manure? Well, it’s not so far fetched. New textiles are being developed all the time that will help lighten the carbon footprint of the fashion industry. And, it’s happening quicker than you think.

H&M’s annual Global Change Award, initiated by the non-profit H&M Foundation, spurs early stage innovations in helping fashion recirculate valuable resources. An international panel of experts has chosen this year’s five game changing ideas which can help make fashion circular – and protect our planet.

Now H&M Foundation wants us to decide how to share the 1 million euro grant among the five winners. Below are the winning ideas (chosen from 2,600 entries from 151 countries!).

Visit globalchangeaward.com to vote for your favourite concept. Voting closes tomorrow, 16 March.

UPDATE: the results of the vote are:

€300,000: Innovation: Project: Crop A Porter, USA
€250,000: Innovation: The Regenerator, Sweden
€150,000: Innovation: Algae Apparel, Israel
€150,000: Innovation: Smart Stich, Belgium
€150,000: Innovation: Fungi Fashion, Netherlands

And the five winning ideas are:

Crop-A-Porter: Making sustainable bio-textiles by using left-overs from food crop harvests

Algae Apparel: Turning algae into bio-fibre and eco-friendly dye that is also good for the skin

Smart Stitch: A dissolvable thread that makes repairing and recycling a breeze

The Regenerator: Recirculating fashion into new textile fibre by separating cotton and polyester blends

Fungi Fashion: Custom-made clothes made from decomposable mushroom roots