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Vicki explores pollution in our rivers and swim spots and how this affects us as swimmers. It's quite a grim tale. The episode gives you heaps of great information about identifying and dealing with pollution, so you can be better prepared for your swim. Yvette Tetteh who has swum down the River Volta in Ghana, talks about her swim, the river and the clothing waste from the global north that is clogging it up. She also talks about her charity The OR Foundation  which is campaigning for change. Rebecca Duncan from The Rivers Trust talks about different types of pollution, how to spot them and what action you can take. Henry Shepherd from the charity River Action and Honor Teare from Friends Of The Thames meet up with me to test the river Thames and talk about testing and how the data is key for campaigning. Lastly I talk to Claire Robertson from Thames 21 in Oxford about how to get Designated Bathing Water Status for your swim spot.  Find out more: ⁠@swimoutpodcast ⁠or ⁠swimout.net⁠

The secondhand clothing market isn't equipped for textile recycling. So when your donated clothes don't sell, where do they end up?With the rise of overconsumption and fast fashion, clothes have piled up in thrift stores, landfills, and incinerators around the world. Countries like Ghana and Chile are dealing with fashion waste from countries like the U.S., UK, and China, and the impacts are vast. Mountains of clothes lead to fires, polluted waterways, dying ocean life, and lost livelihoods. So how do we stop the cycle? How can we donate with purpose and dignity, and get fashion brands to actually take accountability for the full lifecycle of their clothes?Listen to hear what our community does with their used clothes, how a new law could force companies to clean up their act, and how Los Angeles's Suay Sew Shop is dealing with the untenable amount of clothing donations from wildfire relief. ➡️ If you want to support Suay Sew Shop, you can browse their site here and contribute to their Textiles Aren't Trash fire relief campaign. By the way, you can earn rewards for Suay purchases and donations in the Commons app!

This week the gorgeous Pat Kane (Reuzi.ie) teaches us all about recycling, fast fashion and micro-plastics. Her Power of One campaign teaches us that even the little things matter, so how can we do more?Pat mentioned the Or Foundation (theorispresent) and Lovely Things By Laura (@lovelythingsbylaura) and you can follow Pat Kane @iampatkane.Stef McSherry is a mum of 2 and a pre-school activity and behaviour specialist, working with that age group for over 20 years.Stef is also the creator of the award - winning, multi - activity programme Kinderama. If you're looking for imaginative classes for your pre-schooler in school, at events or online, check out Kinderama here www.kinderama.com. Thanks for listening to the podcast, I hope it helps in some way. Please tell a friend or share an episode or Follow/ Subscribe/Review so I can keep continue to produce free and essential parenting content.Want to ask a question or suggest a guest? Email themummind@gmail.comJoin us on Instagram:Stef: @kinderamaThe Mum Mind: @themummindpodcastHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year! When was the last time you admired someone's style from afar, say from across the street? Or when you found yourself sitting next to them in a public place, a cafe perhaps, at a fashion show or on the bus? Did you strike up a conversation? Because we mostly don't. Mostly we just think how fab they look and that's that. I like to think of our first Episode for series 11 as an encouragement to talk to stylish strangers, in the very best of ways, because you never know what might come out of it.At London Fashion Week last season, I spotted Beau McCall in the crowd, and thought: Oh my, what a FABULOUS OUTFIT. He was covered, you see, in buttons galore, like a Harlem version of a Pearly King. He'd topped off this look with a Vivienne Westwood Buffalo hat. Next thing I knew, he was making his way over, and sat down next to me. The rest is, if not exactly history, encapsulated in this warm and sparkling conversation. Actually, there is quite a bit of history in it - from the evolution of the button as a fastener/decoration strictly for the well-to-do, to everyman's (and woman's) closure of choice, to the fashion history of NYC in the late '80s.Also up for discussion: why every family should have a button box, the joy of hand-sewing, how fashion can help if you're shy at parties, and what happens when you try and sew hundreds of a buttons onto a bathtub...For pics and links, hop over, as usual, to: thewardrobecrisis.comBeau's website is beaumccall.comFor info on The Or Foundation's Kantamanto fund, see here.To discover our Sustainable Fashion 101 online course, click here.We're giving listeners who enrol in January 50% off.Apply the discount code - newyear - at checkout to redeem your gift. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week, Greenpeace Africa published their new report “Fast Fashion, Slow Poison: The Toxic Textile Crisis in Ghana”. The report outlines the shocking environmental and public health impact of the second-hand clothing industry in Ghana - revealing that every week, up to half a million items of clothing from the Kantamanto Market in Accra end up discarded in open spaces and informal dumpsites.Bertie speaks to the report's author, Sam Quashie-Idun, about his findings, who is responsible for the harmful textile imports and what can be done to alleviate the problem. Sam Quashie-Idun is Head of Investigations at Greenpeace Africa and a member of Land and Climate Review's investigations unit. You can read the report here and watch Sam's Instagram video summarising its findings here.Further reading: Poisoned Gifts, Greenpeace, 2023How to Ensure Waste Colonialism is Not Written Into Law and That Fashion's Biggest Polluters Have to Change, The Or Foundation, 2023‘‘It's like a death pit': how Ghana became fast fashion's dumping ground', The Guardian, 2023‘European secondary textile sector ‘on the brink of collapse'', Recycling International, 2024Click here to read our investigation into the UK biomass supply chain, or watch a clip from the BBC Newsnight documentary.

This episode is part one of a FOUR episode series examining the ethics of secondhand resale with Alex of St. Evens. You can find the other installments as episodes 160-162.In the first installment, we will tackle two arguments often tossed around in discussions about secondhand on social media:Thrift stores are designed to be a resource for low income people.Resellers are making tons of money from taking things that should be for low income people.The intro segment for this episode will focus on the reality that many people have shifted their behavior from overconsuming fast fashion to overconsuming secondhand clothing.  And we will talk about how we can change that!Thank you to everyone who contributed to this episode:  Stacie, Mags, Clare, Sarah, Katherine, and Amanda.Some additional reading:"Is Reselling Thrifted Clothing Sustainable or Selfish? TikTok User Sparks Ethical Debate," Emmaly Anderson, Bust."The Complicated Reality of Thrift Store 'Gentrification'," Hazel Cills, Jezebel."Rags to Riches," Anne Colamosca, The New York Times.Listen again or for the first time:Episode 97: Nothing is Disposable (with Liz Ricketts of the OR Foundation), part IEpisode 98: Nothing is Disposable (with Liz Ricketts of the OR Foundation), part IIEpisode 99: Nothing is Disposable, part III (with Chloe and Sammy of the OR Foundation)You can also find these episodes anywhere you listen to podcasts!If you want to share your opinion/additional thoughts on the subjects we cover in each episode, feel free to email, whether it's a typed out message or an audio recording:  amanda@clotheshorse.world Did you enjoy this episode? Consider "buying me a coffee" via Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/clotheshorseFind this episode's transcript (and so much more) at clotheshorsepodcast.comClotheshorse is brought to you with support from the following sustainable small businesses:​High Energy Vintage is a fun and funky vintage shop located in Somerville, MA, just a few minutes away from downtown Boston. They offer a highly curated selection of bright and colorful clothing and accessories from the 1940s-1990s for people of all genders. Husband-and-wife duo Wiley & Jessamy handpick each piece for quality and style, with a focus on pieces that transcend trends and will find a home in your closet for many years to come! In addition to clothing, the shop also features a large selection of vintage vinyl and old school video games. Find them on instagram @ highenergyvintage, online at highenergyvintage.com, and at markets in and around Boston.The Pewter Thimble Is there a little bit of Italy in your soul? Are you an enthusiast of pre-loved decor and accessories? Bring vintage Italian style — and history — into your space with The Pewter Thimble (@thepewterthimble). We source useful and beautiful things, and mend them where needed. We also find gorgeous illustrations, and make them print-worthy. Tarot cards, tea towels and handpicked treasures, available to you from the comfort of your own home. Responsibly sourced from across Rome, lovingly renewed by fairly paid artists and artisans, with something for every budget. Discover more at thepewterthimble.comSt. Evens is an NYC-based vintage shop that is dedicated to bringing you those special pieces you'll reach for again and again. More than just a store, St. Evens is dedicated to sharing the stories and history behind the garments. 10% of all sales are donated to a different charitable organization each month.  New vintage is released every Thursday at wearStEvens.com, with previews of new pieces and more brought to you on Instagram at @wear_st.evens.Deco Denim is a startup based out of San Francisco, selling clothing and accessories that are sustainable, gender fluid, size inclusive and high quality--made to last for years to come. Deco Denim is trying to change the way you think about buying clothes. Founder Sarah Mattes wants to empower people to ask important questions like, “Where was this made? Was this garment made ethically? Is this fabric made of plastic? Can this garment be upcycled and if not, can it be recycled?” Signup at decodenim.com to receive $20 off your first purchase. They promise not to spam you and send out no more than 3 emails a month, with 2 of them surrounding education or a personal note from the Founder. Find them on Instagram as @deco.denim.Vagabond Vintage DTLV is a vintage clothing, accessories & decor reselling business based in Downtown Las Vegas. Not only do we sell in Las Vegas, but we are also located throughout resale markets in San Francisco as well as at a curated boutique called Lux and Ivy located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jessica, the founder & owner of Vagabond Vintage DTLV, recently opened the first IRL location located in the Arts District of Downtown Las Vegas on August 5th. The shop has a strong emphasis on 60s & 70s garments, single stitch tee shirts & dreamy loungewear. Follow them on instagram, @vagabondvintage.dtlv and keep an eye out for their website coming fall of 2022.Country Feedback is a mom & pop record shop in Tarboro, North Carolina. They specialize in used rock, country, and soul and offer affordable vintage clothing and housewares. Do you have used records you want to sell? Country Feedback wants to buy them! Find us on Instagram @countryfeedbackvintageandvinyl or head downeast and visit our brick and mortar. All are welcome at this inclusive and family-friendly record shop in the country!Located in Whistler, Canada, Velvet Underground is a "velvet jungle" full of vintage and second-hand clothes, plants, a vegan cafe and lots of rad products from other small sustainable businesses. Our mission is to create a brand and community dedicated to promoting self-expression, as well as educating and inspiring a more sustainable and conscious lifestyle both for the people and the planet.Find us on Instagram @shop_velvetunderground or online at www.shopvelvetundergroun...

Is it green... or just greenwashing?This week, we're sharing a recap of a few Green or Greenwashing topics we covered this season! Green or Greenwashing is a segment on the podcast where we evaluate if a certain sustainability measure is more green or whether it veers into more of the greenwashing territory. These Green or Greenwashing segments were previously published at the end of some prior episodes.The first segment we are resharing is whether third-party resale sites should ban fast fashion after a decision from Vestiaire Collective to do so. Then we will move into a recording where we discuss whether we really need "climate adaptive clothing". Finally, we evaluate if recycled polyester is truly circular. GET THE TRANSCRIPT ***MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Article: Vestiaire Has Banned Fast FashionArticle: Vestiaire Collective's ‘Fight Against Fast Fashion' stepsArticle: What Is Extended Producer Responsibility in Textiles — and What's Missing From Current Policies?Article: Clothes for the “apocalypse”: How to design for a climate crisisResource: Market Analysis and Insights: Global Recycled Polyester Fiber MarketWebsite: Textile Exchange's 2025 Recycled Polyester ChallengeResource: Made-By Environmental Benchmark for FibresArticle: The destructive, symbiotic relationship between the beverage and fashion industriesArticle: Are clothes made from recycled materials really more sustainable?Report: “It's As If They're Poisoning Us”: The Health Impacts of Plastic Recycling in TurkeyResearch Paper: An underestimated threat: Land-based pollution with micro-plastics***CONNECT WITH CONSCIOUS STYLE:

Ghana imports an eye-watering 15 MILLION pieces of unwanted clothing every WEEK! The most of any African country. In what has been widely referred to as the longest swim in Ghanaian history, Yvette Tetteh joins the podcast after her historic 450km voyage along the Volta River to raise awareness about the issue. Find out more about The Or Foundation here: https://theor.org/work https://twitter.com/theorispresent https://stopwastecolonialism.org/ Get a Stay by Plan T-Shirt from https://mangojuice.co/staybyplan Order a handmade limited edition Stay By Plan tote bag: https://www.instagram.com/theishdesign/ Don't forget to share, rate, follow and subscribe to the podcast! Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staybyplanpod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/staybyplanpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@staybyplanpod Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/staybyplanpod Share your thoughts with #StayByPlan! Stay By Plan Outros Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3ykpePI Photography by Ellis Trace https://www.instagram.com/spotlightimaging Motion Graphics by Eugene https://www.instagram.com/eugenegyasi_ Intro song produced by: Lil Kwaw --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/staybyplanpod/message

While Amanda takes a few weeks off to go to Japan, do a bunch of research and reading, work on outreach for future guests, and just generally get inspired and rested, let's revisit some of the favorite episodes of the Clotheshorse community.Throwaway culture may not seem to affect you personally (spoiler: it actually is), but the rapid cycle of shop/wear a few times/donate is having a massive negative impact on humans, animals, and the planet...it's just happening out of our line of sight. In part one of a three part series, Liz Ricketts of the OR Foundation breaks down the repercussions of our overconsumption on Ghana, its people, and our entire planet.About 15 million secondhand garments from the Global North arrive in Accra, Ghana each week. These bales of "dead white man's clothes" represent a massive industry with incredibly negative economic and environmental impact. Liz will describe a typical day in Kantamanto (the secondhand clothing market). She'll explain why resellers often say a prayer before opening a bale, and what happens to the 40% of these clothes that are simply not sellable. Please follow the OR Foundation on IG @theorispresentExtra Credit Reading"This is not your goldmine. This is our mess," Liz Ricketts, High Snobiety."Dead White Man's Clothes," Liz Ricketts, Atmos.If you want to share your opinion/additional thoughts on the subjects we cover in each episode, feel free to email, whether it's a typed out message or an audio recording:  amanda@clotheshorse.worldCheck out Amanda's other podcast, The Department.Find the transcript at clotheshorsepodcast.comWant to support Amanda's work on Clotheshorse? Learn more at patreon.com/clotheshorsepodcastClotheshorse is brought to you with support from the following sustainable small businesses:Selina Sanders, a social impact brand that specializes in up-cycled clothing, using only reclaimed, vintage or thrifted materials: from tea towels, linens, blankets and quilts.  Sustainably crafted in Los Angeles, each piece is designed to last in one's closet for generations to come.  Maximum Style; Minimal Carbon Footprint.Salt Hats:  purveyors of truly sustainable hats. Hand blocked, sewn and embellished in Detroit, Michigan.Republica Unicornia Yarns: Hand-Dyed Yarn and notions for the color-obsessed. Made with love and some swearing in fabulous Atlanta, Georgia by Head Yarn Wench Kathleen. Get ready for rainbows with a side of Giving A Damn! Republica Unicornia is all about making your own magic using small-batch, responsibly sourced, hand-dyed yarns and thoughtfully made notions. Slow fashion all the way down and discover the joy of creating your very own beautiful hand knit, crocheted, or woven pieces. Find us on Instagram @republica_unicornia_yarns and at www.republicaunicornia.com.Cute Little Ruin is an online shop dedicated to providing quality vintage and secondhand clothing, vinyl, and home items in a wide range of styles and price points.  If it's ethical and legal, we try to find a new home for it!  Vintage style with progressive values.  Find us on Instagram at @CuteLittleRuin.Thumbprint is Detroit's only fair trade marketplace, located in the historic Eastern Market.  Our small business specializes in products handmade by empowered women in South Africa making a living wage creating things they love like hand painted candles and ceramics! We also carry a curated assortment of  sustainable/natural locally made goods. Thumbprint is a great gift destination for both the special people in your life and for yourself! Browse our online store at thumbprintdetroit.com and find us on instagram @thumbprintdetroit.Gentle Vibes:  We are purveyors of polyester and psychedelic relics! We encourage experimentation and play not only in your wardrobe, but in your home, too. We have thousands of killer vintage pieces ready for their next adventure! Picnicwear:  a slow fashion brand, ethically made by hand from vintage and deadstock materials - most notably, vintage towels! Founder, Dani, has worked in the industry as a fashion designer for over 10 years, but started Picnicwear in response to her dissatisfaction with the industry's shortcomings. Picnicwear recently moved to rural North Carolina where all their clothing and accessories are now designed and cut, but the majority of their sewing is done by skilled garment workers in NYC. Their customers take comfort in knowing that all their sewists are paid well above NYC minimum wage. Picnicwear offers minimal waste and maximum authenticity: Future Vintage over future garbage.Shift Clothing, out of beautiful Astoria, Oregon, with a focus on natural fibers, simple hardworking designs, and putting fat people first.  Discover more at shiftwheeler.com​High Energy Vintage is a fun and funky vintage shop located in Somerville, MA, just a few minutes away from downtown Boston. They offer a highly curated selection of bright and colorful clothing and accessories from the 1940s-1990s for people of all genders. Husband-and-wife duo Wiley & Jessamy handpick each piece for quality and style, with a focus on pieces that transcend trends and will find a home in your closet for many years to come! In addition to clothing, the shop also features a large selection of vintage vinyl and old school video games. Find them on instagram @ highenergyvintage, online at highenergyvintage.com, and at markets in and around Boston.St. Evens is an NYC-based vintage shop that is dedicated to bringing you those special pieces you'll reach for again and again. More than just a store, St. Evens is dedicated to sharing the stories and history behind the garments. 10% of all sales are donated to a different charitable organization each month.  New vintage is released every Thursday at wearStEvens.com, with previews of new pieces and more brought to you on Instagram at @wear_st.evens.The Pewter Thimble Is there a little bit of Italy in your soul? Are you an enthusiast of pre-loved decor and accessories? Bring vintage Italian style — and history — into your space with The Pewter Thimble (@thepewterthimble). We source useful and beautiful things, and mend them where needed. We also find gorgeous illustrations, and make them print-worthy. Tarot cards, tea towels and handpicked treasures, available to you from the comfort of your own home. Responsibly sourced from across Rome, lovingly renewed by fairly paid artists and artisans, with something for every budget. Discover more at thepewterthimble.comBlank Cass, or Blanket Coats by Cass, is focused on restoring, renewing, and reviving the history held within vintage and heirloom textiles. By embodying and transferring the love, craft, and energy that is original to each vintage textile into a new garment, I hope we can reteach ourselves to care for and mend what we have and make it last. Blank Cass lives on Instagram @blank_cass and a website will be launched soon at blankcass.com.Gabriela Antonas is a visual artist, an upcycler, and a fashion designer, but Gabriela Antonas is also a feminist micro business with radical ideals. She's the one woman band, trying to help you understand, why slow fashion is what the earth needs. If you find your self in New Orleans, LA, you may buy her ready-to-wear upcycled garments in person at the store “Slow Down” (2855 Magazine St). Slow Down Nola only sells vintage and slow fashion from local designers. Gabriela's garments are guaranteed to be in stock in person, but they also have a website so you may support this women owned and run business from wherever you are! If you are interested in Gabriela making a one of a kind garment for you DM her on Instagram at @slowfashiongabriela to book a consultation.Vagabond Vintage DTLV is a vintage clothing, accessories & decor reselling business based in Downtown Las Vegas. Not only do we sell in Las Vegas, but we are also located throughout resale markets in San Francisco as well as at a curated boutique called Lux and Ivy located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jessica, the founder & owner of Vagabond Vintage DTLV, recently opened the first IRL location located in the Arts District of Downtown Las Vegas on August 5th. The shop has a strong emphasis on 60s & 70s garments, single stitch tee shirts & dreamy loungewear. Follow them on instagram, @vagabondvintage.dtlv and keep an eye out for their website coming fall of 2022.Country Feedback is a mom & pop record shop in Tarboro, North Carolina. They specialize in used rock, country, and soul and offer affordable vintage clothing and housewares. Do you have used records you want to sell? Country Feedback wants to buy them! Find us on Instagram @countryfeedbackvintageandvinyl or head downeast and visit our brick and mortar. All are welcome at this inclusive and family-friendly record shop in the country!Located in Whistler, Canada, Velvet Underground is a "velvet jungle" full of vintage and second-hand clothes, plants, a vegan cafe and lots of rad products from other small sustainable businesses. Our mission is to create a brand and community dedicated to promoting self-expression, as well as educating and inspiring a more sustainable and conscious lifestyle both for the people and the planet.Find us on Instagram @shop_velvetunderground or online at www.shopvelvetunderground.com

This week's episode is part one of a THREE episode series examining the ethics of secondhand resale with Alex of St. Evens.In the first installment, we will tackle two arguments often tossed around in discussions about secondhand on social media: Thrift stores are designed to be a resource for low income people. Resellers are making tons of money from taking things that should be for low income people. The intro segment for this episode will focus on the reality that many people have shifted their behavior from overconsuming fast fashion to overconsuming secondhand clothing.  And we will talk about how we can change that!Thank you to everyone who contributed to this episode:  Stacie, Mags, Clare, Sarah, Katherine, and Amanda. Some additional reading:"Is Reselling Thrifted Clothing Sustainable or Selfish? TikTok User Sparks Ethical Debate," Emmaly Anderson, Bust."The Complicated Reality of Thrift Store 'Gentrification'," Hazel Cills, Jezebel."Rags to Riches," Anne Colamosca, The New York Times.Listen again or for the first time:Episode 97: Nothing is Disposable (with Liz Ricketts of the OR Foundation), part IEpisode 98: Nothing is Disposable (with Liz Ricketts of the OR Foundation), part IIEpisode 99: Nothing is Disposable, part III (with Chloe and Sammy of the OR Foundation)You can also find these episodes anywhere you listen to podcasts!If you want to share your opinion/additional thoughts on the subjects we cover in each episode, feel free to email, whether it's a typed out message or an audio recording:  amanda@clotheshorse.world  Instagram DMs will be turned off for the duration of this series.Get 25% off your order from North America Herb & Spice with the promo code clotheshorse25.Check out Amanda's other podcast, The Department.Find the transcript at clotheshorsepodcast.comWant to support Amanda's work on Clotheshorse? Learn more at patreon.com/clotheshorsepodcastClotheshorse is brought to you with support from the following sustainable small businesses:Cute Little Ruin is an online shop dedicated to providing quality vintage and secondhand clothing, vinyl, and home items in a wide range of styles and price points.  If it's ethical and legal, we try to find a new home for it!  Vintage style with progressive values.  Find us on Instagram at @CuteLittleRuin.Thumbprint is Detroit's only fair trade marketplace, located in the historic Eastern Market.  Our small business specializes in products handmade by empowered women in South Africa making a living wage creating things they love like hand painted candles and ceramics! We also carry a curated assortment of  sustainable/natural locally made goods. Thumbprint is a great gift destination for both the special people in your life and for yourself! Browse our online store at thumbprintdetroit.com and find us on instagram @thumbprintdetroit.Gentle Vibes:  We are purveyors of polyester and psychedelic relics! We encourage experimentation and play not only in your wardrobe, but in your home, too. We have thousands of killer vintage pieces ready for their next adventure! Picnicwear:  a slow fashion brand, ethically made by hand from vintage and deadstock materials - most notably, vintage towels! Founder, Dani, has worked in the industry as a fashion designer for over 10 years, but started Picnicwear in response to her dissatisfaction with the industry's shortcomings. Picnicwear recently moved to rural North Carolina where all their clothing and accessories are now designed and cut, but the majority of their sewing is done by skilled garment workers in NYC. Their customers take comfort in knowing that all their sewists are paid well above NYC minimum wage. Picnicwear offers minimal waste and maximum authenticity: Future Vintage over future garbage.Shift Clothing, out of beautiful Astoria, Oregon, with a focus on natural fibers, simple hardworking designs, and putting fat people first.  Discover more at shiftwheeler.com​High Energy Vintage is a fun and funky vintage shop located in Somerville, MA, just a few minutes away from downtown Boston. They offer a highly curated selection of bright and colorful clothing and accessories from the 1940s-1990s for people of all genders. Husband-and-wife duo Wiley & Jessamy handpick each piece for quality and style, with a focus on pieces that transcend trends and will find a home in your closet for many years to come! In addition to clothing, the shop also features a large selection of vintage vinyl and old school video games. Find them on instagram @ highenergyvintage, online at highenergyvintage.com, and at markets in and around Boston.Blank Cass, or Blanket Coats by Cass, is focused on restoring, renewing, and reviving the history held within vintage and heirloom textiles. By embodying and transferring the love, craft, and energy that is original to each vintage textile into a new garment, I hope we can reteach ourselves to care for and mend what we have and make it last. Blank Cass lives on Instagram @blank_cass and a website will be launched soon at blankcass.com.St. Evens is an NYC-based vintage shop that is dedicated to bringing you those special pieces you'll reach for again and again. More than just a store, St. Evens is dedicated to sharing the stories and history behind the garments. 10% of all sales are donated to a different charitable organization each month.  New vintage is released every Thursday at wearStEvens.com, with previews of new pieces and more brought to you on Instagram at @wear_st.evens.The Pewter Thimble Is there a little bit of Italy in your soul? Are you an enthusiast of pre-loved decor and accessories? Bring vintage Italian style — and history — into your space with The Pewter Thimble (@thepewterthimble). We source useful and beautiful things, and mend them where needed. We also find gorgeous illustrations, and make them print-worthy. Tarot cards, tea towels and handpicked treasures, available to you from the comfort of your own home. Responsibly sourced from across Rome, lovingly renewed by fairly paid artists and artisans, with something for every budget. Discover more at thepewterthimble.comVagabond Vintage DTLV is a vintage clothing, accessories & decor reselling business based in Downtown Las Vegas. Not only do we sell in Las Vegas, but we are also located throughout resale markets in San Francisco as well as at a curated boutique called Lux and Ivy located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jessica, the founder & owner of Vagabond Vintage DTLV, recently opened the first IRL location located in the Arts District of Downtown Las Vegas on August 5th. The shop has a strong emphasis on 60s & 70s garments, single stitch tee shirts & dreamy loungewear. Follow them on instagram, @vagabondvintage.dtlv and keep an eye out for their website coming fall of 2022.Country Feedback is a mom & pop record shop in Tarboro, North Carolina. They specialize in used rock, country, and soul and offer affordable vintage clothing and housewares. Do you have used records you want to sell? Country Feedback wants to buy them! Find us on Instagram @countryfeedbackvintageandvinyl or head downeast and visit our brick and mortar. All are welcome at this inclusive and family-friendly record shop in the country!Located in Whistler, Canada, Velvet Underground is a "velvet jungle" full of vintage and second-hand clothes, plants, a vegan cafe and lots of rad products from other small sustainable businesses. Our mission is to create a brand and community dedicated to promoting self-expression, as well as educating and inspiring a more sustainable and conscious lifestyle both for the people and the planet.Find us on Instagram @shop_velvetunderground or online at www.shopvelvetunderground.comSelina Sanders, a social impact brand that specializes in up-cycled clothing, using only reclaimed, vintage or thrifted materials: from tea towels, linens, blankets and quilts.  Sustainably crafted in Los Angeles, each piece is designed to last in one's closet for generations to come.  Maximum Style; Minimal Carbon Footprint.Salt Hats:  purveyors of truly sustainable hats. Hand blocked, sewn and embellished in Detroit, Michigan.Republica Unicornia Yarns: Hand-Dyed Yarn and notions for the color-obsessed. Made with love and some swearing in fabulous Atlanta, Georgia by Head Yarn Wench Kathleen. Get ready for rainbows with a side of Giving A Damn! Republica Unicornia is all about making your own magic using small-batch, responsibly sourced, hand-dyed yarns and thoughtfully made notions. Slow fashion all the way down and discover the joy of creating your very own beautiful hand knit, crocheted, or woven pieces. Find us on Instagram @republica_unicornia_yarns and at www.republicaunicornia.com.

As New York Fashion Week rolls around again, it's the perfect time to listen to this interview with Hillary Taymour, founder of the much-talked-about NYC label Collina Strada. Collina Strada is produced locally in small runs, using mostly deadstock. They've been working with the Real Real to upcycle unsold items, and with Liz Ricketts at the Or Foundation to upcycle and divert T-shirt waste in America before it heads offshore, and ends up in places like Kantamanto Market in Ghana.Known for shaking up the sustainability conversation stateside, this CFDA/ Vogue Fashion Fund finalist is also often heralded for its work around diversity and inclusion, and championing representation in their shows, but Hillary has no time for that. She says, they simply cast their community; their friends and artists they admire. Whether that's the label's co-designer Charlie's septuagenarian mum; the model Aaron Philip (self- described “a black woman in a wheel chair who happens to be trans”); or a musician like Dorian Electra - it's not that Collina is doing something radical. Rather, that the conventional fashion system is super out of touch.This is a candid conversation about going your own way, finding joy on creativity, and the frustrations of trying to be a sustainable fashion designer inside an unsustainable system.*Note: We've been saving this one up - this conversation one was recorded before the break after Series 7.Also before Alessandro Michele's departure from Gucci was announced.Enjoying the podcast? We are proudly independent, and rely on our listeners to help us stick around.Can you share the episode on social media, or write us a glowing review in Apple podcasts?Find Clare on Instagram & Twitter. More on www.thewardrobecrisis.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liz Ricketts is an educator, designer and the co-founder of The Or Foundation, a USA and Ghana-based non-profit working at the intersection of environmental justice, education and fashion development.Working within the industry as a designer and stylist, Liz witnessed the toxicity of fashion's disposable culture firsthand and has since been dedicated to transforming the industry. She holds a Masters in Education from Harvard University. Her upcycled garments have appeared in international magazines, film and TV. Her work as a researcher and advocate for a Justice-Led Circular Economy has been published widely.Useful resourcesLearn about The Or here: https://theor.org/New to the work of The Or Foundation? Start with this ATST podcast episode: Chloe Asaam on fast fashion's waste crisisWatch this video with ChloeRead Liz's piece for Atmos This Is Not Your GoldmineLearn about the women carrying our clothing waste hereRead Chloe's op-ed for Teen Vogue hereFollow The Or on InstagramFind me VenetiaFor accessibility reasons, a subtitled video version of this conversation is available here.This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fashion industry produces 20% of global wastewater and more carbon emissions than ALL international flights and ALL maritime shipping COMBINED. If nothing changes, by 2050 the fashion industry will use up a quarter of the world's carbon budget. Ex-Vogue journalist and founder of The Wardrobe Crisis (the book, podcast and academy) Clare Press joins me to wrestle the quandaries: Is vegan leather ethical? Are recycled plastic leggings green? What labels are legit carbon neutral? Does the stuff I donate to St Vinnies just go to landfill? (Yup.) Is it true when I return something online it goes to landfill and not back on rack? (Double yup!). I wanted to do this episode to set the truly shocking facts straight and share the tangible better options, but also to posit the wild idea of redefining fashion style in a new, far more creative way. Dig in!Check out The Wardrobe Crisis, the book, podcast and academy of courses Follow Clare on instagram We discuss an Atlantic article about returning online purchases, you can read it here. Clare's Recommendations:The scorecard/resources for finding “good” brands: The Or Foundation, Oxfam's Naughty or Nice, Fashion Revolution and Baptist World Aid Guide. The book to read: Loved clothes last by Orsola De CastroThe recycling app: UpparelThe influencer to follow: Maggis ZhuThe documentary to watch: 'Slay' The label: The Social Outfit in Newtown based in Sydney, or check out the sister organisations in Melbourne and London. I mentioned that Kay Montano in London had recommended a 1951 film The Man in the White Suit .....If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" page. Subscribe to my Substack newsletter for more such conversation. Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious Life Let's connect on Instagram! It's where I interact the most. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 275, Kestrel welcomes Liz Ricketts (the cofounder and Director of The Or Foundation), alongside Sammy Oteng (a fashion designer, researcher, and the Community Design Lab Manager at The Or Foundation), to the show. A nonprofit based in the USA and Ghana, The Or Foundation's primary goal is to catalyze what they call a justice-led circular economy. “What's so unfair about what fast fashion has done is that it's created a situation where every single garment that's created, whether it was from me or from Sammy or if it's upcycled or recycled — it's still waste until proven otherwise, because we just have so much excess in circulation right now, and it's just very unfair to anyone who's trying to do the right thing.” -Liz Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Before we get into it, there's one thing I want to contextualize. And it's probably something you've heard about - maybe something you've even heard a lot about recently. That thing is – Extended Producer Responsibility or EPR. EPR policy would ideally ensure that producers are required to assume the costs of collection, treating, and recycling of their end-of-life products. Basically, it puts the financial burden of the waste management on the actual brands to deal with their products after citizens are done with them. In 2007, France was the first country to declare a legal framework for managing textile waste through EPR policy with the goal of holding textile producers responsible for the collection and recycling of end-of-use clothing, linen, and shoes. The EU also recently announced EPR schemes to help address textile waste from fast fashion.  However – France and the EU's policies fail to compensate the communities where the majority of that waste ends up. So, the tax is supposed to go to waste management, but when a great deal of that textile waste ends up being exported to countries in Africa as a part of that so-called “waste management”, AND those tax funds stay within France or Europe, these policies are only continuing to perpetuate a long history of waste colonialism. This is only a very brief overview – but it gives you a little context on EPR before we get deeper into it. The Or Foundation x Shein Agreement To Create EPR Fund There were shockwaves sent across the fashion industry, after an announcement at the Global Fashion Summit this year (2022). The Or Foundation unveiled their agreement with SHEIN to receive $15 million over three years, as the first grant recipient of SHEIN's new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Fund to help manage textile waste.  The commentary and discussions across social media and the web have been intense, with a lot of very emotionally-charged reactions from varying vantage points. Here's just a glimpse of some of the feedback that has been shared – Concerns about the way this is blatant greenwashing by SHEIN, considering that their ultra fast fashion business model is largely to blame for the waste being dumped in Ghana and other areas of the Global South Concerns about how SHEIN will be able to use this partnership as a way to *look good* while continuing to perpetuate a savorist mindset Concerns over the criticism of this partnership being directed at The Or Foundation instead of at SHEIN Concerns about what this showcases with regard to the nonprofit industrial complex Concerns about the apparent need for wealth redistribution, but the question of when and why the origin of those funds should matter Concerns over when and how SHEIN will address the root causes of its impact, instead of simply throwing cash at the problem, which some have identified as only offering a bandaid solution And so many more. In this week's conversation, I had the privilege to speak with the folks at The Or Foundation to get their take on it all. And more importantly, to hear some of the responses of the community in Kantamanto, and how this money will be and already is being used. Quotes & links from the conversation: Watch video celebrating Kantamanto's contribution to the "circular economy" “The fashion industry is not only linear in terms of material flow, it's also linear in terms of power dynamics and wealth — where you have countries in the Global North using the Global South as a waste management system, and folks in the Global South and people that we work with in Kantamanto doing the actual work of circularity in terms of reuse and repair and upcycling, but not having any of the language that is sanctioned in the Global North to describe what they do. And so, there's this big disconnect between rhetoric and impact.” -Liz (18:18) “Kantamanto has two truths — Kantamanto makes visible fashion's waste crisis but it's not the cause of the waste crisis, and Kantamanto itself is the largest reuse and upcycling economy in the world.” -Liz (20:00) “If you think about the work that is being done here and the discussions that are going on around these topics within the fashion space in the Global North, there is such a huge disconnect — it almost seems like there is more interest in talking about all of these topics than actually doing the work.” -Sammy (22:40) “The work that we are doing here is not about the Global North. We are not doing all this work in our community to give back to the Global North.” -Sammy (28:55) “I don't want to dismiss the complexity and some of the reactions that I think are very important; I think it's provoked some productive dialogue in the Global North. But for us, it's very simple — it's not about me, it's not about our organization. It's about the community that we are accountable to which is Kantamanto, and they have been trusting us since 2016 to deliver tangible change and frankly, we've failed them for a long time. It's been really hard to find money to do the things that need to be done, and every single week — retailers, tailors, girls working as kayayai have asked us if anyone has acknoeweldged them and if any of the brands has stepped up to take responsibility, or if anyone from the Global North has stepped up to take responsibility. I have to be very honest that for me, it's a big relief to finally be able to say “yes, someone has.” We've been calling on this — a lot of people in our community, folks in the Global North have joined us in calling for brands to pay for the waste that ends up here, for the waste that we are processing ourselves. And I understand that maybe this is not how people imagined that looking, but for us again, it's very simple — it's not about Shein, it's not about us, it's about the fact that finally we can have the resources that the community has been calling for.” -Liz (40:38) “The conversation here is very different when you talk to the retailers — they are not concerned about what brand is bringing the money or who is the CEO, they don't care about that. They just believe that white people or people from the Global North should take some responsibility for the problem that has been caused here. And for them, that is the one thing they appreciated — knowing that after all this long while of waiting … people in the Global North have actually taken responsibility that their stuff has may be ending up here and causing problems.” -Sammy (42:22) “For me, that should have been the focus of all of these shock and waves or whatever going around the fashion space. I think that should have been the real question, the real interest — finding out what it meant to the community.” -Sammy (45:37) “I don't think that our community, the sustainability community, really talks about the lack of resources, but it's very real. For instance, I've gone to brands that are considered very “sustainable”, asking them to support our kayayei programs — which it only takes a $1,000 dollars per girl to transition them out of this job that literally is killing them into a dignified career. And people have responded by saying “oh that's very sad, but we would like to fund a documentary” because people want to have things that they can put their logo on or that they can sponsor.” -Liz (47:01) Article on The Or Foundation's work with kayayei (written by Liz) Watch video on The Or Foundation's Chiropractic Research and Treatment Program Recent IG Live where Sammy and Chloe talk about how challenging it is for Ghanaian citizens to travel outside of Ghana while millions of garments flood into Accra from outside every week Watch video tour of the No More Fast Fashion Lab Waste Landscape Report by The Or Foundation The Or Foundation's 2021 Annual Report Follow The Or Foundation on Instagram > TAKEAWAY: look into the EPR policies in your local area, and figure out if the policies that are being considered are globally accountable — if waste is going to be exported as part of that policy, is money going to be able to flow with it? If not, fight for this.

In an exclusive interview, David Malpass, president of the World Bank tell us about the economic challenges facing the world as it recovers from Covid-19 and how the war in Ukraine is hitting developing countries. We also hear from Branson Skinner, from the Or Foundation, on how Ghana is encouraging recycling of used clothes in a difficult environment. We also hear about how Indians are coping with a series of punishing heatwaves and how they plan to hit ambitious climate targets. And, as Australia tackles rising food prices, we talk to the BBC's Shaimaa Khalil, about the curious decision made by KFC Australia to swap out lettuce for cabbage. Joining us throughout is Alaezi Akpuru, a Nigerian fashion business owner and Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Office at Circle. (Picture: World Bank Group President David Malpass. Picture credit: Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Dry Clean Only: Conversations on Fashion + Style In this episode, fashion-insider and host Kristen Cole (in NYC) sits down to chat with Hillary Taymour, the New York-based designer, creative director and founder of COLLINA STRADA. The women discuss Collina Strada's fashion brand platform centered around eco-activism and social awareness, New York Fashion Week, sustainability initiatives built into her shows, intentional design, The Collinas, the virtual world of Collina Land gaming, OR Foundation, upcycling, Gucci Vault and Gucci Fest. They also touch on NFTs, Bitcoin, and recent research articulating the inherent energy-use concerns, but are cut short due to technical difficulties (!recording fail!)... but that's a big conversation anyways. Thanks for tuning in!

S6 Ep11 THE OR FOUNDATION: Chloe Asaam and Sammy Oteng  - on Kantamanto Market, the impact of the secondhand clothing trade in Accra, Ghana and the programming they manage at the No More Fast Fashion Lab, a community center and circularity lab. JOIN OUR PATREON COMMUNITY: https://www.patreon.com/prelovedpod  Listen and subscribe on: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | or wherever you get your podcasts! Please rate & review the show so more vintage lovers find this community. Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly interview show about rad vintage style with guests you'll want to go thrifting with. Find the show at @emilymstochl on Instagram and @PreLovedPod on Twitter. Pre-Loved Podcast: The OR Foundation, managers Chloe & Sammy Today, I'm joined by two guests, Chloe Asaam and Sammy Oteng, with the OR Foundation, a non-profit organization in the United States and Ghana, that has been operating in both countries since 2009. We have previously done two other Pre-Loved Podcast episodes in collaboration with the OR Foundation, S4 Episodes 19 and 20, which I'll link in the shownotes.  Today, I'm joined by Chloe, the Programs Manager of The OR Foundation, and Sammy, the Community Design Lab Manager. Chloe and Sammy are both trained fashion designers, researchers and humanitarians. Both of them have written and spoken about the impact of the secondhand clothing trade in Accra across an array of media, and we're honored to hear from them today.  I asked if we could have them on the show to get their perspective about the secondhand ecosystem in Accra, Ghana, particularly surrounding Kantamanto Market, the largest secondhand market in the world, and to also hear about the programming they manage at the No More Fast Fashion Lab, a community center and circularity lab, adjacent to Kantamanto Market, which the OR Foundation established in fall of 2021.  So let's get into – let's dive right into the show!  Upcoming Events:  Pre-Loved Podcast LIVE in NYC on Thursday, April 7th  ReFashion Week Runway Show on Friday, April 8th  Manhattan Vintage Show on Saturday, April 9th All the Episode Links: The OR Foundation @theorispresent Chloe Asaam Sammy Oteng Support The OR Foundation - Secondhand Solidarity Fund Next ‘We Just Kant' IG Live coming up April 4! Pre-Loved Podcast S4 Ep 19 with Liz Ricketts of The OR Foundation Pre-Loved Podcast S4 Ep20 about secondhand in Accra, Ghana Subscribe to the OR Foundation newsletter! The Kayeyei Research & Apprenticeship Program All the Small Things with Venetia la Manna * JOIN THE PATREON COMMUNITY and get the Pre-Loved Podcast News Flash: https://www.patreon.com/prelovedpod  A special thanks goes out to my Patron Insiders: Patty Weber Beverley Docherty of Wolfe Pack Vintage Danny of Galaxy Live Kayla of Pins Thrift & Vintage Kathy Brand Lucero Buendia Steven Vogel Mary-Elizabeth Land Tricia Zelazny Leslie V. * Pre-Loved Podcast stickers are on sale now! PayPal me $4.00 USD at this link, or to @Emily-Stochl on Venmo and provide your address, and I will ship you a sticker anywhere in the world! Or, if you want, you can also use the link paypal.me/prelovedpod or Venmo @Emily-Stochl to send a donation in support of the show. Pre-Loved Podcast is created by Emily Stochl. Follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my blog. 

Fast fashion and the world's fashion addiction is causing an environmental catastrophe. We have a conversation with Liz Ricketts, co-founder of the OR Foundation, a U.S. and Ghana based non-profit working at the intersection of environmental justice, education, and fashion development. Kantamanto Market is the largest Secondhand Clothing Market in West Africa, located in Accra, Ghana where 15,000,000 items pass through the market each week and 40% leaves as waste. It's also where the the Global North exports most of its unwanted clothes. We chatted with Liz Ricketts, co-founder of the OR Foundation to learn more about the serious implications that overconsumption and overproduction has within the fashion industry, the journey of our discarded clothes, and so much more.  Links mentioned in this episode: Support the Secondhand Solidarity Fund https://donorbox.org/secondhand-solidarity-fund/ Dead White Man's Clothes research project https://deadwhitemansclothes.org/intro @theorispresent on Instagram This episode is sponsored by ReLyst.com, a software solution designed to help e-commerce sellers create listings that are both efficient and accurate for multiple online marketplaces. Get 30 days free plus 50% off a scanner and printer combo. Use the code DINA when you sign up on the Get Started page. Get episode show notes at dinasdays.com/podcast The post Dead White Man's Clothes: The Global Secondhand Clothing Trade and the “Afterlife” of our Waste with Liz Ricketts of the OR Foundation appeared first on Dina's Days.

Fast fashion and the world's fashion addiction is causing an environmental catastrophe. We have a conversation with Liz Ricketts, co-founder of the OR Foundation, a U.S. and Ghana based non-profit...

Fast fashion and the world's fashion addiction is causing an environmental catastrophe. We have a conversation with Liz Ricketts, co-founder of the OR Foundation, a U.S. and Ghana based non-profit working at the intersection of environmental justice, education, and fashion development. Kantamanto Market is the largest Secondhand Clothing Market in West Africa, located in Accra, Ghana where 15,000,000 items pass through the market each week and 40% leaves as waste. It's also where the the Global North exports most of its unwanted clothes. We chatted with Liz Ricketts, co-founder of the OR Foundation to learn more about the serious implications that overconsumption and overproduction has within the fashion industry, the journey of our discarded clothes, and so much more.  Links mentioned in this episode: Support the Secondhand Solidarity Fund https://donorbox.org/secondhand-solidarity-fund/ Dead White Man's Clothes research project https://deadwhitemansclothes.org/intro @theorispresent on Instagram This episode is sponsored by ReLyst.com, a software solution designed to help e-commerce sellers create listings that are both efficient and accurate for multiple online marketplaces. Get 30 days free plus 50% off a scanner and printer combo. Use the code DINA when you sign up on the Get Started page. Get episode show notes at dinasdays.com/podcast The post Dead White Man's Clothes: The Global Secondhand Clothing Trade and the “Afterlife” of our Waste with Liz Ricketts of the OR Foundation appeared first on Dina's Days.

Pre-Loved Podcast Trailer - Season 6 Returns Jan. 17!  Hey vintage lovers, I'm Emily Stochl and this is Pre-Loved Podcast -- the show about rad vintage style and guests you'll want to go thrifting with! On this show, I interview guests from all across the secondhand space about their stories with thrift and vintage. The secondhand space is a big ole world, with just as many stories and angles as the firsthand fashion space. I created Pre-Loved Podcast because there's not another podcast like it  to tell these stories -- stories of the best vintage finds, sustainability, mending and upcycling, the ins and outs of selling vintage, all that and more. And now there are over 100 episodes!  New episodes come out every Monday! And to follow along with all things thrift, vintage, rad, retro, and sustainable, you can find me Emily Stochl, across the internet as @emilymstochl. And you'll find even more of this kind of content at my Patreon, Patreon.com/prelovedpod.  And now, just a little sampling of our show:  S3 Ep20 with Sisilia Piring https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/sisilia-piring-fashion-photographer-who-recently-took/id1435719708?i=1000457785551 S4 Ep3 with Shayna Klee https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/s4-ep3-shayna-klee-visual-artist-filmmaker-based-in/id1435719708?i=1000466497861 S4 Ep1 with Sally of @callmeflowerchild https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sally-callmeflowerchild-avid-thrifter-sustainability/id1435719708?i=1000465125138 S4 Ep39 with Alana Rivero of Mercadillo Vintage https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alana-rivero-mercadillo-vintage-canc%C3%BAn-based-vintage/id1435719708?i=1000501588896 S4 Ep19 with Liz Ricketts of The OR Foundation  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/liz-ricketts-co-founder-or-foundation-on-multi-year/id1435719708?i=1000485494435 S4 Ep29 with Kate Sekules of Visible Mending https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kate-sekules-writer-mending-educator-activist-historian/id1435719708?i=1000492787634 S2 Ep11 with Jenny Welbourn of Wear I Live https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/s2-ep11-jenny-welbourn-creator-wear-i-live-which-is/id1435719708?i=1000433875284 S4 Ep20 with Yayra and Kwamena on secondhand in Accra https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/second-hand-fashion-in-accra-ghana-david-sammy-yayra/id1435719708?i=1000486261137  S3 Ep17 with Jazmine of That Curly Top https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jazmine-rogers-aka-that-curly-top-on-sustainable-fashion/id1435719708?i=1000455875290 S3 Ep9 with Elizabeth Cline https://www.emilymstochl.com/2019/09/02/pre-loved-podcast-elizabeth-cline/ S4 Ep11 with Dominique Drakeford https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dominique-drakeford-environmental-educator-on-intersectional/id1435719708?i=1000472042855 S4 Ep40 with Depop http://www.emilymstochl.com/2020/12/14/pre-loved-podcast-depop/  S3 Ep18 with Clare Press of Wardrobe Crisis https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clare-press-presenter-wardrobe-crisis-podcast-australian/id1435719708?i=1000456453867 S2 Ep4 with Beth Jones of BJones Style https://prelovedpod.libsyn.com/s2-ep4-beth-jones-stylist-youtube-creator-and-fashion-influencer-behind-b-jones-style-on-her-always-play-dress-up-mentality-personal-style-and-fashion-trends-shes-loving  S5 Ep32 with Alexa Sunshine83 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alexa-sunshine83-a-thrifting-youtuber-who-shares/id1435719708?i=1000537456513 S5 Ep35 Fashion Revolution Guatemala https://podcasts.apple.com/cy/podcast/fashion-revolution-guatemala-alexandra-cerezo-country/id1435719708?i=1000539612517&l=tr S5 Ep28 LA Vintage https://podcasts.apple.com/vn/podcast/la-vintage-with-daniya-the-owner-of-a-rag/id1435719708?i=1000534433083   

THE JOY OF LIKE MINDED OBJECTS  - ever wondered, how you can turn up a moment with your surroundings? The artist designer Elise McMahon believes that simple moments can be heightened by your interior. Through her resourceful design practices Elise is constantly exploring ethical sustainable systems in her Hudson based studio in NY in collaboration with her diverse local creative community and a long partnership with K.I. institute in Accra, Ghana - to create joyful objects and experiences that are good for people & planet. WE ARE ALL JUST ONE BODY.     SHOW NOTES_ Enjoyed this episode?  Then please subscribe, leave your rating and a review. And share this good 'n' beautiful story with someone else in the world. You can listen to the conversations with my wonderful CATWLK SOULTLK guests on Apple podcast, Spotify, Stitcher. THANK YOU for listening to the show dear friend! Happy to hear your feedback, questions and connect on: https://www.instagram.com/catwlk_soultlk or https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophia-a-47226114    Explore further and be inspired by some beautiful people, projects - as mentioned in conversation with ELISE MCMAHON: PEOPLE Renee Neblett, founder of Kokrobitey Institute in Accra, Ghana Alero Olympio, Ghanaian, architect Edward Humrich, Mid-Century modernism architect in Chicago Severine von Tscharner Fleming, organic farmer, activist, organizer based in Downeast Maine   FASHION Enky Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian-American ethical clothing designer  Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta, founders of fashion label Eckhaus Latta: https://www.instagram.com/eckhaus_latta/, https://eckhauslatta.com Alemais, Sydney based ethical fashion brand: https://alemais.com   INITIATIVES. INSTITUTIONS Kokrobitey Institute in Accra, Ghana: https://www.instagram.com/kokrobitey.institute/ RISD, Rhode Island School of Design: https://www.risd.edu The OR Foundation: https://www.instagram.com/theorispresent/, https://theor.org   Elise McMahon. ON SOCIAL MEDIA https://www.instagram.com/likemindedobjects/ https://www.likemindedobjects.com/shop https://www.crcl.earth https://www.instagram.com/kokrobitey.institute/

Chloe Asaam is a a designer, researcher, humanitarian and programs manager at the Or foundation. The Or Foundation is a public charity in the USA as well as in Ghana that has been operating in both countries since 2009. Their goal is to catalyse a justice Led circular economy and bring about alternatives to the dominant model of fashion. Alternatives that prioritise ecological prosperity and inspire citizens to form a relationship with fashion that extends beyond their role as a consumer. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amplifypodcast/message

What if everything you bought—from your phone to your clothes to your dining room table—was made to be infinitely repaired and remade? Circularity is the essence of nature: resources like water and energy are passed from one organism to the next. It is a process which generates no “waste,” because everything is (re)used. So what if our systems for making things mimicked nature's systems? We're joined by designer Korina Emmerich and writer Emily Stochl to discuss the climate impact of the fashion industry, the changes we must make to support a more sustainable future—and how we can while still having fun expressing ourselves through fashion. Together, we'll explore how to make the ways that we shop and live, a little more circular. Featuring:Korina Emmerich | EMME Studio | Founder, DesignerEmily Stochl | Remake | Advocacy MangerLeslie Collins | Meta | Responsible Supply Chain Jonathan Rowe | Meta | Data Center Sustainability Show Notes:Korina Emmerich is the founder of slow fashion brand EMME Studio. She also sits on the board of The Slow Factory, and works as a community organizer with the Indigenous Kinship Collective. Emily Stochl is the Advocacy Manager at Remake, where she helps lead campaigns such as #NoNewCothes and #PayHer. With Remake, she helped raise awareness of and support for  California SB62, the Garment Worker Protection Act. (You can read more coverage concerning the signing of this legislation in Vogue.) She also produces the weekly interview show Pre-Loved Podcast, and organizes with the Sunrise Movement. The OR Foundation is a non-profit organization working at the intersection of environmental justice, education and fashion development. Their research focuses on bringing transparency to the global secondhand fashion industry, specifically in Ghana's Kantamanto Market. From more for Liz Ricketts, the founder of the OR Foundation, you can check out her open letter to the fashion industry in Atmos: This Is Not Your Goldmine. This Is Our Mess.To find out more about Meta's Sustainability initiatives, visit sustainability.fb.com. Credits:This show is produced by work by work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Emily Shaw, Kathleen Ottinger and by Sophia Li. The show is mixed by Sam Bair. 

Chloe Asaam is a designer, researcher, community organiser and Program/Operations Manager for The OR Foundation.The OR Foundation is an incredible charity and campaign who are raising awareness about the fashion waste crisis, specifically in Ghana's capital Accra, where 15 million used garments pour into the area every week from the UK, Europe, North America and Australia, flooding the city's sprawling clothing market.The OR (which stands for choice) work at the intersection of environmental justice, education and fashion development, our mission is to identify and manifest alternatives to the dominant model of fashion – alternatives that bring forth ecological prosperity, as opposed to destruction, and that inspire citizens to form a relationship with fashion that extends beyond their role as consumer. They want to catalyse a justice-led circular economy. At every level their initiatives are founded on the belief that Justice within the violent yet beautiful world we share begins with Reckoning, Recovery and Reparations.With a background in Fashion Design, Chloe sees the negative impact of fast fashion's thoughtless overproduction and she is on a mission to do something about it. Chloe's work with The OR Foundation builds on her personal advocacy and gives her the space to have a tangible impact on the people working within the Kantamanto ecosystem, specifically the kayayei (female head porters).Learn more about the work of The OR FoundationSupport their work: https://theor.org/donateFind Chloe: @chloe_asaamFind The OR Foundation: @TheORisPresentFind me: @venetialamannaFind the show: @atstpodcast This episode was produced by Venetia La Manna and edited by Nada Smiljanic. The music was composed by William Haxworth and the artwork was designed by Alex Sedano. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are you unwittingly contributing to waste colonialism via your wardrobe choices? What happens to our unwanted clothes when we donate them? Overproducing and underusing clothes has far-reaching consequences, as this week's guest Liz Ricketts of The Or Foundation explains.Each week, around 15 million pieces of secondhand clothing arrive in the Kantamanto second-hand clothing market in Accra, Ghana - and 40% goes to waste.This is the story of how your old shirt or dress or pants might end up clogging drains in Accra. Or form part of a heavy rope of textiles in the ocean, or lurking under the sand like some dystopian synthetic sea monster. Or smouldering on a waste mountain in an informal dump that's been on fire months.It doesn't have to be this way - maybe your old clothes will get fixed up and sold on to live another life. It's complicated, as are the solutions.What do you think? Let us know! We're on Instagram @mrspress and @thewardrobecrisis, and on Twitter @mrspresswww.thewardrobecrisis.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the final installment of a three part series, Chloe and Sammy of the OR Foundation continue our exploration of the repercussions of our overconsumption on Ghana, its people, and our entire planet.  Both of them are fashion designers--in addition to their work with the OR Foundation in Ghana--and they will explain how experiencing fast fashion's impact on the people of Accra has changed their relationship with fashion and clothing.  And Amanda explains how/why the fashion industry is creating 45 billion garments every year that will never be sold.Follow everyone on IG: The OR Foundation:  @theorispresentChloe: @chloe_asaam and @bold_underlinedSammy: @kofibrother and @_otteng Extra Credit Reading/Viewing:"Fast fashion in the U.S. is fueling an environmental disaster in Ghana," CBS News

In part two of a three part series, Liz Ricketts of the OR Foundation is back to continue our discussion about the repercussions of our overconsumption on Ghana, its people, and our entire planet.  And Amanda gives a lesson on circularity and clothing recycling...and why these two terms are being used more and more in greenwashing campaigns.Please follow the OR Foundation on IG @theorispresentWatch the CBS Morning segment about fast fashion and Kantamanto:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCPEwv3sZbsExtra Credit Reading:"What is Circular Fashion?"  Madeleine Hill, Good On You."What Is A Circular Economy?"  Teresa Domenech, The Conversation."Why The Circular Economy Will Not Fix Fashion's Sustainability Problem," Gulnaz Khusainova, Forbes.If you want to meet other Clotheshorse listeners, join the Clotheshorsing Around facebook group.Want to support Clotheshorse *and* receive exclusive episodes, a weekly newsletter, and some swag? Then become a patron!You can also make a one-time contribution via Venmo to @crystal_visionsClotheshorse is brought to you with support from the following sustainable brands:Thumbprint is Detroit's only fair trade marketplace, located in the historic Eastern Market.  Our small business specializes in products handmade by empowered women in South Africa making a living wage creating things they love like hand painted candles and ceramics! We also carry a curated assortment of  sustainable/natural locally made goods. Thumbprint is a great gift destination for both the special people in your life and for yourself! Browse our online store at thumbprintdetroit.com and find us on instagram @thumbprintdetroit.Country Feedback is a mom & pop record shop in Tarboro, North Carolina. They specialize in used rock, country, and soul and offer affordable vintage clothing and housewares. Do you have used records you want to sell? Country Feedback wants to buy them! Find us on Instagram @countryfeedbackvintageandvinyl or head downeast and visit our brick and mortar. All are welcome at this inclusive and family-friendly record shop in the country!Selina Sanders, a social impact brand that specializes in up-cycled clothing, using only reclaimed, vintage or thrifted materials: from tea towels, linens, blankets and quilts.  Sustainably crafted in Los Angeles, each piece is designed to last in one's closet for generations to come.  Maximum Style; Minimal Carbon FootprintSalt Hats:  purveyors of truly sustainable hats. Hand blocked, sewn and embellished in Detroit, Michigan.Republica Unicornia Yarns: Hand-Dyed Yarn and notions for the color-obsessed. Made with love and some swearing in fabulous Atlanta, Georgia by Head Yarn Wench Kathleen. Get ready for rainbows with a side of Giving A Damn! Republica Unicornia is all about making your own magic using small-batch, responsibly sourced, hand-dyed yarns and thoughtfully made notions. Slow fashion all the way down and discover the joy of creating your very own beautiful hand knit, crocheted, or woven pieces. Find us on Instagram @republica_unicornia_yarns and at www.republicaunicornia.com.Gentle Vibes:  We are purveyors of polyester and psychedelic relics! We encourage experimentation and play not only in your wardrobe, but in your home, too. We have thousands of killer vintage pieces ready for their next adventure! Picnicwear: a slow fashion brand made by hand in NYC from vintage and deadstock textiles. Picnicwear strives for minimal waste but maximum authenticity; Future Vintage over future garbage!Shift Clothing, out of beautiful Astoria, Oregon, with a focus on natural fibers, simple hardworking designs, and putting fat people first.  Discover more at shiftwheeler.comNo Flight Back Vintage:  bringing fun, new life to old things.  Always using recycled and secondhand materials to make dope ass shit for dope ass people.  See more on instagram @noflightbackvintageLate to the Party, creating one of a kind statement clothing from vintage, salvaged and thrifted textiles. They hope to tap into the dreamy memories we all hold: floral curtains, a childhood dress, the wallpaper in your best friend's rec room, all while creating modern sustainable garments that you'll love wearing and have for years to come. Late to the Party is passionate about celebrating and preserving textiles, the memories they hold, and the stories they have yet to tell. Check them out on Instagram!Vino Vintage, based just outside of LA.  We love the hunt of shopping secondhand because you never know what you might find! And catch us at flea markets around Southern California by following us on instagram @vino.vintage so you don't miss our next event!Gabriela Antonas is a visual Artist, an ethical trade fashion designer, but Gabriela Antonas is also a radical feminist micro-business.  She's the one woman band, trying to help you understand, why slow fashion is what the earth needs.  The one woman band, to help you build your brand ! She can take your fashion line from just a concept, and do your sketches, pattern making, grading, sourcing, cutting and sewing for you. Or the second option is  for those who aren't trying to start a business, and who just want ethical garments! Gabriela will create custom garments for you. Her goal is to help one person, of any size, at a time, including beyond size 40.   For inquiries about this serendipitous intersectional offering of either concept DM her on Instagram to book a consultation. Please follow her on Instagram, Twitter, and Clubhouse at @gabrielaantonasDylan Paige is an online clothing and lifestyle brand based out of St. Louis, MO. Our products are chosen with intention for the conscious community. Everything we carry is animal friendly, ethically made, sustainably sourced, and cruelty free. Dylan Paige is for those who never stop questioning where something comes from. We know that personal experience dictates what's sustainable for you, and we are here to help guide and support you to make choices that fit your needs.  Check us out at dylanpaige.com and find us on instagram @dylanpaigelifeandstyleLocated in Whistler, Canada, Velvet Underground is a "velvet jungle" full of vintage and second-hand clothes, plants, a vegan cafe and lots of rad products from other small sustainable businesses. Our mission is to create a brand and community dedicated to promoting self-expression, as well as educating and inspiring a more sustainable and conscious lifestyle both for the people and the planet.Find us on Instagram @shop_velvetunderground or online at www.shopvelvetunderground.comBlank Cass, or Blanket Coats by Cass, is focused on restoring, renewing, and reviving the history held within vintage and heirloom textiles. By embodying and transferring the love, craft, and energy that is original to each vintage textile into a new garment, I hope we can reteach ourselves to care for and mend what we have and make it last. Blank Cass lives on Instagram @blank_cass and a website will be launched soon at blankcass.com.Caren Kinne Studio:  Located in Western Massachusetts, Caren specializes in handcrafted earrings from found, upcycled, and repurposed fabrics as well as other eco-friendly curios,  all with  a hint of nostalgia, a dollop of whimsy, a dash of color and 100% fun.  Caren is an artist/designer who believes the materials we use matter. See more on Instagram @carenkinnestudioSt. Evens is an NYC-based vintage shop that is dedicated to bringing you those special pieces you'll reach for again and again. More than just a store, St. Evens is dedicated to sharing the stories and history behind the garments. 10% of all sales are donated to a different charitable organization each month. For the month of September, St. Evens is supporting the Lower East Side Girl's Club, which connects young women and gender-expansive youth of color throughout New York City to healthy and successful futures through free, innovative year-round programming and mentoring. New vintage is released every Thursday at wearStEvens.com, with previews of new pieces and more brought to you on Instagram at @wear_st.evens.

Throwaway culture may not seem to affect you personally (spoiler: it actually is), but the fast fashion cycle of shop/wear a few times/donate is having a massive negative impact on humans, animals, and the planet...it's just happening out of our line of sight. In part one of a three part series, Liz Ricketts of the OR Foundation breaks down the repercussions of our overconsumption on Ghana, its people, and our entire planet. About 15 million secondhand garments from the Global North arrive in Accra, Ghana each week. These bales of "dead white man's clothes" represent a massive industry with incredibly negative economic and environmental impact. Liz will describe a typical day in Kantamanto (the secondhand clothing market). She'll explain why resellers often say a prayer before opening a bale, and what happens to the 40% of these clothes that are simply not sellable.  Please follow the OR Foundation on IG @theorispresentExtra Credit Reading"This is not your goldmine. This is our mess," Liz Ricketts, High Snobiety."Dead White Man's Clothes," Liz Ricketts, Atmos.If you want to meet other Clotheshorse listeners, join the Clotheshorsing Around facebook group.Want to support Clotheshorse *and* receive exclusive episodes, a weekly newsletter, and some swag? Then become a patron!You can also make a one-time contribution via Venmo to @crystal_visionsClotheshorse is brought to you with support from the following sustainable brands:Salt Hats:  purveyors of truly sustainable hats. Hand blocked, sewn and embellished in Detroit, Michigan.Republica Unicornia Yarns: Hand-Dyed Yarn and notions for the color-obsessed. Made with love and some swearing in fabulous Atlanta, Georgia by Head Yarn Wench Kathleen. Get ready for rainbows with a side of Giving A Damn! Republica Unicornia is all about making your own magic using small-batch, responsibly sourced, hand-dyed yarns and thoughtfully made notions. Slow fashion all the way down and discover the joy of creating your very own beautiful hand knit, crocheted, or woven pieces. Find us on Instagram @republica_unicornia_yarns and at www.republicaunicornia.com.Gentle Vibes:  We are purveyors of polyester and psychedelic relics! We encourage experimentation and play not only in your wardrobe, but in your home, too. We have thousands of killer vintage pieces ready for their next adventure! Picnicwear: a slow fashion brand made by hand in NYC from vintage and deadstock textiles. Picnicwear strives for minimal waste but maximum authenticity; Future Vintage over future garbage!Shift Clothing, out of beautiful Astoria, Oregon, with a focus on natural fibers, simple hardworking designs, and putting fat people first.  Discover more at shiftwheeler.comNo Flight Back Vintage:  bringing fun, new life to old things.  Always using recycled and secondhand materials to make dope ass shit for dope ass people.  See more on instagram @noflightbackvintageLate to the Party, creating one of a kind statement clothing from vintage, salvaged and thrifted textiles. They hope to tap into the dreamy memories we all hold: floral curtains, a childhood dress, the wallpaper in your best friend's rec room, all while creating modern sustainable garments that you'll love wearing and have for years to come. Late to the Party is passionate about celebrating and preserving textiles, the memories they hold, and the stories they have yet to tell. Check them out on Instagram!Vino Vintage, based just outside of LA.  We love the hunt of shopping secondhand because you never know what you might find! And catch us at flea markets around Southern California by following us on instagram @vino.vintage so you don't miss our next event!Gabriela Antonas is a visual Artist, an ethical trade fashion designer, but Gabriela Antonas is also a radical feminist micro-business.  She's the one woman band, trying to help you understand, why slow fashion is what the earth needs.  The one woman band, to help you build your brand ! She can take your fashion line from just a concept, and do your sketches, pattern making, grading, sourcing, cutting and sewing for you. Or the second option is  for those who aren't trying to start a business, and who just want ethical garments! Gabriela will create custom garments for you. Her goal is to help one person, of any size, at a time, including beyond size 40.   For inquiries about this serendipitous intersectional offering of either concept DM her on Instagram to book a consultation. Please follow her on Instagram, Twitter, and Clubhouse at @gabrielaantonasDylan Paige is an online clothing and lifestyle brand based out of St. Louis, MO. Our products are chosen with intention for the conscious community. Everything we carry is animal friendly, ethically made, sustainably sourced, and cruelty free. Dylan Paige is for those who never stop questioning where something comes from. We know that personal experience dictates what's sustainable for you, and we are here to help guide and support you to make choices that fit your needs.  Check us out at dylanpaige.com and find us on instagram @dylanpaigelifeandstyleLocated in Whistler, Canada, Velvet Underground is a "velvet jungle" full of vintage and second-hand clothes, plants, a vegan cafe and lots of rad products from other small sustainable businesses. Our mission is to create a brand and community dedicated to promoting self-expression, as well as educating and inspiring a more sustainable and conscious lifestyle both for the people and the planet.Find us on Instagram @shop_velvetunderground or online at www.shopvelvetunderground.comBlank Cass, or Blanket Coats by Cass, is focused on restoring, renewing, and reviving the history held within vintage and heirloom textiles. By embodying and transferring the love, craft, and energy that is original to each vintage textile into a new garment, I hope we can reteach ourselves to care for and mend what we have and make it last. Blank Cass lives on Instagram @blank_cass and a website will be launched soon at blankcass.com.Caren Kinne Studio:  Located in Western Massachusetts, Caren specializes in handcrafted earrings from found, upcycled, and repurposed fabrics as well as other eco-friendly curios,  all with  a hint of nostalgia, a dollop of whimsy, a dash of color and 100% fun.  Caren is an artist/designer who believes the materials we use matter. See more on Instagram @carenkinnestudioSt. Evens is an NYC-based vintage shop that is dedicated to bringing you those special pieces you'll reach for again and again. More than just a store, St. Evens is dedicated to sharing the stories and history behind the garments. 10% of all sales are donated to a different charitable organization each month. For the month of September, St. Evens is supporting the Lower East Side Girl's Club, which connects young women and gender-expansive youth of color throughout New York City to healthy and successful futures through free, innovative year-round programming and mentoring. New vintage is released every Thursday at wearStEvens.com, with previews of new pieces and more brought to you on Instagram at @wear_st.evens.Thumbprint is Detroit's only fair trade marketplace, located in the historic Eastern Market.  Our small business specializes in products handmade by empowered women in South Africa making a living wage creating things they love like hand painted candles and ceramics! We also carry a curated assortment of  sustainable/natural locally made goods. Thumbprint is a great gift destination for both the special people in your life and for yourself! Browse our online store at thumbprintdetroit.com and find us on instagram @thumbprintdetroit.Country Feedback is a mom & pop record shop in Tarboro, North Carolina. They specialize in used rock, country, and soul and offer affordable vintage clothing and housewares. Do you have used records you want to sell? Country Feedback wants to buy them! Find us on Instagram @countryfeedbackvintageandvinyl or head downeast and visit our brick and mortar. All are welcome at this inclusive and family-friendly record shop in the country!Selina Sanders, a social impact brand that specializes in up-cycled clothing, using only reclaimed, vintage or thrifted materials: from tea towels, linens, blankets and quilts.  Sustainably crafted in Los Angeles, each piece is designed to last in one's closet for generations to come.  Maximum Style; Minimal Carbon Footprint

Australians typically buy a whole lot more clothes than we need. Most of us eventually send the excess off to charity, but that's not necessarily its final destination. Plenty of those clothes wind up in Ghana, where they're creating an ecological catastrophe. Those that aren't resold end up clogging drainways, riverbeds and the seafloor, or even being burned in enormous pyres that emit noxious smoke. So why do our clothes end up in Ghana? And is there anything we can do about it? Featured: Linton Besser, Reporter, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV Asare Asamoah, Used clothes importer, Accra, Ghana Emmanuel Ajaab, Used clothes importer, Accra, Ghana Liz Ricketts, Director, OR Foundation

Australians typically buy a whole lot more clothes than we need. Most of us eventually send the excess off to charity, but that's not necessarily its final destination. Plenty of those clothes wind up in Ghana, where they're creating an ecological catastrophe. Those that aren't resold end up clogging drainways, riverbeds and the seafloor, or even being burned in enormous pyres that emit noxious smoke. So why do our clothes end up in Ghana? And is there anything we can do about it? Featured: Linton Besser, Reporter, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV Asare Asamoah, Used clothes importer, Accra, Ghana Emmanuel Ajaab, Used clothes importer, Accra, Ghana Liz Ricketts, Director, OR Foundation

Australians typically buy a whole lot more clothes than we need. Most of us eventually send the excess off to charity, but that's not necessarily its final destination. Plenty of those clothes wind up in Ghana, where they're creating an ecological catastrophe. Those that aren't resold end up clogging drainways, riverbeds and the seafloor, or even being burned in enormous pyres that emit noxious smoke. So why do our clothes end up in Ghana? And is there anything we can do about it? Featured: Linton Besser, Reporter, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV Asare Asamoah, Used clothes importer, Accra, Ghana Emmanuel Ajaab, Used clothes importer, Accra, Ghana Liz Ricketts, Director, OR Foundation

In this episode of the Conscious Style Podcast, we're going to be talking all about the secondhand fashion ecosystem with Emily Stochl, the producer and host of Pre-Loved Podcast, which is a weekly interview show that explores the vintage, thrift and secondhand industry. In this interview, you'll hear (or read!) about:What pre-loved fashion encompasses and how you can get started not only with conscious shopping secondhand, but with secondhand fashion activism;What the concern about gentrification of thrift stores is all about and what this conversation is currently missing;How charity shops really operate and what this means for the global secondhand trade;What the recent $1 billion+ IPO (initial public offering) of ThredUP might mean for the future of secondhand;And more!  FULL SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPTconsciouslifeandstyle.com/better-secondhand-fashion-system  QUICK LINKS:Atmos Article: How to Build a Better Thrifting SystemOR FoundationEileen FisherPatagonia Worn WearLiz Rickets of the OR Foundation on the Pre-Loved PodcastOR Foundation on the Pre-Loved Podcast Part 2Patagonia Worn Wear on the Pre-Loved PodcastRemake WebsitePayUp CampaignNo New Clothes CampaignGarment Worker Protection Act (SB62)  ABOUT EMILYEmily is a writer, journalist, and podcast creator, with expertise in the vintage and secondhand fashion industry, sustainability, and labor rights activism. She is the producer and host of Pre-Loved Podcast, a weekly interview show exploring the vintage, thrift and secondhand industry: all its stories, and all its angles.She is also Remake's Advocacy Manager. Remake is a global nonprofit that aims to make fashion a force for good. As Remake's Advocacy Manager, Emily helps lead ambassador engagement and community management, specifically around the SB62, #PayHer, and #NoNewClothes campaigns. Her goal is to make policy information and industry topics easy to understand, and to communicate to others, believing that we all have a role to play in making fashion a force for good.  CONNECT WITH EMILY & PRE-LOVED PODCASTWebsitePre-Loved PodcastApple PodcastsInstagramTwitter  CONNECT WITH CONSCIOUS STYLE:Conscious Life & Style WebsiteInstagramPinterestConscious Edit Newsletter