Sustainability Of‪:‬ Amelia Easley

Today's episode is all about Kind Karma Jewelry! Laurinda speaks about her journey with mental health and how it led to the founding of a social justice-based for profit company. By employing at-risk youth in the Toronto area, many young adults are able to find work that maintains their mental health amid struggles that more affluent folks aren't familiar with.

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- Website

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Today's chat with Tina Stridde is all about the environmental impact of the cotton and cashmere industries, Aid by Trade Foundation's initiatives toward making African cotton more profitable for farmers, and the Foundations helping hand making sure that women are able to be a part of this industry as well.

The Aid by Trade Foundation is the umbrella organization for three other Foundations:
- Cotton made in Africa
- Cotton made in Africa Organic
- The Good Cashmere Standard

Here are some great resources we mentioned in the episode:
- Sustainability Of's episode with Tribe Alive
- FashionABLE's published wages
- Sustainability Of's episode on the Cotton Industry

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Today's episode covered a wide range of the slow fashion movement, particularly discussions on the overconsumption, wage theft of garment workers throughout the world, and the importance of young people in making political and social change.

Check out what we mentioned:
Conscious Closet
Climate Cardinals Podcast
Remake’s Made in LA documentary
Garment Worker Center
Plus 1 Vote
Naomi Klein's book "This Changes Everything"
“The Story of Stuff”

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Today's episode we talk about one of the coolest inventions in the sustainability space: leather made from apple cider and juice pulp. The leather is produced locally in Copenhagen and the apple manufacturing facility is only an hour away. Still in the patent pending process, we're still waiting to learn about Beyond Leather's actual process, but it's eco-friendly composition will be a game changer in the fashion industry. It is the only vegan leather I've seen thus far made without fossil fuel derived materials.

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This week we chatted with Carly Burson, Founder and CEO of Tribe Alive. Founded in 2014, Tribe Alive grew from an eight-women team to a team now of over 325 artisans. It initially began as a way to economically and socially empower women who are negatively impacted by gender inequality. Tribe Alive has four core values: built by women, safe and meaningful work environments, designed to last, and environmental consciousness. The goal has always been to create minimalistic, eco-friendly items of clothing that can be worn for years. She went into depth on the supply chain, importance of paying a living wage, and more. 

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Recorded from our webinar on 09/11/2020, the Sustainable Fashion Alliance and Sustainability Of partnered to showcase some of the Bay Area's sustainable fashion trailblazers and how COVID has impacted their businesses and changes they've made to adapt.

Check out each of the panelists' companies here:
Taylor Jay
Rachel Faller of Tonle *
Amy Kuschel

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