Me Too became a household name in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. But it’s a movement not a moment. In this important interview, we hear from Me Too’s founder Tarana Burke, who works with survivors of sexual violence, particularly Black women and girls, and other young women of colour from low wealth communities, to find pathways to healing.
Ep 108 BAY GARNETT'S THRIFT SUPERPOWERS
How to shop secondhand (& why you should). British stylist Bay Garnett started working in fashion in the late ‘90s, and edited the NY version of Cheap Date - a zine started in London by Kira Joliffe, inspired by a love for thrifting. Bay famously put Kate Moss in the pages of British Vogue wearing vintage and has long been top of Clare’s list of charity shop fashionistas.
Her latest project? Second-hand September for Oxfam.
Find out how she does it, how thrifting has changed over 20 yrs, and why giving garments multiple lives is more important than ever as a tool to reduce fashion’s environmental impact.
Ep 107 AMBER VALLETTA - SUSTAINABLE FASHION'S FAVOURITE MODEL
An intimate conversation with Amber Valletta - the supermodel, activist, and sustainable fashion’s favourite face.
Hear how she moved from celebrity covergirl (she had her own MTV show in the '90s, and in the 2000s did a Hollywood movie with Will Smith) to fashion's eco conscience. Today Amber is perhaps the model most closely associated with eco-fashion, works with Stella McCartney, and protests on behalf of climate action with Jane Fonda.
But can a career in fashion really be sustainable? How does she deal with the overwhelm about over-consumption? Could self-care be the answer?
Ep 106 THE ECO-AWESOMENESS THAT IS ALLBIRDS
Allbirds is a billion-dollar B Corp with a bold carbon neutral strategy, and an obsession with new gen bio materials. But you probably already knew that. The brand has been profiled in the New Yorker and Forbes. TIME magazine called Allbirds “the world’s most comfortable shoes”, and fans include presidents, prime ministers and Hollywood stars.
Meet the visionary duo behind the San Francisco-based startup everyone’s talking about. Hear how co-founders Joey Zwillinger and Tim Brown set out to shake up the way sneakers get made and marketed, and put sustainability at the core of their business.
Ep 105 SAVING THE REEF - SCIENCE MEETS ACTIVISM
Special Report: How Climate Change is Impacting The Great Barrier Reef.
Is the Great Barrier Reef dead? Headlines to that effect zoomed around the world after two consecutive bleaching events in 2016 and 2017. But Australia’s most famous World Heritage wonder is still very much with us - a vast eco-system, roughly the size of Germany, it teams with life. It is however under threat from climate change and other factors - what’s being done to build resilience on the reef?
Ep 104 ADAM MINTER - REUSE, RECYCLE & THE SECOND-HAND ECONOMY
We are discarding clothing and other unwanted items at a record rate. So what happens to all our stuff when we’re done with it?
Meet ADAM MINTER - the recycling obsessive who grew up on a junkyard and now works for Bloomberg. The author of Junkyard Planet and Secondhand - Travels in the New Global Garage Sale travelled all over the world talking to the people who deal in trash.
In this fascinating interview, Clare picks his brains about everything from how metals get recycled to the politics of exporting our trash.
Ep 103 BIOPHILIC DESIGN & REGENERATIVE ARCHITECTURE - JASON MCLENNAN
Biophilic design is a buzz phrase with good reason. What if our buildings weren't just a little bit more energy efficient or decorated with a few extra plants? What if they gave back to the environment instead of taking away from it?
Meet visionary US-based Canadian architect Jason McLennan, founder of the Living Building Challenge and the Living Future Institute, on a mission to “create a world that is socially rich, culturally just and ecologically restorative”.
How might we truly live in harmony with nature? And, as Jason puts it, “create places that are not only lovely but express the love we have for people, for animals and for the environment.” This Episode is all about how we can rethink our built environment so that it’s regenerative, and provides havens for other species too.
Ep 102 RAJ PATEL - CAN WE IMAGINE THE END OF CAPITALISM?
If we can picture the zombie apocalypse, surely we can imagine a new economic system? Political economist and co-author of A History of the World in 7 Cheap Things, Raj Patel talks colonialism, oppression and the exploitation of nature, labour and energy - and how the patriarchy and capitalism drive it all. What’s the alternative, and how is fashion involved?
Ep 101 GUNG HO & THE WOMEN LEADING THE SUSTAINABLE FOOD MOVEMENT
Are you what you eat? EPISODE 101 IS ALL ABOUT FASHION & FOOD. Have you ever thought about the water footprint of beef or olive oil? Or how far your food has travelled before it reaches your dinner plate? And what has all this god to do with fashion?
Meet Gung-Ho designer Sophie Dunster, food writer and photographer Sara Kiyo Popowa, and chefs Lauren Lovatt and Abi Aspen Glencross. Whether they’re vegan or just very excited about colourful vegetables; sure that what we eat can affect our mental health or just really keen on yummy food that doesn’t cost the Earth - these four female foodies are combining fashion with activism to put change on the menu. Bon appetit!
Ep 100, SINEAD BURKE - A NEW PERSPECTIVE, INCLUSIVITY IN FASHION
Welcome to our 100th Episode! This week's guest is Sinéad Burke, the Irish fashion journalist, activist and inclusivity advocate. Maybe you've watched her TED talk, Why Design Should Include Everyone, or heard about reminding the World Economic Forum at Davos this year, to ask: "Who is not in the room?" Probs you saw her on the cover of the Duchess of Sussex edited September issue of British Vogue.
This interview was recorded during London Fashion Week, so of course we talk clothes. These days, Sinéad sometimes gets about in custom-made Gucci, but that wasn’t always the case...What happens when clothes don’t fit you? When the world is not designed for you? Why doesn’t the fashion industry embrace the opportunity to cater to more shapes and sizes and abilities, why does it so often exclude, and how can we change that?