Dirtbags was founded in 2017 by Jennifer Wood in Kendal, the Lake District.  Dirtbags is a climbing accessories company who up-cycle (not re-cycle) old climbing gear such as ropes, coats, bags, hats, buckles - you name it Jen has a use for any waste product which would more than likely end up in land fill.  We chat about how recycling is really not the answer, waste within the climbing industry, current and new projects and how Covid has impacted climbing and bouldering.

If anyone knows me they will know I am a prawn obsessive, I literally eat prawns for breakfast (well I would if I could!) I have always had a bad feeling about the prawns I consume, especially those tiny ones squashed into a supermarket produced prawn and mayo sandwich.  So I fiercely searched for some ethical good prawns and found The Happy Prawn Co!  Founded by Indonesian born Rosida Idriss who grew up farming black tiger prawns.  Rosida like me was very unhappy with the prawns she found in the UK and therefore started to import her own prawns from Indonesia. A true circular economy where everyone is happy, the farmers, the consumer and the prawns! 

This is the first Ethical Pages podcast episode where I chat with business owner and head shaper, James Otter of Otter Surfboards in Cornwall. What better way than to kick things off than a surfboard shaper who makes incredibly beautiful solid wooden surfboards.  But there is so much more to Jame's super ethical business which you will find out.