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Futurist episodes

  • Unravelling Fashion's Impact with Designer's Remix
    When it comes to buying sustainable fashion online, German e-tailer Zalando has become a major player. Reaching a staggering 34 million customers in 17 markets, Zalando’s goal is to become the starting point for fashion and a sustainable platform with a net-positive impact for people and the planet.

    Earlier this year, they launched their Small Steps. Big Impact collection, a collaboration with some of Europe’s most exciting eco-minded designer’s and thanks to its success, they’re launching the collection’s second installment this month. 

     To learn more about the impact Zalando and its sustainable creatives are making, today I’m talking to Charlotte Eskildsen founder of Designer’s Remix, one of Copenhagen's best-loved and most progressive fashion labels. 

    Charlotte and I discuss her Zalando collection, sustainable materials, designing during COVID 19, and why she’s missing travel more than most this year. 

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    17 min
  • Kindred of Ireland's Anti-Slavery Project and Mission to Rebuild Ireland's Textile Heritage
    Amy Anderson, founder of Irish fashion label Kindred of Ireland, has combined her rich family history and heritage in textiles with her passion for aiding human trafficking victims through her beautiful and thoughtful label. 

    As a sustainable, Irish linen clothing brand, Kindred's mission is to breathe new life into Irish linen heritage, with revival and reimagination at the core of their ethos and designs. 

    To mark this year's Anti-Slavery Day, Amy is launching a special piece to help raise funds for Flourish, an Irish charity who helps those who have been trafficked regroup and re-establish themselves in society.

    The work Kindred is doing is the future of fashion; combining elegant craftsmanship with a strong social conscience. 

    Amy shares her family's unique heritage and explains how we can all make a difference through fashion. 

    Support Amy and find out more here:  https://www.kindredofireland.com/shop?page=2

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    29 min
  • Cleaning Up Chocolate Supply Chains with Tony's Chocoloney
    The prevalence of slave labour within the cocoa industry is a major issue across West Africa, and one which chocolate company Tony's Chocoloney is trying to eradicate, for good. Tony’s mission is to make 100% slave free the norm in chocolate.

    In this episode, I speak to Nicola Matthews, head of marketing across the UK and Ireland at Tony’s. Nicola shares the ambitious goals the company has and shares what it's like to work at a B Corp, carbon-neutral Green Giant.

    You can find your nearest bar of Tony's Chocoloney HERE

    Sign the petition to end slave labour in chocolate HERE







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    21 min
  • Where Sustainable Food Begins with Bread 41's Eoin Cluskey
    Eoin’s Cluskey’s Bread 41 on Dublin’s Pearse Street has been Hailed as a sourdough mecca. The former carpenter-turned chef runs a city-center bakery, producing some of the country’s finest organic breads and pastries. 

    Eoin shares his passion-filled journey to bread making, and we discuss the impact good, real food can have on our lives and happiness. As Eoin says, if every one of us had to grow a carrot from scratch, we would never top and tail our vegetables again. 

    From his time spent training at Ballymaloe and the struggles of starting a new business, to Eoin's unique bread-making process and what inspired him to give 3000 sourdough starter kits out for free during the COVID Pandemic lockdown, Bread 41 is setting the bar when it comes to food that does good. 

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    25 min
  • Sleeping Sustainably: Meet Amurelle, The Ethical Irish Bedding Company

    The Futurist sits down with Hannah Murphy, founder of Amurelle, an ethical, sustainable, and totally luxurious bedding company founded in Ireland and created in Portugal.

    Hannah launched the company in the summer of 2020, despite the global pandemic, and her unique linen and cotton bed sets are already a firm favourite amongst interior lovers.

    Hannah shares her career story and explains why good bedding that doesn’t cost the earth is so important. 

    23 min
  • The Future of Fashion with Fashionopolis Author Dana Thomas

    Best selling author Dana Thomas shares her insights into the future of the fashion industry. Having began her career in the hallowed offices of The Washington Post, Dana has applied the hard nosed journalistic styles she learned there to the fashion industry. Never afraid to ask hard questions, Dana has been obsessesd with tugging at the threads of the industry’s murkier side. The result is a trilogy of books, culminating in her most recent Fashionopolis, which we discuss at length in this podcast. The best part of Dana’s work is that she gives us tangible evience that there is hope yet for the failing fashion industry and that there is still a chance we can change its environmental and human impact on our planet. 

    43 min
  • How To Build A Green Future with Dr. Dorothy Maxwell

    In this final episode in series 2, Dr. Dorothy Maxwell shares some of her experiences working in sustainability across retail, academia, and NGOs. As Head of Sustainability for Brown Thomas and Arnotts, Dorothy is implementing policies that will change the consumer experience in Ireland forever. She shares her insights into working with The Prince of Wales, as well as companies like Nike and Walmart, and explains how Ireland urgently needs to take steps to ensure our green future.

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    33 min
  • How to Live Plastic-Free with Ken Kinsella

    When it comes to our grocery shopping habits, consumers are going zero-waste. The Bulk Source Foods owner Ken Kinsella shares his experience as a successful franchise owner and explains how he recognised Ireland's desire for a new way to shop and decided to fulfill it. So, how do we transition to a package free life? Ken explains in this the third episode in this series. 

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    34 min

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