Hand Me Up Club

This week on The Hand Me Up Club is the conclusion of Lindsay's conversation with Corey Schneider from The New York Adventure Club. Corey joins Lindsay to talk about some of the most interesting eco-friendly places in New York City (like the Trash Museum!) , hidden green roofs, and secret basement farms. They also debate The Earth Room and discuss other eco-friendly locations in the Tri-State area.

Check out the New York Adventure Club at https://www.nyadventureclub.com/ or on Instagram at @nyadventureclub

The Hand Me Club knows a lot of tourists are journeying to NYC this holiday season, so we get a little off topic this week with the beginning of a two part series talking about ecofriendly, repurposed and interesting sites in the city with Corey Schneider from the New York Adventure Club. Corey joins Lindsay to talk about his path to starting the club and touches on some of the best repurposed historic buildings in New York City and the value of restoring historic structures and giving them new life.

Stay tuned for Part 2, where Corey will speak about some of the best eco-friendly places in New York City that he's had the pleasure of seeing through the New York Adventure Club.

Check out the New York Adventure Club at https://www.nyadventureclub.com/

On Episode 10 of The Hand Me Up Club, Andrea Reyes and Natalia Cerqueira from the NYC Fair Trade Coalition stop by to talk about the role of fair trade in the fashion industry and the future of the Fair Trade Coalition within the sustainable fashion industry. Learn how the coalitions swap closet is evolving into a sustainable fashion community center that encourages the upcycling, repairing and recycling of clothing and supports consumers and local small businesses.

Andrea also talks about how she's branched out to teach others how to start their own fashion coalition/brand and gives conscious consumers tips on how to incorporate fair trade choices into their everyday lives.

Find NYCFTC.com or on Instagram @nycfairtrade. Or you can stop by in real life and join the community at any of their events!

On Episode 9 of The Hand Me Up Club, Lindsay speaks with Rebekah Thornhill from RplusD about her brands Kitsch, Please and Hyggelig Ever After. Rebekah speaks about how she started her 3D jewelry business, the 3D printing process and how sustainability fits into her business model. Learn about being a female artist in NYC and which groups and resources are available to help small business owners. Get some tips on balancing entrepreneur and home life, and finding a community for support when you're a small business owner.

You can find Rebekah and her products at www.rplusddesigns.com or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/r.plus.d/

On Episode 8 of The Hand Me Up Club, Lindsay talks with Joshua Luft, the co-founder of Everlasting Wardrobe, a monthly clothing subscription for children's clothing that adapts to the evolving size, style and taste of children's fashion. Joshua talks about how Everlasting Wardrobe focuses on data, analytics and experiential marketing to give the best clothing and experiences to their customers and brand partners. He also touches on some of the reasons why this business model helps support sustainability both from the consumers point of view as well as the designers and how they help reduce landfill waste.

You can get more information on Everlasting Wardrobe at https://www.everlastingwardrobe.com/

Listeners of The Hand Me Up Club podcast can get exclusive access to Everlasting Wardrobe by sending an email to [email protected]

Connect with The Hand Me Up Club at www.handmeup.club or @handmeupclun

On this episode of The Hand Me Up Club, Lindsay talks with longtime friend and activist, Daniel Dalena. Listen as they travel to the Queens Center Mall and do a field test to see how easy or difficult it would be for the average consumer to find sustainable products and shop at stores with sustainable practices. Listen for the facts, the pleasant surprises, near misses and twists as they make their way through Macy's, H&M, Forever 21, Timberland, Call it Spring/Aldo, American Eagle and Hollister. - You'll be surprised!

Want to try this test yourself? Send your findings to The Hand Me Up Club at [email protected] or connect with the show @handmeupclub on Instagram and Facebook.

Connect with Dan to chat food sustainability, philanthropy and M.I.A. at @danieldalena.

On this episode of The Hand Me Up Club, Lindsay talks with Kathleen Subijano, the founder of Alajas, a sustainable jewelry company that believes in fostering a better life for female Philipino artisans. She also speaks with Camille Villavicencio, who founded Sleevesit (An online resale platform) and co-founded Casa Ysla with Kathleen, a company that focuses on sustainable handmade home decor items. Camille and Kathleen speak about how their businesses support sustainability and the eco-system by using Mother of Pearl sourced from the Philippines. The 3 also touch on how conscious consumerism is important and what you can do at home to take action.

Listen as the 3 play a game about the millennial mermaid culture where they try to find a sustainable way to approach our most familiar mermaid films. You can also get some tips from Kathleen and Camille on how to throw an event while staying eco-friendly and hear about how they raise funds for the Amazon Rainforest.

Hand Me Up Club listeners can get 15% at Casa Ysla with code: HANDMADE

Find Casa Ysla on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/casaysla/

Or their website https://www.casa-ysla.com/

Find Alajas on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/alajas.nyc/

Or their website https://www.alajasnyc.com/

Find Sleevesit at https://sleevesit.com/

This week's episode gets a little spooky! Not just because I play a terrifying game with Nat Standiferd from GHOST EYES, but also because I kick the episode off talking about how to have your most sustainable, eco-friendly Halloween ever!

And then, the good stuff; chatting with Nat!

Guest Nat Standiferd, founder of Ghost Eyes, a Chicago-based sustainable and handmade jewelry, accessories and apparel company, joins me to chat about the value of a handmade good, how to put a price on art/your passions, the "trends" of thrift store shopping, and her journey from a child patient at Shriner's Children's Hospital to being a bad ass sustainable artist! We also play a game using Ghost Eyes keywords that's terrifying because it's a little cringeworthy, but ya gotta love the enthusiasm!

Connect with Nat at her website ghosteyes.net or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/_ghost_eyes_/

Or come see her in person at one of her many pop-ups in Chicago!

Read more/see pics at the Episode Guide on www.handmeup.club!

The Hand Me Up Club is hosted by Lindsay Rootare.

Engineered by Adam Zucker

Editing by Caitlin Correa of CC Media

In Episode 4 of The Hand Me Up Club, Lindsay talks with Donna Sitwat and Jack Mckenna from Rust & Fray, a sustainable fashion company dedicated to using upcycled materials from textile waste while helping underprivileged workers earn a fair wage.

Listen as they talk about the importance of recycling and the effect garbage and landfills are having on our environment. Lindsay, Donna, and Jack talk about the Fashion Revolution and how the future of the fashion industry could be in creating unique products with upcycled materials. They also touch on the idea of normalizing sustainable fashion and regular recycling needs in society.

Get some tips on how you can start making some small daily changes in your routine, like recycling waste, using less plastic and energy conservation, to reduce your carbon footprint today! And check out Rust & Fray for a sustainable way to shop for new bags.

Find Rust & Fray at www.rustandfray.com and read Jack's sustainable fashion blog every Friday at this link https://rustandfray.com/blogs/news

In this episode of The Hand Me Up Club, Lindsay chats with Asuka Cali, a NYC based sustainable fashion consultant, about how you can recycle some of the items in your closet instead of sending them straight to the landfill. Asuka gives some great tips on how to approach sustainability within your closet and how to embrace a sustainable brand for your style.

You can hear Asuka and Lindsay play a game called "Real or Fake Trend" where they talk about different trends at the NYC Fashion Week and how to sustainably approach these trends so you can incorporate them into your own closet!

Find Asuka Cali at http://www.asukamstyle.com/ and use the code handmeup2019 for 20% off of any of her services!

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