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  • #17: Christina Dean, Redress, answers YOUR questions.

    This week we do things a bit differently, because in this episode, Christina Dean, Founder of Redress, answers YOUR questions. If you missed last weeks live recording, you might want to head over to Episode 16 first, to get a better understanding for Christina’s vision and mission for Redress, an environmental NGO working to reduce waste...

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  • #17: Christina Dean, Redress, answers YOUR questions. - #impact Podcast
    This week we do things a bit differently, because in this episode, Christina Dean, Founder of Redress, answers YOUR questions.
    If you missed last weeks live recording, you might want to head over to Episode 16 first, to get a better understanding for Christina’s vision and mission for Redress, an environmental NGO working to reduce waste in the fashion industry.

    In this follow-up interview, you will hear Christina Dean’s take on environmental impacts from the fashion industry and the role that consumers play in this conversation.

    “Consumer change is really completely at the heart of everything,” Christina says.

    We talk about second-hand culture and how the discussion has evolved in the past 10 years since Christina started Redress.
    Christina shares what she thinks about supply chain management and how she chooses like-minded suppliers that share her values when it comes to her social impact business BYT, a new, affordable luxury up-cycled fashion brand she co-founded with Michelle Bang. BYT will launch this September and will support Redress’ work.

    “We have to be business minded, pragmatic and sensible, understanding of the inherent challenges of the supply chain.”

    But there’s more: This recording also gives a very personal insight into what drives Christina, how decisions in her career led her from dentistry to journalism to starting Redress. We also have a little laugh about ex-boyfriends and what one of hers has taught her about taking risks.
    You will get to meet young Christina and learn why she is not that different from the woman who runs Redress today.

     “Go out and do it. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel.”

    SPECIAL THANKS
    Special thanks to these amazing people who took the time sending in questions and making this recording even more special.

    * Jackie Colmar, Co-Founder & Editor, Tilt Magazine 
    * Sophie Zwingelstein
    * Rosann Ling, Co-Founder of She Collective
    * Amani Clark, Co Founder of Limitless La Vie
    * Belvis Soler, Founder of Luxiders www.luxiders.com  Answering Belvis question about where people can buy the collections, Christina suggested our listeners to head over to the EcoChic Design Award alumni page. There you will find loads of links and resources.

    BONUS MATERIAL. #impact with Himarsha Venkatsamy

    * Huge thanks to Himarsha Venkatsamy, Actress, Model and Founder of Bare, who took the time to meet up after the FASHION with #impact live recording to share a personal account of how she changed her attitude towards fashion and consumption after meeting Christina a few years back. Himarsha also contributed to the beautiful Redress publication Dress with sense, an easy-to-read guide giving fashion facts and practical tips for readers to enjoy a lifelong journey towards developing a more conscious closet. Just reach out to the Redress team at [email protected] if you want to buy the book.

    TAKE ACTION
    Follow REDRESS and spread the love if you also believe in fashion as a force for good.
    Don’t know where to start? Why not watch Frontline Fashion. Here’s the trailer. Get it on iTunes.
    55 min
  • #16: LIVE: Fashion with #impact featuring Christina Dean, Redress.

    “She is crazy! But in an amazing way.” This Is what Hannah Lane, Communications and Sponsorship Director of Redress, an environmental NGO, says about Redress founder Christina Dean. Christina is the heart and soul of Redress. For the past 10 years, she and her team have been working to reduce waste in the fashion industry. There...

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  • #16: LIVE: Fashion with #impact featuring Christina Dean, Redress. - #impact Podcast
    “She is crazy! But in an amazing way.” This Is what Hannah Lane, Communications and Sponsorship Director of Redress, an environmental NGO, says about Redress founder Christina Dean.
    Christina is the heart and soul of Redress. For the past 10 years, she and her team have been working to reduce waste in the fashion industry.
    There would be many awards and recognitions to list when talking about Christina, Redress and their EcoChic Design Award that has been making a mark at Hong Kong Fashion week for the past 6 years, educating a new generation of responsible designers.
    Christina is nominated for the Women of Hope Award (check out category 4!), her Ted Talk “You are what you wear” has been watched more than 200.000 times and she has been voted as one of the UK Vogue’s Top 30 Inspirational Women.
    People that know and work with Christina use these adjectives to describe her:

    She is driven. She is contagiously passionate. She’s genuine. She is inspiring.

    “I am crazy”, Christina adds, “and that’s fine because my craziness sometimes materializes into something.”
    She shares how her dumpster diving experience and her shocking trips to landfills lead her doing a 365 challenge dressing in discarded clothes out of the bin for a full year. It taught her that we need to think differently about the way we consume.
    In this live Podcast recording, you find out what you can do to make your wardrobe more sustainable, why Christina is so passionate about the cause, what led her from being a dentist to turning to journalism and ultimately starting Redress and why she sets out to prove that Fashion can be a force for good.

    “Waste is not waste until it’s wasted” she says.

    Christina shares why having empathy is so important and why Redress is passionate about their impactful education programs showcasing and educating the next generation of designers with the EcoChic Design Awards.
    It all starts with bold ideas, and Christina is not short of them. But hear for yourself in this live recording.
    Special thanks to the gorgeous Eaton House for hosting this event. 
    TAKE ACTION

    * Watch Redress’ brilliant Frontline Fashion documentary: Frontline Fashion is a documentary following 10 talented Asian and European emerging fashion designers determined to change the future of fashion. Get it on iTunes.
    * Another bold move is Christina co-founding the social impact business BYT, a new, affordable luxury up-cycled fashion brand that will launch this September and will support Redress’ work. You can support BYT today by voting for them HERE.
    * Find out more about all the organizations featured at our live recording event FASHION with #impact
    *  Donate via Givo to Redress and fall in love with pre-loved pieces at HULA that support Redress work.
    * Last, but not least, check out their beautiful publication Dress with sense, an easy-to-read guide giving fashion facts and practical tips for readers to enjoy a lifelong journey towards developing a more conscious closet. Just reach out to the Redress team at [email protected] if you want to buy the book.

    Follow Redress and spread the love.
    59 min
  • #15: The impact of World Ocean Summit. Jessica Brown, The Economist Events.

    Find show notes at www.hashtagimpact.com/podcast15 Meet Jessica Brown, Global Head of Programmes and Content at The Economist Events. Jessica is talking us through the impact and the making of The Economist’s World Ocean Summit, a thought provoking event bringing together the main players of the blue economy. The Economist’s aim for World Ocean Summit is ambitious....

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  • #15: The impact of World Ocean Summit. Jessica Brown, The Economist Events. - #impact Podcast
    Find show notes at www.hashtagimpact.com/podcast15
    Meet Jessica Brown, Global Head of Programmes and Content at The Economist Events. Jessica is talking us through the impact and the making of The Economist’s World Ocean Summit, a thought provoking event bringing together the main players of the blue economy. The Economist’s aim for World Ocean Summit is ambitious. They want to mobilise a new discussion on how capital and the private sector can drive scalable and sustainable investment in the ocean.
    85 speakers. 400 participants.
    Word Ocean Summit brings together senior Government representatives, CEOs of the world’s largest companies, policy makers and intergovernmental bodies, conservation groups and science community as well as businesses and financial sector that are crucial to turning the initiatives into reality. Find out how Jessica and her team at The Economist Events curate the programme and why bringing business to the table is the most important role that The Economist can play.
    Events are unpredictable.
    In this episode, you will find out how Jessica and her team tested new formats and how they make the discussion more inclusive by including the community with social media campaigns leading up to the event.
    You will also hear why the colleagues that she works with at The Economist are so inspiring to Jessica at this behind the scenes glimpse of the making of World Ocean Summit.
    #Mentioned in this episode

    * In this episode, we also discuss the role of millennials and how they drive change. Jessica points out the inspiring high school girls Melati and Isabel Wijsen, who founded Bye Bye Plastic Bags. The sisters Melati and Isabel arranged a beach clean up alongside World Ocean Summit in Bali this year.
    * Melati and Isabel were not the only young campaigners that gave the more experienced members of the audience pause for thought. Another inspiring young activist, Boyan Slat, CEO and Founder of the Ocean Clean Up, offered the audience a fresh look at driving change with his impressive initiatives with The Ocean Cleanup.
    * We also discussed The Ocean Innovation Challenge that called on innovators to share ideas on how to bridge the gap between sustainability and economic growth in the ocean. Find out more about the finalists here.

    TAKE ACTION

    * Find more information about World Ocean Summit on their website, on Facebook and join the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #oceansummit
    * Watch The Economist Films on Ocean here and explore the oceans in The Economist’s reports here. Get in touch with Jessica and her team if you think you have what it takes to be a speaker at the next World Ocean Summit at [email protected]
    * The World Ocean Summit is only one of the many impactful events organised by The Economist Events.
    35 min
  • #14: From you. To us. To others. Sarah Fung, Hula.

    Find Show notes at www.hashtagimpact.com/podcast14 Find more information about FASHION with #impact Live Recording HERE.  Meet Sarah Fung, Founder of HULA. We recorded at Sarah’s gorgeous studio surrounded by beautiful pre-loved designer garments. Textiles waste is the second largest pollutant worldwide. HULA’s mission is to promote buying better quality pieces so they last longer and can be...

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  • #14: From you. To us. To others. Sarah Fung, Hula. - #impact Podcast
    Find Show notes at www.hashtagimpact.com/podcast14 Find more information about FASHION with #impact Live Recording HERE. 
    Meet Sarah Fung, Founder of HULA. We recorded at Sarah’s gorgeous studio surrounded by beautiful pre-loved designer garments. Textiles waste is the second largest pollutant worldwide. HULA’s mission is to promote buying better quality pieces so they last longer and can be passed on.

    Sarah has always been passionate about DIY and craft. Find out how she made the move from working for a luxury retailer in Hong Kong to starting up her own responsible business.
    Sarah dreams big.
    She wants to be the leading online resell store in Asia, and in the world for that matter. Whilst dreaming big, she appreciates the little milestones along the way and is happy about each individual encounter changing people’s minds about the way they consume fashion and their attitudes towards second-hand clothing. A mission that is particularly challenging in Asia.
    5% of HULAs profits are donated back to partnered charities, like Redress. We discuss the causes HULA supports and why they picked them.
    We also end up talking about childhood memories, Austrians and their quirkiness, Viennese cuisine as well as the challenging transition from her UK home to Hong Kong where her roots are. Find out what drives Sarah and why she always had a notion that she wanted to change something and how her being disruptive compliments that.
    Wanting to do things her own way, suited taking on an entrepreneurial journey.
    Of course, we also talk about fashion.
    “I like fashion because it pushes boundaries.” she says but she often felt frustrated with the way fashion is consumed and the wasteful footprint the industry leaves.  Christina Dean, Founder of Redress, an environmental NGO made a big impression on her. After Sarah shared how inspired she felt by the work Redress is doing, the wheels for #impact Podcast’s first live recording where put in motion. Here you find a Behind the Scenes Special about the Making of Fashion with #impact.
    TAKE ACTION
    Check out HULA’s gorgeous collections and trends here. They also feature interviews with style insiders, influential women supporting the cause. Here you can read why Redress Founder Christina Dean’s favourite quote is ‘Fashion is a reflection of our times’ by Anna Wintour.
    Follow HULA on Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook. Lucky Hong Kong listeners can also book an appointment to come to HULA’s showroom in Wong Chuck Hang. Get in touch at [email protected]
    Click on GIVE on their website and find out more about the causes HULA supports.
    Sarah will be part of the upcoming Fashion with #impact Live Podcast recording on 28 April 2017 in Eaton House, Central, Hong Kong. Find more information about the event and how to donate to Redress via the Givo App HERE.
    40 min
  • #13: The making of FASHION with #impact.

    Find show notes at www.hashtagimpact.com/podcast13 Recorded at Eaton House. The recording features Célia Berkouk-Schlesier from Just Campagne and Lulla Hokholt from Eaton House. This Behind the Scenes Special is all about the moment the idea for the first live Podcast recording was born, and what happened after. It was a sunny day in early March this year, one...

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    16 min
  • #13: The making of FASHION with #impact. - #impact Podcast
    Find show notes at www.hashtagimpact.com/podcast13 Recorded at Eaton House.

    The recording features Célia Berkouk-Schlesier from Just Campagne and Lulla Hokholt from Eaton House.
    This Behind the Scenes Special is all about the moment the idea for the first live Podcast recording was born, and what happened after.

    It was a sunny day in early March this year, one of the first days I felt I could leave my jacket at home. From the moment Sarah Fung, Founder of HULA, opened the door to her studio, I was blown away by her warm personality, her vision and her modesty.
    After interviewing with Sarah, discussing the enormous waste that the textile industry produces, I left her beautiful studio filled with colourful pre-loved designer garments so incredibly inspired. Sarah’s story is featured in Episode #14. Listen here. 
    After I left Sarah’s office, I recorded this.
    During the interview, Sarah mentioned this amazing woman, Christina Dean, who founded Redress, an environmental NGO inspiring a new generation of responsible designers. Sarah connected me with Christina, and the rest is history.
    In a bit less than two weeks Christina Dean will feature as a guest on #impact Podcast, the very first recording of this Podcast in front of a live audience.
    There are a million things to prepare leading up to this event and I am grateful to have so much support in my network.

    * The amazing collaboration partners from Redress, Hula and Givo that help to spread the word and so much more.
    * Eaton House, this gorgeous venue, in Central Hong Kong and their events and marketing manager Lulla Hokholt who made hosting this event possible in the first place.
    * And last but not least, my good friend Célia Berkouk-Schlesier, who connected me to Sarah from Hula what triggered this wonderful chain reaction of awesomeness and who has been part of this Podcasting adventure from day 1. It was also her who let me practise my first recording in preparation for my interview with Sue Toomey, Executive Director at HandsOn Hong Kong, the accidental first guest of #impact Podcast.

    Find out more about FASHION with #impact here. 
    Make sure you won’t miss the episode featuring Christina Dean, founder of Redress on #impact Podcast. Subscribe. 
    16 min

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