My guest this week is Carrie Ann Moran, Sustainability and Circular Business Professional, Partner Success Manager for Thriftify, and Country Coordinator for Fashion Revolution Ireland.   

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• Retro-shopping in Dublin 'back in the day' 
• Drinking coffee in Temple Bar in the 90s - notions!
• The emerging fast fashion brands arriving in the mid-nineties
• 'Capsule wardrobes' and 'the sharing economy' were just the norm 
• Designing her fashion collection from waste materials was frowned upon in the noughties
• Heading up the Rediscover Fashion programme at the Rediscovery Centre, Ballymun
• How the Rediscovery Centre at the boiler house in Ballymun came to be 
• Building a connection and relationship with our clothes 
• Living more sustainably in a mass consumption society is very difficult for any individual
• Spearheading the first Circular Economy Conference at the Rediscovery Centre
• Working with Thriftify, an e-commerce platform for charity shops to retail online 
• Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy being implemented in Ireland
• What's happening for Ireland's Fashion Revolution Week 2021

 
RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Carrie Ann Moran and Fashion Revolution Ireland:  https://www.fashionrevolution.org/europe/ireland/
The Rediscovery Centre: http://www.rediscoverycentre.ie/
Emma Gleeson: https://emmagleeson.com/
First Circular Fashion Conference:
http://www.rediscoverycentre.ie/rediscover-fashion/circular-fashion-conference/
Thriftify: https://www.thriftify.ie/
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/
Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy:
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/4221c-waste-action-plan-for-a-circular-economy/#
Textile Mountain: The Hidden Burden of our Fashion Waste: https://www.textilemountainfilm.com/

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