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Today's episode is all about Kind Karma Jewelry! Laurinda speaks about her journey with mental health and how it led to the founding of a social justice-based for profit company. By employing at-risk youth in the Toronto area, many young adults are able to find work that maintains their mental health amid struggles that more affluent folks aren't familiar with.

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- Website

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Today's chat with Tina Stridde is all about the environmental impact of the cotton and cashmere industries, Aid by Trade Foundation's initiatives toward making African cotton more profitable for farmers, and the Foundations helping hand making sure that women are able to be a part of this industry as well.

The Aid by Trade Foundation is the umbrella organization for three other Foundations:
- Cotton made in Africa
- Cotton made in Africa Organic
- The Good Cashmere Standard

Here are some great resources we mentioned in the episode:
- Sustainability Of's episode with Tribe Alive
- FashionABLE's published wages
- Sustainability Of's episode on the Cotton Industry

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Today's episode covered a wide range of the slow fashion movement, particularly discussions on the overconsumption, wage theft of garment workers throughout the world, and the importance of young people in making political and social change.

Check out what we mentioned:
Conscious Closet
Climate Cardinals Podcast
Remake’s Made in LA documentary
Garment Worker Center
Plus 1 Vote
Naomi Klein's book "This Changes Everything"
“The Story of Stuff”

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Today's episode we talk about one of the coolest inventions in the sustainability space: leather made from apple cider and juice pulp. The leather is produced locally in Copenhagen and the apple manufacturing facility is only an hour away. Still in the patent pending process, we're still waiting to learn about Beyond Leather's actual process, but it's eco-friendly composition will be a game changer in the fashion industry. It is the only vegan leather I've seen thus far made without fossil fuel derived materials.

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This week we chatted with Carly Burson, Founder and CEO of Tribe Alive. Founded in 2014, Tribe Alive grew from an eight-women team to a team now of over 325 artisans. It initially began as a way to economically and socially empower women who are negatively impacted by gender inequality. Tribe Alive has four core values: built by women, safe and meaningful work environments, designed to last, and environmental consciousness. The goal has always been to create minimalistic, eco-friendly items of clothing that can be worn for years. She went into depth on the supply chain, importance of paying a living wage, and more. 

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Website: https://tribealive.com/
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Recorded from our webinar on 09/11/2020, the Sustainable Fashion Alliance and Sustainability Of partnered to showcase some of the Bay Area's sustainable fashion trailblazers and how COVID has impacted their businesses and changes they've made to adapt.

Check out each of the panelists' companies here:
Taylor Jay
Rachel Faller of Tonle *
Amy Kuschel

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* = items denoted with an * are affiliate links, meaning we may receive a commission from your purchase at no extra cost to you.

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This week I chatted with Michael of Newly all about their supply chain: everything Newly sells is made from 100% recycled materials. Listen to us talk about how Newly sources recycled glass, wood, acrylic, and more from all around the world. Michael and I also chatted in depth about clean energy and why the world needs to invest in that now rather than later.

Use code SOP15 for 15% off your next purchase at Newly!
If you haven't yet, enter in our giveaway for an acrylic tray by Newly- check out both our post on Instagram.

Here is the video of how Newly manufactures their recycled glass.

Thanks Reel Paper for sponsoring this episode. We are so thankful for the support. 
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Welcome to Season 2! Let us know what you think of our new intro and outro music. We're so excited about it. 
This week I chatted with Michael of Newly all about their business model: everything Newly sells is made from 100% recycled materials. We chatted all about their supply chain practices and the most difficult parts of founding the business. 
Stay tuned for next week's part 2, all about sustainability throughout their supply chain. 
Use code SOP15 for 15% off your next purchase at Newly! 
If you haven't yet, enter in our giveaway for an acrylic tray by Newly- check out both our post on Instagram.

Thanks Reel Paper for sponsoring this episode. We are so thankful for the support. 
Use code SOP25 for 25% off your next purchase of Reel Paper- toilet paper made with 100% bamboo and packaging made of paper (no plastic!).

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In today's episode, Charlotte and I have a couple important conversations worth listening to; I was certainly enlightened.
For example, I learned that second-hand isn't as sustainable as I thought, we need to support small, sustainable businesses supporting their garment workers!

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Charlotte's picks:
The Lodi Dress
Reusable Face Wipes

Here are some resources we talked about:
Megan McSherry's TikTok on fast fashion's "sustainable" collections
The True Cost documentary
Stop the Traffik
International Justice Mission
Labour Behind the Label
Fashion Revolution

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Have you heard of one of the most innovative non-profits to date: FabScrap? If not, listen to this chat between me, Amelia, and FabScrap founder, Jessica Schreiber, and learn all about this innovative business model. 

FabScrap is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that prevents hundreds of thousands of pounds of textiles going to landfills and holds brands accountable by charging them service fee for donation. They take textile waste from all our favorite brands (think Marc Jacobs, Mara Hoffman, and more), sort them, and sell them to consumers like us!

If you're based in NYC, you can volunteer to help sort and take home some of your own fabric (or you can purchase some online for thrift-store prices).

Here are some of the cool resources we talked about during the episode:

Annie Leonard-
“Story of Stuff”
Youtube

Nicole Shires-
Instagram
Previous Episode with Sustainability Of:

#PayUp Petition

PullUp for Change Campaign

Find FabScrap-
Join Zoom Sessions
Instagram
Website
Volunteer!

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