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Commons & The Second Nature Podcast On: What Actually Happens To Your Clothing Donations?	Conscious Chatter	42:06
Personal stylist Jennine Jacob on welcoming the multiplicity of personal style while interrogating the language we use around fashion and why that matters	Conscious Chatter	44:32
Environmental scientist and microplastics researcher Dana Zhaxylykova on the links between fast fashion, toxicity and microplastics	Conscious Chatter	49:07
Sanchali Pal of Commons Commons on why they developed their own sustainable brand ratings, one way to combat fast fashion this month, & the importance of connecting data with storytelling to shift beh	Conscious Chatter	43:30
Anna Bario of Bario Neal on why jewelry is integral to pushing fashion to be more sustainable, why small businesses have power to instigate change & how "investment" in jewelry can reflect economic tr	Conscious Chatter	58:08
How do you define investment piece, what makes you feel comfortable spending more on certain items & why is this integral to the sustainable fashion conversation?	Conscious Chatter	42:56
Motherhood, entrepreneurship & sustainability: navigating impossible expectations while caring for yourself and others, and building things that center care	Conscious Chatter	55:09
Kestrel on vulnerability, personal health, podcast evolutions & a question to sustainable fashion folks: are you OK?	Conscious Chatter	16:14
Nelson ZêPequéno of Black Men With Gardens and Cayetano Talavera of Hecho By Caye on why fashion needs to listen to nature’s lessons on slowing down, tuning in, practicing patience & cultivating creat	Conscious Chatter	64:31
Teju Adisa-Farrar of Black Fiber & Textile Network and Author Layla K. Feghali on geography and what our relationship to place can teach us about sustainability	Conscious Chatter	83:56
Wafa Ghnaim of Tatreez and Tea & Dr. Tanveer Ahmed of Central Saint Martins on preserving culture, decolonial frameworks, and how intersectional reform can be a pathway toward sustainable fashion futu	Conscious Chatter	81:11
Sustainable fashion podcasters unite — Emily Stochl of Pre-Loved Podcast & Stella Hertantyo of Conscious Style Podcast help us reflect on 11 years since Rana Plaza, celebrating collective movements &	Conscious Chatter	73:36
Upcycling artists Francisco Alcazar & Ella Wiznia of Series NY are redefining sustainable fashion while reimagining craft & challenging the gender binary	Conscious Chatter	63:57
How gender plays into the devaluing of knowledge and its links to sustainable fashion & wellness with Megan Schnitker of Lakota Made and Niha Elety of Tega Collective	Conscious Chatter	72:12
Celebrating the cultural tradition, past and present, of Palestinian Tatreez with artists / educators Lina Barkawi and Eman Toom & why sustainable fashion must include cultural sustainability	Conscious Chatter	74:30
Intergenerational knowledge & sustainable fashion — how clothing is more than just aesthetics; it’s about the upholding of cultural practices and the amplifying of knowledge & traditions	Conscious Chatter	58:01
Vintage stylist Beth Jones & Dounia Wone of Vestiaire Collective on whether fast fashion brands fit into the resale experience	Conscious Chatter	65:55
Why self work is integral to advocating for transformation in fashion & why we must deeply question our personal values to truly get active in creating a more sustainable fashion future	Conscious Chatter	83:30
Denali Jöel on fashion as an art praxis rooted in Afro-Indigenous philosophies, interrogating the emphasis placed on the industry & reminding us of the possibility of creating new ecosystems	Conscious Chatter	51:36
Julius Tillery aka the "Puff Daddy Of Cotton" on the need to remix both the perception of the cotton industry and the business model	Conscious Chatter	35:40
Cassandra Pintro of Consumption Project on welcoming her community to challenge their buying habits and question what is enough	Conscious Chatter	57:37
Jeanell English on navigating the pressure to project a certain image in business & across climate spaces and balancing the worlds of activists & execs as a leader in impact	Conscious Chatter	47:41
Muchaneta Ten Napel on utilizing tech as a tool to change how fashion does business, not a crutch that will save us all & preparing for the fashion policy changes that are on the horizon	Conscious Chatter	64:40
Breaking It Down with Rachel Arthur, lead author of The Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook, an actionable guide co-published by UNEP and UN Climate Change	Conscious Chatter	48:29
Tameka Peoples of Seed2Shirt on rebuilding equitable + just cotton systems & fostering the reclamation of cotton acreage for Black farmers	Conscious Chatter	46:18
Lisa Diegel, Global Sustainability Director, on Faherty's Native Initiatives, what mutually beneficial relationships can look like in practice, and the nuanced ways brands must take responsibility for	Conscious Chatter	40:28
Eric Liedtke of UNLESS on pressing fashion to ditch the plastic ingredients and ideating on what it will take for corporations to truly change	Conscious Chatter	43:59
A new era of storytelling at Conscious Chatter, meet our newest team member Natalie Shehata & what slow media means for us in practice	Conscious Chatter	49:30
Jessie Frances (@cappuccinosandconsignment) on the complications with resale's moment — fast fashion addictions becoming secondhand addictions, luxury's obsession with exclusivity & the gentrificati	Conscious Chatter	49:32
Winona Quigley of Green Matters Natural Dye Company on reimagining what scale means for natural dyeing & how accessibility and limits also play into the idea of growth	Conscious Chatter	59:56
Scientist Dr. Lisa Erdle of 5 Gyres on what we know about microfiber shedding from clothing & the solutions can make an impact	Conscious Chatter	44:19
Liz Spencer of Dogwood Dyer on growing organic natural dye gardens to coax color from plants & acknowledging the cultural origins of dyestuffs along the way	Conscious Chatter	58:17
Researcher Anjana Baburaj on the pervasiveness of Shein & the ways in which social media and the drive to increase social status are directly fueling the overconsumption of clothing	Conscious Chatter	40:34
Lizz Leral of Quilting For Community on the links between quilting and mental health, and how accessing the flow state via hand-oriented activities can help unlock answers to life's questions	Conscious Chatter	39:58
Kelly Drennan of Fashion Takes Action on the importance of youth education that centers fashion's impact on people + the planet	Conscious Chatter	52:18
Rayouf Alhumedhi, creator of the hijab emoji, on examining Gen Z's shopping behavior & highlighting why product designers should rethink existing product before designing new	Conscious Chatter	42:29
Jeff Garner of Prophetik on how synthetic fabrics & toxic chemicals connected to our clothing are impacting our health	Conscious Chatter	48:31
Jenna & Jon of Revival Eyewear on what makes deadstock vintage eyewear superior in quality & how conglomerate Luxottica has created a monopoly-like hold on today's glasses industry	Conscious Chatter	46:46
Denica Riadini-Flesch of SukkhaCitta on rediscovering Indigenous regenerative farming and dyeing techniques & challenging the status quo	Conscious Chatter	56:11
Abby Mills (aka @abbyontheinternet) on the de-influencing trend & questioning whether this movement can help us combat overconsumption	Conscious Chatter	59:54

Commons & The Second Nature Podcast On: What Actually Happens To Your Clothing Donations?

42:06

Personal stylist Jennine Jacob on welcoming the multiplicity of personal style while interrogating the language we use around fashion and why that matters

Conscious Chatter

44:32

Environmental scientist and microplastics researcher Dana Zhaxylykova on the links between fast fashion, toxicity and microplastics

Conscious Chatter

49:07

Sanchali Pal of Commons Commons on why they developed their own sustainable brand ratings, one way to combat fast fashion this month, & the importance of connecting data with storytelling to shift beh

Conscious Chatter

43:30

Anna Bario of Bario Neal on why jewelry is integral to pushing fashion to be more sustainable, why small businesses have power to instigate change & how "investment" in jewelry can reflect economic tr