128) Questioning overconsumption and our wasteful fashion system with Sarah-Jayne Smith
Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration
Kaméa Chayne
4.8 • 694 Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
How might exposures to cultures different from our own allow us to see our own blind spots when it comes to our common lifestyle habits (and those of other people's)? How has our current fashion industry come to be so wasteful, and what can we do as individuals to help the industry move in a healthier direction?
Sharing her wisdom here is Sarah-Jayne Smith, Founder of Magpies and Peacocks—the only nonprofit design house in the United States. Let's dive in!
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HIGHLIGHTS
[3:01] Kaméa: "Do you think the amount of space that Americans have compared to other countries in the world has, in part, inspired this culture of disposability?"
[14:18] Sarah-Jayne talks about what she thinks it was that allowed the fashion industry to become so disposable and wasteful.
[18:50] Kaméa: "What do you think acting as a nonprofit has allowed you to do that operating as a business may not have?"
[20:58] Sarah-Jayne talks about the recyclability of different types of fabrics.
[23:50] Kaméa: "How can we best encourage a less disposable culture going forward?"
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I have a quick but important ask. As you're probably aware, Green Dreamer is an independent |
| 0:07.9 | podcast and we don't take on corporate advertisers to fund our work because we don't want those |
| 0:13.7 | considerations to influence our curiosities or our abilities to question whatever it is that we want to question. |
| 0:22.3 | So if you value and believe in our work, this is our call out. |
| 0:26.8 | We need your direct support in order to continue this podcast. |
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| 0:40.4 | donation at greendreamer.com slash support. It really means a lot to have you here and we're so |
| 0:47.6 | grateful for whatever form or level of support that you're able to share with us. |
| 0:53.8 | We are voting with our wallet when we're buying sustainable. |
| 0:57.0 | We are voting with our conscience when we're buying ethical. |
| 1:00.8 | And we're voting for our future when we're buying environmentally. |
| 1:03.6 | We are being influencers all day, every day. |
| 1:08.2 | We just need to recognize the value in that. |
| 1:12.9 | How does being exposed to cultures different than our own allow us to see our own blind spots |
| 1:18.5 | in terms of our lifestyle habits that may be questionable as well as those of other people's? |
| 1:25.4 | How has our current fashion industry come to be so wasteful? And what can we do |
| 1:30.1 | as individuals to help the industry move in a healthier direction? That's just the tip of the |
| 1:35.5 | iceberg of what you'll hear today. Green Dreamer podcast is supported by our listener patrons and our |
| 1:40.8 | sponsor Arbor Tees. Arbor Tees is a small family-owned organic tea company |
| 1:45.2 | driven by sustainability in everything they do, from the sourcing, backyard compostable packaging, |
| 1:50.7 | use of renewable energy, and more. They're having their only sale of the year soon, and I'm excited |
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