64) Turning a disruptive innovation for circular fashion to life with OSOMTEX's Patricia Ermecheo
Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration
Kaméa Chayne
4.8 • 694 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2018
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
How was our guest today able to create a technology to be able to close the loop in our production and disposal of clothing? What does it take to come up with a disruptive idea for sustainability and bring that to life?
Patricia Ermecheo, CEO and Founder of Osom Brand and OSOMTEX, shares her wisdom with us on this episode.
HIGHLIGHTS:
[9:50] Kaméa: "What is OSOMTEX doing differently than other textile recycling programs?"
[13:24] Kaméa: "Can this be recycled an indefinite number of times?"
[22:17] What it meant to Patricia when Osom Brand was featured as one of the most disruptive technologies in the fashion industry.
[23:35] Kaméa: "What's your best advice for someone who has a disruptive idea that they're just getting started with?"
[26:39] Patricia: "People need to choose their sacrifices wisely in order to achieve their dreams."
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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. |
| 0:30.7 | And you can help us out so, so much through a paid substack subscription to my newsletter at |
| 0:37.3 | camaya.substack.com or through a one-time |
| 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? It is the actual, true, circular, and I know it might be a little early for everybody to understand, |
| 1:03.0 | but I am hopeful that it's being picked up. |
| 1:08.0 | How was our guest today able to create a technology to be able to close the loop in our production |
| 1:14.6 | and disposal of clothing? What does it take to come up with a disruptive idea for sustainability |
| 1:20.6 | and bring that to life? That's just the tip of the iceberg of what you'll hear today. If you're not |
| 1:26.7 | already following me on Instagram, you can find me there at Kamea at Shane. |
| 1:30.3 | I'll be sharing more of my ongoing learning lessons, inspirations, resources, and reminders for us to resender because we need to be in our best health to support this movement. |
| 1:41.0 | I look forward to connecting there. |
| 1:42.5 | And now to our episode, let's dive in. |
| 1:48.3 | Hey, it's Kamea Shane, and this is Green Dreamer, a podcast for creatives, visionaries, and |
| 1:53.6 | entrepreneurs dreaming of a sustainable future. Thank you for bringing your light. If you haven't |
| 1:58.6 | already, make sure to hit subscribe, and together, let's learn what it takes to thrive in every sense of the word. |
| 2:09.8 | Our guest today is the CEO and founder of Awesome Brand and Awesome Techs, which is disrupting the fashion industry with its patent pending |
| 2:18.4 | upcycled yarns made from discarded clothing. So basically, when we used to recycle our clothes, |
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