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Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Mental Health Check on Repair and Circularity

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Thanks to the team at Reasons to be Cheerful, a feed and website started by my old friend from an interview I did for PBS, David Byrne, I have learned of a story that proves what I so desperately need to believe: one person can move an organization, a country, a continent.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Kelly, and at the end of every week, I like to share something true and useful,

0:08.9

something I stumbled over that gave me a burst of optimism, something you can share with

0:12.7

friends like an audio greeting card, something to help us all keep our eyes on what's working

0:19.4

and what could be.

0:20.6

So, I'll be right back with this week's For The Good of the Order.

0:24.8

This is Kelly Corgan Wonders.

0:30.0

Hi guys, for this week's go-to, I am pleased to share something I'm pulling from a site

0:42.0

and a Instagram feed that I love, called Reasons to Be Cheerful.

0:46.0

It was created by David Byrne, and the basic thesis is don't despair, solutions are everywhere.

0:54.1

And then all they do is surface real examples of good work in the world that are replicable

1:04.4

and that can give us some hope, that's it.

1:08.8

So this one caught my eye, you know, Love Island, that dumb show.

1:13.4

I haven't watched it, I can imagine it, and they have a Love Island UK, and Love Island

1:20.2

had partnered with a bunch of fast fashion brands, including something called Misguided,

1:26.5

which famously advertised a $1.20 bikini during one of the Love Island episodes in 2019.

1:35.0

So now, in contrast, the Islanders of 2022 are all dressed in pre-loved clothes, meaning

1:44.5

use clothes, meaning second-hand store clothes.

1:48.2

And the reason this happened was because one of the contestants in the 2022 series,

1:52.8

Brett Staneland, refused the wardrobe on offer and chose instead to take his own clothes

2:00.3

to the Love Island villa.

2:02.0

So Love Island did a new partnership with eBay, and I guess 43% of the people who watch this thing

2:07.8

are under the age of 30, and so they want to show that audience that there's something

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