Fashion, but make it sustainable!

Gordon Renouf from Good On You, chats to us about sustainable fashion. 

We all want to look good and stay up with the latest trends but how do we do this in a sustainable and ethical way? It's an area definitely worth solving as the global apparel industry accounts for an estimated 8% of emissions! That’s on par with the steel sector.

It's a complex topic and one that is so confusing. Thankfully Gordon and his co-founder Sandra Capponi started Good on You, the #1 sustainability ratings platform for fashion brands. It independently rates brands and gives you an easy to understand overview of their supply chain sustainability and ethics. 

In this episode we cover: 

• The challenges of the fashion industry to decarbonise
• Top tips for ensuring your fashion habits are more sustainable: hint - it’s just buying what you need
• Why Sydney’s love of linen might make it a more sustainable city than Melbourne 
• Whether or not sustainable fashion is a class issue
• New types of emerging materials: like leather that’s made from mushrooms! 

This a topic we want to learn more about so if you know any amazing brands doing great things send us an email at hello@apositiveclimate.com

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Some more reading if you’re interested in the topic

• This Vogue article outlines some of the awesome companies doing work in leather alternatives. 
• The 5 R’s of Fashion: Reduce, Rewear, Recycle, Repair and Resell
• Good on You "Made From" article series also touches on alternative sustainable fabrics. 
• What to do about microfibres in your clothing. 
• Also, you might want to check out some other great sustainable fashion podcasts including The Wardrobe Crisis with Clare Press and the Sustainable Fashion Forum.

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Music by the late, great Nick Weaver

Production by our hero Mark Spencer from Here.Media

Socials by the legend Rebecca Sather Jenkins

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About the podcast

Climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity. The consequences are so dire that the media usually focuses on the negative and many of us have no idea where to begin.

To flip the script, clean energy experts Alex McIntosh and Nick Zeltzer host A Positive Climate, an uplifting podcast focused on ways to tackle climate change.

If you want to be inspired by interviews with some of Australia’s most innovative people, if you want to learn a lot (and laugh a little) and if you want a way to leave your climate related existential crises at bay, this podcast is for you.

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