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💌 Welcome to Issue #84 of The Conscious Edit
It's always interesting to weave the threads from the previous issue into the next, because when it comes to sustainability in fashion — it's all interconnected.
➡️ Last week's podcast guest — Clean Clothes Campaign Living Wage Coordinator, Anne Bienias — talked about the concept of "wages not waste" with Stella Hertantyo.
This referenced the fact that fashion brands will spend a lot of money overproducing clothes that end up in the landfill, but not on ensuring living wages for the people making their clothes.
🎙 In this week's podcast episode, we're talking more about one of the places that waste ends up: the Atacama Desert in Chile.
I talked with Laura of global advocacy group SumOfUs, and Angela from lcoal grassroots organization, Desierto Vestido (with translation provided by a member of our team, Nao!) to dive deeper.
🏜 We discussed what led to this waste crisis in the Atacama Desert (the desert has been a fashion dumping group for 20 years), the massive toxic fire that burned 100,000 tonnes of clothes, what the groups are working on to address this issue, and how we can join in on the change.
🎧 Find the links to the episode on all major listening platforms here.
Hope you find this conversation as informative and powerful as I did. Keep scrolling for plenty more reads, listens, and other recommendations in this week's Conscious Edit...
💕 Elizabeth
Founder, Conscious Life & Style
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