Journeying #33 with Carrie Ann Moran, Circular Business Professional & Fashion Revolution Coordinator for Ireland
Description
My guest this week is Carrie Ann Moran, Sustainability and Circular Business Professional, Partner Success Manager for Thriftify, and Country Coordinator for Fashion Revolution Ireland.
TOPICS DISCUSSED:
- Retro-shopping in Dublin 'back in the day'
- Drinking coffee in Temple Bar in the 90s - notions!
- The emerging fast fashion brands arriving in the mid-nineties
- 'Capsule wardrobes' and 'the sharing economy' were just the norm
- Designing her fashion collection from waste materials was frowned upon in the noughties
- Heading up the Rediscover Fashion programme at the Rediscovery Centre, Ballymun
- How the Rediscovery Centre at the boiler house in Ballymun came to be
- Building a connection and relationship with our clothes
- Living more sustainably in a mass consumption society is very difficult for any individual
- Spearheading the first Circular Economy Conference at the Rediscovery Centre
- Working with Thriftify, an e-commerce platform for charity shops to retail online
- Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy being implemented in Ireland
- What's happening for Ireland's Fashion Revolution Week 2021
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Carrie Ann Moran and Fashion Revolution Ireland: https://www.fashionrevolution.org/europe/ireland/
The Rediscovery Centre: http://www.rediscoverycentre.ie/
Emma Gleeson: https://emmagleeson.com/
First Circular Fashion Conference:
http://www.rediscoverycentre.ie/rediscover-fashion/circular-fashion-conference/
Thriftify: https://www.thriftify.ie/
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/
Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy:
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/4221c-waste-action-plan-for-a-circular-economy/#
Textile Mountain: The Hidden Burden of our Fashion Waste: https://www.textilemountainfilm.com/
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