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#76 Sustainable means circular - radical change for fashion with Esther Knight

In this episode we discuss the many issues with the traditional fashion industry that made Esther choose a circular model for her sustainable fashion brand.

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#56 Starting a brand thoughtfully with Laura Rana

Khushi Kantha creates sustainable, multi-purpose baby 'kantha' blankets, hand-stitched from reclaimed and ethically sourced cotton and embroidered with empowerment by mothers in Bangladesh. Laura brings a real clarity of thought and patience to how she is developing and building a brand. If you're doing the same you'll learn loads from how she is going about doing this.

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#49 Being a mum and creating an impact with an eco brand through content with Petria Field-Leggo

Petria Leggo-Field is the founder of Coco Rose Eco and the Coco Rose Community. Petria is on a mission to build a well-informed community based around the earth-friendly movement and help female entrepreneurs of eco brands make a bigger impact, create exposure, and make more sales.

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#41 Testing your idea and mistakes to avoid when starting your social enterprise with Maiko Schaffrath

In this weeks podcast Maiko Schaffrath shares the mistakes to avoid when starting you social enterprise, from the lessons he's learnt talking to hundreds of impact-entrepreneurs over the past 3 years, as well as his own experience of setting up a social impact business. He also shares about the importance of testing your idea and how to go about doing this.

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#34 Pivoting in response to Covid-19 in 2020 with Jen Baughan

To end the year I wanted to share two inspiring stories of social entrepreneurs who have exceeded their revenue goals, despite real challenges to their social enterprises in 2020, due to covid-19. In this second interview, I speak to my best friend and colleague, Jen Baughan, co-Founder and CEO of Solutions for the Planet (the social enterprise we set up together in 2013).

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#33 Exceeding 2020 revenue goal by 12% despite Covid-19 with Veena Isoaho

To end the year I wanted to share two inspiring stories of social entrepreneurs who have exceeded their revenue goals, despite real challenges to their social enterprises in 2020, due to covid-19. In this first interview, I speak to Veena Isoaho who expanded her shade-grown coffee business, Coronmandel Coast by opening up a coffee shop - Filtr, in November 2019.

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Making babywear circular with Sally Giblin

As such it was a pleasure to talk to Sally Giblin this week to discover more about her relatively new brand, Pure Bundle which brings a circular economy model to her business, selling baby clothes.

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Understanding the impact of tourism with Vicky Smith

It was an absolute pleasure to have Vicky Smith, Founder of Earth-Changers on the podcast this week, sharing her extensive knowledge and expertise on everything to do with the travel industry, including our contribution to it as businesses and consumers/travellers.

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Sustainable(ish) with Jen Gale

Jen Gale is incredible at helping you find practical inspiration for small easy steps to get started living a more sustainable lifestyle, and to consume more consciously. In this episode Jen shares the two most powerful things you can do to create a sustainable impact. AND a key lesson to measuring your impact in relation to the climate crisis, reducing waste or carbon footprints if you’re a small organisation but creating powerful change.

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