Congrats on your first article! What an amazing journey with sustainability- I admire how you followed your curiosity to understand the bigger picture of sustainability across all industries and appreciate how you are now able to distill it down to a lived practice.
It's also refreshing to hear how you swung to both extremes to land on a nuanced approach- one that makes it feel a lot more possible for the average human. I'm very much looking forward to reading more about your perspectives, knowledge & expertise.
Thank you so much, Julie. This is so kind of you. I'm glad that you found this perspective refreshing as I definitely want sustainability to be accessible to the average human!
Great piece. I loved walking through your journey with you, how you moved from one end to the other and ended up in the middle. I experienced something similar. For me, conscious consumption stems from awareness. Understanding the roots/ motivations behind every desire to the point that it's easy to choose in alignment with my values, whether that means buying and supporting a maker that shares my values, or not buying at all.
"Buying less, but buying better" in the words of Vivienne Westwood.
In respect to the fashion industry, I also think it's unrealistic to expect us to stop producing new goods. We just need cleaner, more honest alternatives produced in smaller quantities and with lower production velocity.
One fantasy I have is a world with a completely decentralized fashion market. More SMB options around the world and fewer conglomerates and multinationals. I recognize decentralization is not an overnight affair, so at least by supporting small batch brands only and not buying at all from big brands, I'm contributing to the process and making an impact, even if marginal. And to me, that's meaningful enough.
Thank you for sharing such a lovely and thoughtful note, Marie. I completely agree that awareness is fundamental to all of this and it's nice to hear that you moved through a similar journey. I hadn't really thought that by buying small or local, I'm contributing to a decentralised fashion market, so I'm enjoying this new perspective! I definitely think it makes a difference.
Thank you for sharing such a lovely and thoughtful note, Marie. I completely agree that awareness is fundamental to all of this and it's nice to hear that you moved through a similar journey. I hadn't really thought that by buying small or local, I'm contributing to a decentralised fashion market, so I'm enjoying this new perspective! I definitely think it makes a difference.
Congrats on your first article! What an amazing journey with sustainability- I admire how you followed your curiosity to understand the bigger picture of sustainability across all industries and appreciate how you are now able to distill it down to a lived practice.
It's also refreshing to hear how you swung to both extremes to land on a nuanced approach- one that makes it feel a lot more possible for the average human. I'm very much looking forward to reading more about your perspectives, knowledge & expertise.
Thank you so much, Julie. This is so kind of you. I'm glad that you found this perspective refreshing as I definitely want sustainability to be accessible to the average human!
Great piece. I loved walking through your journey with you, how you moved from one end to the other and ended up in the middle. I experienced something similar. For me, conscious consumption stems from awareness. Understanding the roots/ motivations behind every desire to the point that it's easy to choose in alignment with my values, whether that means buying and supporting a maker that shares my values, or not buying at all.
"Buying less, but buying better" in the words of Vivienne Westwood.
In respect to the fashion industry, I also think it's unrealistic to expect us to stop producing new goods. We just need cleaner, more honest alternatives produced in smaller quantities and with lower production velocity.
One fantasy I have is a world with a completely decentralized fashion market. More SMB options around the world and fewer conglomerates and multinationals. I recognize decentralization is not an overnight affair, so at least by supporting small batch brands only and not buying at all from big brands, I'm contributing to the process and making an impact, even if marginal. And to me, that's meaningful enough.
Thank you for sharing such a lovely and thoughtful note, Marie. I completely agree that awareness is fundamental to all of this and it's nice to hear that you moved through a similar journey. I hadn't really thought that by buying small or local, I'm contributing to a decentralised fashion market, so I'm enjoying this new perspective! I definitely think it makes a difference.
Thank you for sharing such a lovely and thoughtful note, Marie. I completely agree that awareness is fundamental to all of this and it's nice to hear that you moved through a similar journey. I hadn't really thought that by buying small or local, I'm contributing to a decentralised fashion market, so I'm enjoying this new perspective! I definitely think it makes a difference.