Lilia Surdu: Slow Fashion, Wearable Art and Timeless Collection
LISTEN HERE: APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY For today’s episode, we are so happy to welcome Lilia Surdu. Lilia is a talented designer who has left her exciting job at the UN to launch her own brand, MOVE WOMENSWEAR. She launched her brand from the fascinating country of MOLDOVA a former Soviet Union country nestled between Romania and Ukraine. […]
Erika Von Kaschke: Building a Business Network for Migrant Workers
LISTEN HERE: APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY Today we are joined by Erika von Kaschke, Founder of Catch-ups Networking, a networking and mentoring group that encourages and supports local business people who have stepped out to their mark. In this fascinating and fun conversation, Erika will share with us how growing up in Tankwa Karoo, a rural area in […]
Challenging the status quo to create change for women in the garment industry
Many many years ago, I traveled to Cambodia for my master’s thesis field research. My thesis was on women workers in garment factories in Phnom Penh. I visited a couple of factories. I saw mostly women on factory floors and mostly men in sample rooms. When I talked to these women (mainly migrant workers) to […]
A simple solution to quickly fix a seemingly simple problem?
We are obsessed with finding a simple solution to quickly fix a seemingly simple problem. This is often what we do in our attempts to address environmental problems. I’ve always naively thought that breeding wild salmon in hatcheries was one of those simple miracle solutions to preserve disappearing species. Wild salmons are fascinating creatures: the […]
What story images of “successful business” are telling us?
Lately, I’ve asked business founders on my podcast to share with our listeners their definition of a “successful business”. And I am really grateful to each of them for showing us that success could be defined in so many differentways. The main commonality in the answers from my guests is that success is coming from a place of love […]
Regenerative Fashion?
One of the things I love about podcasting is that I get to have inspiring conversations with wonderful people that are creating change in their own way. I talk to people that are growing a business that is also creating good for people and for the planet. But sometimes these people are not necessarily from […]