Posts in Industry Insiders
Motherhood, entrepreneurship and sustainability: navigating impossible expectations while caring for yourself and others, and building things that center care

Episode 324 features Camille Forde, a mother and entrepreneur working at the intersection of business, sustainability, and community-centered solutions. As a mother of two, Camille is deeply committed to building a more equitable and sustainable future that prioritizes community care.

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Vulnerability, personal health, podcast evolutions & a question to the sustainable fashion folks: are you OK?

Episode 323 features Kestrel (just me!) in the first-ever solo episode of the show. With a primary focus on vulnerability, Kestrel shares some of the rollercoasters she has faced personally over the last year (from health to finances), why she and Nat are parting ways when it comes to regularly hosting the show, the true costs of producing a podcast, as well as a question on whether performative vulnerability is what we are seeing too often from the industry.

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Why fashion needs to listen to nature’s lessons on slowing down, tuning in, practicing patience & cultivating creativity

In episode 322, you’ll hear from guests Nelson ZêPequéno, a Ghanaian-American Artist and the founder of Black Men With Gardens and Sustain Creative, alongside Cayetano Talavera, a fiber artist, zero waste fashion designer, and the creative force behind Hecho By Caye.

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Geography and what our relationship to place can teach us about *sustainability*

In episode 321, you’ll hear from guests Teju Adisa-Farrar, the founder and co-creator of the Black Fiber & Textile Network and the creator/host of the Black Material Geographies podcast, alongside Layla K. Feghali, the founder of River Rose Remembrance, a Plantcestral & Ancestral Re-Membrance practitioner, cultural worker, author & story re-collector (archivist).

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Preserving culture & decolonial frameworks — intersectional reform as a pathway toward sustainable fashion futures

In episode 320, you’ll hear from guests Wafa Ghnaim, a Senior Research Fellow at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Curator for the Museum of the Palestinian People and Founder of The Tatreez Institute, alongside Dr. Tanveer Ahmed, a Senior Lecturer in Fashion and Race at Central Saint Martins and also Course Development Lead for MA Fashion and Anthropology at London College of Fashion.

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Sustainable fashion podcasters unite — reflections on 11 years since Rana Plaza, celebrating the power of collective movements & highlighting ways to focus our continued advocacy

In episode 319, you’ll hear from guests Stella Hertantyo, the co-host of the Conscious Style Podcast, alongside Emily Stochl, the host and creator of Pre-Loved Podcast.

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How gender plays into the devaluing of knowledge and its links to sustainable fashion & wellness

In episode 317, you’ll hear from guests Megan L. Schnitker, an Indigenous Traditional Herbalist and the founder of Lakota Made LLC, alongside Niha Elety, a fashion advocate, designer, chef, and storyteller, & CEO of Tega Collective.

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Celebrating the cultural tradition, past and present, of Palestinian Tatreez while making the link between culture & sustainability

In episode 316, you’ll hear from guests Lina Barkawi, a tatreez practitioner, preservationist, and educator based in Brooklyn, alongside Eman Toom, a Palestinian tatreez artist, teacher, sewer and crafter.

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Intergenerational knowledge in fashion & textiles — how clothing is more than aesthetics; it's about upholding cultural practices and amplifying knowledge & traditions

In episode 315, you’ll hear from guests Amy Denet Deal, the founder of 4Kinship, a Diné (Navajo) owned sustainable artwear brand, alongside Sha’Mira Covington, Ph.D., interdisciplinary scholar-artist and Assistant Professor in Fashion.

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A vintage stylist & resale platform on whether fast fashion fits into the secondhand experience

In episode 314, you’ll hear our first official roundtable format, featuring guests Beth Jones, YouTube star and creator of B. Jones Style, alongside Dounia Wone, the Chief Impact Officer at Vestiaire Collective, a platform that showcases luxury preloved fashion.

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Why self work is integral to advocating for transformation in fashion & why we must deeply question our personal values to truly get active in creating change

Your co-hosts Kestrel Jenkins and Natalie Shehata (yes, co-hosts!) unveil the first monthly topic of Season 7 — Fast Fashion, Consumption & Why Self Work Is Integral To Changemaking — and dive into more layers behind how self work is necessary to changemaking.

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Fashion as an art praxis rooted in Afro-Indigenous philosophies, interrogating the emphasis placed on the *industry* & reminding us of the possibility of creating new ecosystems

Denali Jöel is a non-binary Multidisciplinary Artist, Designer, Educator and Fashion Griot. Their art praxis intersects design, performance, media and community engagement with particular focus on queer identities and Afro-diasporan histories, futures, collective healing, and radical imagination.

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Navigating the pressure to project a certain image in business & across climate spaces and balancing the worlds of activists & execs as a leader in impact

Jeanell English is an experienced facilitator and people operations leader, and the founder of Elizabeth. She previously served as the Executive Vice President of Impact and Inclusion at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Utilizing tech as a tool to change how fashion does business, not a crutch that will *save us all* & preparing for fashion policy changes on the horizon

Muchaneta Ten Napel is a fashion economist, a lecturer, a writer, a consultant, and the founder of Shape Innovate, a venture that critically examines the economic imprint of the fashion industry. She’s also the driving force behind FashNerd.com, a digital platform that explores the latest in fashion tech.

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*Breaking It Down* The Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook, an actionable guide for communicators

Rachel Arthur is a strategist, journalist, and the Advocacy Lead for Sustainable Fashion at the United Nations Environment Programme. She’s the lead author of The Sustainable Fashion Communications Playbook, which was published earlier this year by the UN Environment Programme and the UN Climate Change Fashion Charter.

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