Down To Earth - The Hubbub Podcast

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Down To Earth - The Hubbub Podcast

Wardrobe full of clothes but nothing to wear? This series of Down To Earth asks why we’re buying so much and how it affects the world around us. Meet the designers, experts and change makers who unpick why our wardrobes aren't working for us and the planet.  This podcast is bought to you by Hubbub. At Hubbub we're all about finding ways to make it easier for us all to make choices that are good for the environment - from food to fashion and from reuse to greener and more connected communities. Everyday solutions that bring people, community groups and business together to do good and create change that ripples far and wide. Find out more at www.hubbub.org.uk

  1. 28/06/2023

    Fashion Forward: What’s next for the industry?

    After 9 unique conversations about fashion that opened our wardrobes wide, the latest series of Down To Earth is coming to a close. From community designed clothes to mending, thrifting, and all the people involved in creating clothes, our final episode this week covers Hubbub’s work on sustainable fashion – past, present and future! In today’s episode hear from Hubbuber and Head of Fashion, Steph, chatting to us about our next steps in sustainable fashion once the series wraps up. We ...

    18 min

  2. 13/06/2023

    Rental Revolution with Lucy Hall

    Have you heard of Loanhood yet? The circular fashion platform is leading the charge in the sustainable fashion movement by offering both an app that connects people with a vast collection of upcoming designers and local outfits available for rent as well as swaps, where you can get a new wardrobe for free. This innovative approach allows people to access the latest trends without having to buy them. In this episode we chat to one of the founders Lucy Hall who chats through how L...

    24 min

  3. 07/06/2023

    Community Couture with Aniela Fidler Wieruszewska

    Ever wanted to make your own clothes? 🧶 Community Couture is a project that brings people together to take part in designing incredible one-of-a-kind pieces. Starting in lockdown Aniela Fidler Wieruszewska invited people to send in a picture of what life looked like to them. These stories turned into a jacket that took over 600 hours to make and is now rented to people all across the UK. Their latest project invites people to be part of the process by creating embroidered shapes that answer t...

    27 min

  4. 31/05/2023

    Emotional Durability with Dr Mila Burcikova

    What’s stood the test of time in your wardrobe? It could be a Grandmothers jumper. A present from a friend. The outfit you wore to that unforgettable party. In the latest episode of Down To Earth we chat to amazing Dr Mila Burcikova to find out all about emotional durability, why we hang on to some clothes longer than others and why 'waste is a symptom of expired empathy'. You can find out more about Dr Burkicova's work here - https://researchers.arts.ac.uk/1315-mila-burc...

    25 min

  5. 24/05/2023

    Fair Fashion Book Club: With Shado Mag

    What book would you choose for a fashion book club? In this bonus episode of #DownToEarth find out about the fabulous @ShadoMag's new book club all about fair fashion that you can read along with at home 📚 If you want to read this episode instead you can find a transcript here https://otter.ai/u/vbi5KZRPz5xvGjQOx3H0XTrTHG0?utm_source=copy_url This podcast is bought to you by Hubbub. At Hubbub we're all about finding ways to make it easier for us all to make choices that a...

    22 min

  6. 17/05/2023

    Make Do and Mend: With Layla Sergent

    Could tech help us to make our clothes last for longer? Meet Layla Sergent founder of the tech platform The Seam that connects people with local makers. Discover how the way we produce clothes has changed over a generation and how repairing your outfits can help save the planet. This podcast is bought to you by Hubbub. At Hubbub we're all about finding ways to make it easier for us all to make choices that are good for the environment - from food to fashion and from reuse t...

    26 min

  7. 10/05/2023

    Fashion Reimagined: With Amy Powney

    When is a fashion brand actually sustainable? 🧐 In the new episode of Down To Earth we chat to Amy Powney, the Creative Director of Mother of Pearl about why she doesn’t like the word sustainable, her journey into a career in fashion, how she went about creating a clothing collection that was as low impact on the environment as possible, and the dreams we buy into when buying new clothes. This podcast is bought to you by Hubbub. At Hubbub we're all about finding ways to make it e...

    25 min

  8. 02/05/2023

    Talking Threads: With Dr Michiel Scheffer

    Do you know your flax from your hemp or your polyester from your viscose? If you want to find out more about what your clothes are made from, then don’t miss the second episode of Down To Earth. In this offering Dr Michiel Scheffer weaves us all a yarn about the history of fabric production. The conversation travels through time, from a century where his two grandfathers milled and spun fabric down the road from each other to a century where fabrics might be grown, spun, dyed an...

    32 min
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Wardrobe full of clothes but nothing to wear? This series of Down To Earth asks why we’re buying so much and how it affects the world around us. Meet the designers, experts and change makers who unpick why our wardrobes aren't working for us and the planet.  This podcast is bought to you by Hubbub. At Hubbub we're all about finding ways to make it easier for us all to make choices that are good for the environment - from food to fashion and from reuse to greener and more connected communities. Everyday solutions that bring people, community groups and business together to do good and create change that ripples far and wide. Find out more at www.hubbub.org.uk

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