Becoming a Consumer Activist with Thrilling CEO Shilla Kim-Parker
Climergency: a sustainability podcast
English - May 06, 2020 16:31 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBHow To Education Science Natural Sciences courtney kocak modedurable environment climate eco-friendly sustainable fashion climate change earth day sustainability earth-conscious Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Shilla Kim-Parker is the CEO & co-founder of Thrilling, aka shopthrilling.com, which is a platform that partners with small vintage & secondhand shops across the U.S. & helps them go online. We dig into the inspiration for the company, the 2.1 million dollar question of how she was able to raise funding as a woman of color in Silicon Valley, the union between her personal & professional sustainability journey, Thrilling's current collab with Banana Republic, how they're supporting their stores via a Covid relief fund & some jaw-dropping stats on the enormous environmental footprint of fashion.