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GAF Is The New Black

6 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -

Join our host, Jo Lorenz, as she and her guests endeavour to give several serious f_cks each episode, in the areas of climate change, conscious lifestyle, intersectionality, politics, social justice and sustainability.

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Episodes

Always Was, Always Will Be

November 01, 2020 23:14 - 49 minutes - 67.7 MB

Regina (Ginny) Jones is a proud Gomaroi woman from Brisbane, Australia, currently living in the USA. She is an artist, designer and activist, working to preserve and uplift Aboriginal culture via her unique and purposeful fashion label, Ginny’s Girl Gang. Ginny is a storyteller, a daughter, a sister and an Auntie, focusing on culture, positivity, respect and love, and always working to celebrate and elevate Indigenous people. On this episode of GAF Is The New Black, Ginny and host, Jo Lore...

The rise of the circular economy

July 02, 2020 01:49 - 44 minutes - 20.2 MB

Fanny Moizant is President and Co-Founder of Vestiaire Collective, the leading global platform for desirable pre-owned fashion - and she is an undisputed pioneer of circularity. Fanny came up with the idea to launch Vestiaire Collective after noticing significant changes in the way that people were consuming fashion: that is, they were buying much, much more, yet wearing and possessing so much less. Vestiaire Collective enables conscious people to celebrate and participate in a sustainable a...

Black Lives Matter

June 14, 2020 01:12 - 53 minutes - 42.6 MB

Frederick Joseph is an award-winning marketing professional, media representation advocate, and author of the upcoming highly anticipated book The Black Friend (2021). He consistently writes for publications such as the Huffington Post, NowThisNews, The Independent; is a Forbes Under 30 list maker; was a national surrogate for the Elizabeth Warren campaign; and was the sole creator of the largest GoFundMe campaign in history - the #BlackPantherChallenge - which ultimately raised more than US...

Mental well being in the Anthropocene

May 31, 2020 00:38 - 1 hour - 27.6 MB

Tori Tsui is a climate activist and communicator based in Bristol, UK. She recently sailed across the Atlantic Ocean as part of an environmental think-tank called Sail To The COP, where her journey was sponsored by the one-and-only, Stella McCartney. Yet as well as her climate activism, Tori is also a mental health advocate and is exploring the intersection between planetary and mental wellbeing - and thus, on this episode of GAF Is The New Black, Tori and host, Jo Lorenz, explore mental well...

Mental wellbeing in the Anthropocene

May 31, 2020 00:38 - 1 hour - 27.6 MB

Tori Tsui is an intersectional climate activist and communicator based in Bristol, UK. She recently sailed across the Atlantic Ocean as part of an environmental think-tank called Sail To The COP, where her journey was sponsored by the one-and-only, Stella McCartney. Yet as well as her climate activism, Tori is also a mental health advocate and is exploring the intersection between activism and mental wellbeing. On this episode of GAF Is The New Black, Tori and host, Jo Lorenz, explore mental...

Sustainable and inclusive fashion

May 09, 2020 08:40 - 52 minutes - 23.8 MB

Aja Barber is a writer, and a sustainability and intersectionality consultant living in London. Aja's work centres around fashion, yet looking at it through the lenses of feminism, race, sustainability, ethics, social movements and politics. On this episode of GAF Is The New Black, Aja and host, Jo Lorenz, chat about the sustainable side of fashion and how it intersects with climate change and exploitation. For more information on today's guest - or to get in touch with our host - please vi...