#30 Amelia Gammon - bide: Creating Better Products & Meaningful Work via Tech-Enabled Cottage Industry

In this episode of Products With Purpose, Eli spoke with Amelia Gammon Founder of bide Planet

bide is a green platform for social change. Building services that readily empower people to make environmental upgrades to their daily rituals.

They empower people to take positive, direct action on climate change whilst they do the house chores with easy, accessible eco swaps on household products that are zero-waste and 100% vegan.

Amelia was featured in Pebble Magazine's International Women's Day article celebrating Sustainability Leaders and her company has been selected as a finalist in the 2022 Green Startup category by StartUp Awards National Series

Some of the highlights from this episode:

• Cottage Industry - what it is and how we can use it more
• Providing meaningful work for an underused and untapped workforce
• The challenge of sticking to your principles and creating a strong value system
• Bide’s Home Manufacturing Story
• An optimistic outlook about a collaborative community for “good”

-Relevant Links-

• Amelia's LinkedIn
• bide Planet

-Episode’s Recommended Read-

• Tapestry of Life by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson

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