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Nina Gbor: Championing Sustainable Fashion & Tackling Fast Fashion Waste | Room for All Podcast

Join us in this inspiring episode of the Room for All podcast as we welcome Nina Gbor, a passionate sustainable fashion educator, speaker, and researcher. Nina shares her journey from a vintage fashion enthusiast to becoming an advocate for sustainable fashion. Discover her work with Eco Styles, organizing large-scale clothes swaps, and founding Swap in the City, Australia's first no fast fashion clothes swap hub. Nina discusses the adverse impacts of fast fashion on the environment and health, her policy advocacy efforts, and how she encourages grassroots movements. Learn how you can contribute to a sustainable fashion movement and make a significant impact on the environment by changing your clothing consumption habits.

00:00 Introduction and Warm Welcome
01:56 Nina's Journey into Sustainable Fashion
03:32 The Rise of Secondhand Fashion
05:03 Swap in the City: Revolutionizing Fashion
09:34 Challenges and Advocacy in Sustainable Fashion
12:10 Future Goals and Vision
16:30 Final Thoughts and Contact Information

Eco Styles is a circular economy & sustainable fashion education platform that engages with media, councils, organisations, schools, community groups and individuals to develop strategies for systems change towards a holistic circular and sustainable fashion future. Swap in the City is a community hub offering drop-in clothes swap days every week and events focused on sustainability, circular economy, ecological economy and social wellbeing. Our mission is to reduce textile waste by making swap culture accessible to all – through hands-on experiences and practical education.

https://www.ecostyles.com.au/

https://www.ninagbor.com/

@eco.styles

@swapinthecityau 

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