Spirit of Design Sustainability5.0

Ep. #26 

Breaking the Rules with Amie B. + Ania Z. 

In today's episode we discuss breaking the rules for fashion, and what this could look like. In order to bring forth sustainable fashion futures we have to break the current rules that keep us constricted into how things are. Join us as we riff on these ideas. 

This week's new episode is another chat between us on a topic that is effecting us all - truth telling and call-out culture. 

In order to be able to bring in our desired futures and do expansive visioning we need to be able to hold space for multiple truths and creates safe spaces to share our truths. 



In this episode we explore:

+ our own experiences surrounding the current paradigm of calling people out and online shaming 

+ why there is no ultimate truth and truth as being contextual

+ how dogma in various environmental and social justice movements keeps us from missing the point

+ how we need to focus on what we actually want for the world 

and loads more...



We hope you enjoy this conversation, and we'd love to hear your thoughts on this pertinent topic. 



Ania & Amie xx

Welcome back to season two of Spirit of Design Podcast!
We are so excited for all that we have to share with you on the podcast this year, but to kick off 2021 our first offering for the year is our vision for the future of fashion. 
Visioning is such a powerful exercise, and we encourage you to make it your own and bring it with you into 2021! 

- Amie and Ania

Today's episode is an exploration the importance of connection to place for sustainable fashion futures.



Ideas we explore in this episode:



Asking where does connection to place fit within fashion?

How do you connect with a place when you are displaced from your traditional roots?

Reponsibility to place.

Being in a reciprocal relationship with place 

Rethinking fashion education- what if we began with place?

Truth is never absolute but emerges from place and therefore multiple truths can exist. 

and so much more...



Mentions and Resources:

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sustainability5.0/

Website https://sustainability5.world

Ep. 22 Rest as Power This week we’re finally back after a long hiatus to chat about rest as power.
We pressed record planning to do a follow up episode to one of our last conversations but the topic of rest as power was so relevant and something we’ve both been leaning into over the last couple months.
We deep dive into:

-the idea of rest as power and rest as a revolutionary act
-the different kinds of rest (hint: it’s not only naps)
-how rest allows us to be in relationship
-why test is important for the future of fashion
-expanding time through relationships
-time as a social construct
And so much more!

Guiding questions for this week:
“How can each of us lean more into rest, even if it’s initially uncomfortable”

Resources and mentions:

Nap Ministry on Instagram
Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkarporta
www.sustainability5.world
@sustainability5.0

Date: 03/09/2020
Ep. 21 Responsible Fashion Photography with Eunice Pais

This week our guest is Eunice Pais. Eunice is a self-taught ethical fashion photographer based in Portugal.
Her journey in photography started three years ago with a question: “Can photography be responsible ?”
Through partnering with ethical fashion brands she was able to develop and implement environmentally and socially positive methods of work in her fashion productions.
This year, she decided to elevate the initial personal project even further. By creating an agency that promotes carbon neutral and regenerative systems of opportunity in photo productions, she can champion ethics in image making while pushing for a more equitable industry.
Using photography as an agent of change.
This week's episode with Eunice was a deep exploration of what it means to be a responsible photographer, artist and storyteller.
We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did!

We explore:
-What it means to be a responsible photographer and storyteller
-Representation and inclusion in image making and fashion
-Elder wisdom
-Sustainability as not only a political and  social, but also an artistic stance
-The need for reconciliation in the fashion industry
...and much more.
“There is a difference between working with responsible fashion brands and being a responsible photographer. You can tag along with the former but you must be the latter.” -Eunice Pais

Resources and mentions:
You can find all of Eunice’s tutorials on Responsible Fashion Photography on her Instagram profile.
You can find Eunice online at:
Website: http://www.quasi-australis.com/about
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quasiaustralis/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quasiaustralis/
To find out more about Sustainability 5.0 and Spirit of Design podcast you can go to:
Website: www.sustainability5.world
Instagram: www.instagram.com/sustainability5.0