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Fashion and apparel. It touches nearly everyone. When its at its best, fashion and apparel is not only functional, but also fun, expressive, sexy, and for some businesses, very profitable. But when it is at its worst, fashion and apparel is superficial, exploitative, polluting and extremely wasteful - in other words the essence of unsustainable consumption. And while it is argued that the industry's rapid growth has created employment opportunities for more than 300 million people worldwide, especially for women in poorer countries and those in extreme poverty, many garment workers still struggle to earn enough to pay to meet even their most basic needs. More alarming is the fact that as the industry grows - by 2030 more than 8 billion people will live on the planet, and nearly 5 billion of these will be part of the global middle class - its negative environmental impacts may become unmanageable, potentially undermining its social benefits and contributing to ecosystem degradation on l
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Signup to Generate a PitchFashion and apparel. It touches nearly everyone. When its at its best, fashion and apparel is not only functional, but also fun, expressive, sexy, and for some businesses, very profitable. But when it is at its worst, fashion and apparel is superficial, exploitative, polluting and extremely wasteful - in other words the essence of unsustainable consumption.
Big Closets Small Planet is hosted by Michael Schragger. The show has published 57 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "CLIMATE ACTION WEEK: Do we need to reimagine growth in apparel? Textile Exchange makes the case." (13 June 2025, 61 minutes), "CLIMATE ACTION WEEK: Ken Pucker is a thought leader and an independent voice. Is anyone listening?" (13 June 2025, 45 minutes), and "CLIMATE ACTION WEEK: How much is enough? Can a "sufficiency" approach be applied to textile policy?" (13 June 2025, 53 minutes).
Big Closets Small Planet publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 51 minutes across 57 episodes.
Booking probability for Big Closets Small Planet is 23%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Big Closets Small Planet requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Big Closets Small Planet's contact route on record: verified email.
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Michael Schragger hosts Big Closets Small Planet, an education podcast with 57 episodes published.
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Episode #19
A few years ago Professor Jason Hickel was invited to speak during an annual Textile Exchange conference. Why was that invitation noteworthy? Because Jason is an advocate for degrowth in fashion. Fast forward to 2024...
Episode #20
Ken Pucker , former COO at Timberland and now Professor of Practice at Tufts University , sustainable industry analyst, opinion columnist and critic, views himself as a completely independent voice when it comes to...
Episode #18
The idea that the fashion and apparel industry can continue to grow by employing a green-growth model has been questioned by many leading thinkers. It is argued that for the industry to reduce its emissions at the pace...
Episode #17
The Kappahl Group is a signatory in STICA's Company Climate Action Program. That is why we invited Elisabeth Peregi , CEO of the Kappahl Group, for a conversation about how a CEO from a midsized, privately owned apparel...
Episode #16
During STICA's 2024 Climate Action Week, Maxine Bédat and her colleagues from the NRDC and the New York State Assembly updated us on the arguments for and status of the New York Fashion Act. Since then more has...
According to a recent report by the European Environment Agency, the greenhouse gas emissions from textile consumption in the EU was 355kg CO2e per person (based on 2022 data). So how does the EU Commission , which is...
During the past few years, a number of NGO campaign organizations, sometimes referred to as watchdogs, have set their sights on accelerating climate action in the apparel industry. Michael sat down Ruth MacGilp from...
Episode #12
Hakan Karaosman , whose mother was a garment worker, is a Professor in supply chain management from Cardiff University . Six years ago, Hakan and his colleagues asked "Where are the workers' voices in the discussions...
Episode #11
The Laudes Foundation is one of the few philanthropic organizations that funds sustainability initiatives that specifically impact the apparel industry. The Foundation is also actively promoting the need for a Just...
Episode #10
Already today global warming is having an impact on companies, workers and communities in countries where a majority of global production currently takes place. In particular, heat stress is increasing. But while...
The Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) has become a central player in setting and implementing the apparel industry's decarbonization agenda. To achieve this, Aii conducts industry analysis, sets industry targets, engages...
Lutz Walter founded and leads the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (Textile ETP) , a network of research and technology experts from the textile sector, including representatives from...
Episode #7
To reach their greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets and to transform their businesses, companies are hoping they can increasingly replace revenues from their current business models with revenues from circular...
Episode #6
The Good Fashion Fund (GFF) was launched in 2018 to demonstrate that an impact fund that supports textile suppliers in their sustainability journey, especially midsize manufacturers operating in tiers 1-3, can result in...
Episode #5
Nicole Rycroft from Canopy believes "next-gen" materials are to forests and climate as renewables are to fossil fuels and climate. Her organization's strategy is to remove the incentive to cut down forests, especially...
The H&M Group , a STICA signatory, is by far the largest emitter of greenhouse gases among those companies participating in STICA's Company Climate Action Program. From a sustainability perspective, H&M has been...
In on-going discussions about who is responsible for bearing the cost of sustainability investments in the supply chain, one issue emerges repeatedly: that there are power imbalances between buyers and manufacturers and...
Episode #2
Experts working with the Apparel Impact Institute are developing the first quantitative performance evaluation benchmarks for apparel and textiles in order to clearly compare the performance of one facility vs another...
We wanted a broader perspective on the state of decarbonization in apparel supply chains from a practitioner who is working actively in this field. So we turned to Peter Ford . Peter spent the past six years at the H&M...
Is our current for-profit economic model a root cause of many of today's sustainability challenges generally, and specifically in apparel and fashion? Dr. Jennifer Hinton, author and Post-Doctoral Fellow at The Centre...
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Senior Director of Climate and Nature Impact, Bold Identity Studio
former COO of Timberland, Berkshire Partners
Head of Sustainable Finance Development, SDG Impact Japan
retired Marine Corps officer, author of A New Conception of War, School of Biosciences, University of Kent
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