Hi everyone, it's Sophia. Welcome back to Work in Progress.

This is the third episode in our four-part mini-series, Welling Good.

A series of shorter episodes that focus on all things sustainability.

I am so jazzed to introduce you to our guests today.

We have with us, the smart and savvy fashion writer and clothing sustainability expert, Alden Wicker.

Alden is the founder and editor-in-chief of the website, EcoCult,

which has been mentioned by the New York Times, Teen Vogue, MSNBC, NPR, and Nylon magazine just to name a few.

It features shopping guides and research articles about the big ideas and issues in the international sustainable fashion industry.

Alden is also a contributing freelance writer for publications like Glamour, Popular Science, Newsweek, Fox, and Refinery29.

She knows her stuff and is someone who also now works in sustainable fashion.

I feel extra fortunate to have been able to sit down and speak with Alden about the industry

and the years that she has spent developing her knowledge and skills as an expert in it.

I thoroughly enjoyed my eye-opening conversation with Alden and I can't wait to start using her consumer fashion tips

and I know you all will feel the same. Enjoy.

Hello and welcome to work in progress. Alden, I'm so excited that you are here with me today.

You are the founder and the editor-in-chief of EcoCult.

You are a sustainable fashion writer and expert. You have spoken at the UN.

You are this incredible human and I want to know how you wound up doing the work that you do.

But before we get into why so many of us know you today, I want to go backwards with you.

I always like to know how people started.

I became aware of you as this fashion expert and this very chic woman

and someone who tells the truth about industries and humanity and how something that I think so many people treat as ornamental or frivolous

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