Building A Justice-Led Circular Economy with Liz Ricketts

All The Small Things

Venetia La Manna

Fashion & Beauty, Arts, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Liz Ricketts is an educator, designer and the co-founder of The Or Foundation, a USA and Ghana-based non-profit working at the intersection of environmental justice, education and fashion development.Working within the industry as a designer and stylist, Liz witnessed the toxicity of fashion’s disposable culture firsthand and has since been dedicated to transforming the industry. She holds a Masters in Education from Harvard University. Her upcycled garments have appeared in international magazines, film and TV. Her work as a researcher and advocate for a Justice-Led Circular Economy has been published widely.

Useful resources

Learn about The Or here: https://theor.org/

New to the work of The Or Foundation? Start with this ATST podcast episode: Chloe Asaam on fast fashion's waste crisis

Watch this video with Chloe

Read Liz's piece for Atmos This Is Not Your Goldmine

Learn about the women carrying our clothing waste here

Read Chloe's op-ed for Teen Vogue here

Follow The Or on Instagram

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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to all the small things with me Venetia Lamanna. Today I'm speaking
0:05.0	with Liz Ricketts. Liz is an educator designer and the co-founder of the
0:10.9	All Foundation, which is a USA and Ghana-based non-profit, working at the
0:16.3	intersection of environmental justice, education and fashion development. If
0:21.6	you're a long-term listener of this podcast, you might remember I spoke to the
0:25.3	All Foundation's program manager Chloe Asam on the podcast previously. And if
0:30.8	you follow me on Instagram, you will see a couple of videos pinned to my page
0:35.1	that I made in collaboration with The All Foundation that I would love for you
0:38.7	to watch and I think they will only help your understanding of this
0:42.3	conversation today. Working within the industry as a designer and stylist, Liz
0:47.5	witnessed the toxicity of fashion's disposable culture firsthand and has
0:52.5	since been dedicated to transforming the industry. She holds a master's in
0:57.0	education from Harvard University and her upcycle garments have appeared in
1:01.6	International Magazine's film and TV. Her work as a researcher and advocate for
1:07.0	justice-led circular economy has been published widely. In this episode we take a
1:12.8	deep dive into the All Foundation's agreement with She In and yes you did hear
1:17.7	Amy Wright, She In as in the ultra-fast fashion brand She In, who in 2022 donated
1:24.0	$50 million to tackle the clothing waste crisis, 15 million of which went
1:30.2	directly to the All Foundation. If that sounds intriguing, do stick with this
1:34.9	episode. It is a complex and nuanced issue and we really go into it in today's
1:39.6	conversation. One of my 2022 highlights was getting to spend time with Liz in
1:46.0	real life and getting to know her and becoming her friend. She is someone I
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