Sustainably Influenced

Bespoke tailoring can be seen as an inherently sustainable business as it encourages slow fashion. High quality fabrics are used and the outfits are tailored specifically to the individual, to fit the...

30 Nov 202244min

During a child’s first few years of life they go through an obscene number of nappies. It’s estimated that nearly 3 billion nappies are thrown away in the UK every year – that’s roughly 8 million napp...

23 Nov 202228min

As a rule, blacksmith art is eco-friendly because it comes from a naturally occurring material, iron, and then lasts for a very long time.“Blacksmiths have always been great recyclers," says Blacksmit...

9 Nov 202227min

Welcome back to another episode of Sustainably Influenced. In today's episode we are discussing the world of leather and asking the question, can leather ever be eco-friendly? We are joined by Emily ...

2 Nov 202249min

This week we are asking the question, why is Jewellery unsustainable? What’s the problem with the Jewellery industry? There are two types of jewellery- fine jewellery and fashion jewellery. The main i...

19 Okt 202247min

In a traditionally male dominated industry, Emma Buckley is championing young, female beekeeping and is using her entrepreneurial spirit to transform the family business, Buckley’s Bees, founded by he...

12 Okt 202258min

Butchery is an age-old trade with their duties dating back to the domestication of livestock; its practitioners formed guilds in England as far back as 1272. Even though a growing number of the popul...

5 Okt 202242min

This week we are coming to you live from Sustainable Fashion Week in Bristol. The conversation around sustainability in the garment industry often forgets about the people in “people & planet”. So to...

28 Sep 202248min