02:00 Mary’s Vision of the world: Conscious living and more deliberate living
04:00 Mary launched Wild Doves to solve waste problem generated by the infant wear
08:00 The fashion items disposal problem and waste generated by the industry
13:00 Compost of 100% natural fashion fiber, repurpose and resale used fashion items
17:00 Discussions about recycling fibers used in fashion
19:30 The truth about bamboo fabrics
24:30 Her experience sourcing for fabrics with the minimum footprint
28:30 Mary’s definition of a sustainable fashion business, from farm to landfill.
32:30 Being gender-neutral with infant’s wear to break the organized bias from the fashion industry to always sell more items===========================NUGGETS:Most people treat infant’s wear as disposableThere’s no such thing as zero-footprint. You cannot consider sustainability without considering the waste issue, so that is farm to landfillBamboo is sustainable in agricultural terms but not as fabric as it requires chemicals in the making process (bamboo viscose)It wasn’t until the 19th century that consumerism created boys and girls clothing===========================To connect with Mary Marland and to find out more about WILD DOVES
https://wilddoves.com/Host: Leekei TangContact: hello (at) betterbusinessfounder.comMusic credits: Mister Sunny Face by Wayne Jones / Blue Skies by Silent Partner / Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes