Bloody Beautiful: Harnessing Design to Fight Climate Change with Period Care with Betsy Drach of Dot Cup

Using Brand Collaborations to Grow Your Business with Alana Rivera of Etta + Billie

#011: Today we’re chatting with Alana Rivera, founder of Etta + Billie, an artisanal bath and body company. Feeling stressed at her job and needing to chill the EFF OUT, Alana began making soap inspired by farm-to-table food culture. Fifteen years later, Etta and Billie is a thriving, certified Green Business and has done some seriously cool brand collaborations — we’re talking donut soap, beer soap... you name it.

In today's session, we'll discuss:

• Why brand collabs are rocketfuel for your business
• Alana’s tips on how to make brand collaborations super successful
• Why simply asking for what you want is an entrepreneur’s superpower
• How to find sustainable suppliers
• Why your product’s aesthetic makes a difference in the opportunities you receive

Episode Notes:

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Guest:

Alana Rivera @ettaandbillie

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Illustrating for Eco-Conscious Clients (Yourself Included!) with Mélanie Johnsson

#010: Today we’re speaking with Mélanie Johnsson, a French Illustrator who moved away from the city to live in an English seaside town where she spends most of her time in the water. This connection to nature is very present in her illustrations and her conscious effort to work with sustainable brands. We chat about Melanie’s bold, joyful, and colorful artist style, what she looks for when taking on eco-friendly clients, and the process of creating Spellbound — a sustainably printed and carbon offset magazine.

Episode Notes:
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Guest:
Mélanie Johnsson, @melanie.johnsson

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Repurposing Your Event Waste into Art with Liza Lubell of Garbage Goddess

#009: Today we’re speaking with Liza Lubell. While creating beautiful floral installations for events in NYC, she witnessed the breath of waste created from these events. Now Liza operates Garbage Goddess, an eco-cleanup service that composts, repurposes and up-cycles waste from events (ironically there’s virtually no garbage). We also chat about the cool network of artisans she’s created and supported through this work.

Episode Notes:
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Guest:
Liza Lubell, @garbage.goddess

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#WearFairHair: Radical Transparency in a Billion-Dollar Industry with Margot Greer of Woven Hair

#008: Imagine being told you’ll lose all your hair in two weeks. That’s what happened to today's guest Margot Greer after receiving a cancer diagnosis straight out of college. And finding a wig that she could afford, that suited her age, ethnicity and looked natural? Impossible. Nevermind something ethical or sustainable.

Now Margot is the founder of Woven Hair, an inclusive & ethically sourced hair extension company that gives back to women with medically induced hair loss.

In today's session, we'll discuss the importance “traceability“ in the hair industry and any ethical business, why you need to define the single most important thing your customer needs to know — even if you’re doing a million EcoSassy things, and how the ethical shopper is way more informed than the average consumer and what your business needs to do about it.

Episode Notes:
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Guest:
Margot Greer, @woven.hair

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Bloody Beautiful: Harnessing Design to Fight Climate Change with Period Care with Betsy Drach of Dot Cup

#007: Today we’re chatting with Betsy Drach, the founder of Dot Cup, the most beautiful menstrual cup on the market. Dot Cup is a mission-driven brand that pairs waste-free periods with women empowerment — for every cup purchased, one is given to a girl in need so she never has to miss school, work, or any opportunity because of something so normal as a period.

Prior to Dot Cup, Betsy was a former designer for clean water initiatives at World Vision, which gave her the design chops to build not only a beautiful brand but a more impactful one that pairs a buy-one, give-one model with education and cultural awareness.

In today's session, we'll discuss why sustainable period care is directly linked to climate fight in more ways than you’d think, insights on what eco-conscious boutiques are looking for when they decide to stock a product, why nailing your brand is just as important as a well-thought-out business plan and more.

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