EcoSassy
Ditch your eco-anxiety, and hear from EcoSassy artists and entrepreneurs who share their eco-friendly business strategies, unexpected and creative sustainable business models, and favorite zero waste resources. Join the sass-tainable conversation, humor and bi-weekly inspiration so you can build a thriving eco-conscious business that fuels you and our planet. The climate revolution is now and dang it looks good.
Episodes
#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.
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#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 pr...
#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.
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#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 ...
#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...
#006: Jenny Duranski of Lena Rose Beauty and I discuss what it takes to be a lobbyist for your industry in Washington, D.C., how being scrappy not only saves you money but drives innovation in the sustainability space, why making compromises in your business is sometimes required to make a bigger impact and why the future of Green Beauty is actually…Blue?
Podcast show notes available here:
colleenmakes.com/006
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#005: Nina Zilka of Alder New York and I discuss how to get traction when your business defies traditional labels, why good visuals are essential for selling your product, what to do when you lose half of your business overnight (and how she’s making that her advantage, why being high-end AND accessible is the future for clean skincare, and a new plastic technology that might change the packaging game.
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#004: Today we chat with minimalist artist Britt Fabello and discuss how to create art that's a timeless heirloom rather than a disposable trend, the inherent beauty of sustainable materials, how to get savvy with your sourcing and making it a win-win for your supplier and yourself, and maximizing minimalism to reduce waste & save cash money.
Podcast show notes available here:
http://colleenmakes.com/004
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#003: Today we chat with Eileen Rosete of Our Sacred Women and discuss trusting your intuition, sourcing ethical & sustainable products, tips to incorporate a Give Back Model that works for your business, how to leverage your community so you get press without pitching, and so much more.
Podcast show notes available here:
http://colleenmakes.com/003
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#002: If you thought you had wait to become an expert to build an audience, change minds, and make a living from your art — you’d be wrong. Our guest is Tolmeia Gregory of Tolly Dolly Posh and we discuss how to incorporate activism into your work (even as you’re learning!), how to navigate working with clients who may not align with your values, why GIF stickers are a great tool to engage audiences on difficult issues, and the impo...
Intro: Welcome to the EcoSassy family! Colleen Tracey, illustrator and designer for eco-conscious businesses, is on a mission to help artists and entrepreneurs build a thriving business (without compromising the planet).
So stick around and hit subscribe to hear from creatives and business owners putting the sass in sasstainable.
#001: Today on the very first episode of EcoSassy, my guest Parisa Morris of Bide Market and I dive into how to take what pisses you off and create something that the world needs. We get into topics like where to begin when you’ve never organized an event before, the importance of defining your values and sticking to your guns, why you should survey your audience and customers, and how to get the markets you sell at to become more ...
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