Today's guest is the very wonderful Aja Barber, who is a writer, stylist and consultant whose work deals with the intersections of sustainability and the fashion landscape. Aja's work builds heavily upon areas such as privilege, wealth inequality, racism, feminism and colonialism — and importantly how to fix the fashion industry with all these things in mind.

Aja has just authored her first book, 'Consumed', which is a brilliant read about our need for collective change. In the book, Aja illustrates the endemic injustices in our consumer industries and helps us confront the uncomfortable truth behind why we consume the way we do.

This episode of The Progressivists Podcast is actually a two-parter – as both host and guest just couldn't stop talking. So welcome to part 1!

Fanny Moizant is President and Co-Founder of Vestiaire Collective, the leading global platform for desirable pre-owned fashion - and is an undisputed pioneer of circularity. On this episode Fanny and host talk about the circular economy, excessive linear consumerism and, of course, climate change.

Tori is an intersectional climate activist and communicator who recently sailed across the Atlantic Ocean as part of an environmental think-tank called Sail To The COP, where her journey was sponsored by the one-and-only, Stella McCartney.

Yet as well as her climate activism, Tori is also a mental health advocate and is exploring the intersection between activism and mental wellbeing. On this episode we explore mental wellbeing in the Anthropocene and how we can ensure all our activism is always inclusive and diverse.

Aja is a writer, and a sustainability and intersectionality consultant living in London. Aja's work centres around fashion, yet looking at it through the lenses of feminism, race, sustainability, ethics, social movements and politics. 

On this episode Aja and host chat about the sustainable side of fashion and how it intersects with climate change and exploitation. how we can ensure all our activism is always inclusive and diverse.