In this episode of “D Sustainability Issue” Dessie welcomes Milica Spiric. Milica’s built a career in talent acquisition, she is passionate for diversity and inclusion, and a proud feminist. Dessie and Milica talk about being a woman in a very male-dominated industry, growth, healing through music, mindfulness, friendship, and so much more.

In this episode of “D Sustainability Issue” Dessie welcomes Sabrina Satzinger.

Sabrina is the founder and maker behind Saborka - a Vegan Bag brand based in Vienna, Austria. Saborka makes timeless, unique, and high quality accessories for all walks of life, fairly produced in-house by the founder, Sabrina, herself.

Craftsmanship, local production, responsible use of resources and materials are at the core of everything Saborka does.

In this episode of “D Sustainability Issue” Dessie welcomes Selina Ho. Selina is the Founder & CEO of Recloseted, the first one-stop consultancy for sustainable fashion. Selina and Dessie talk about best practices within the sustainable fashion space, as well as mindful ways to avoid overwhelm in the daily business of managing a sustainable brand.

In this episode of “D Sustainability Issue” Dessie welcomes Jessie Peterson. Jessie is a nomadic humanitarian, yoga enthusiast, spiritually curious, and ultimately committed to making the world a better place. After growing up in a small town in Nebraska US, she set her sights on manifesting a life she loved to live through exploration of the world, herself, and the cosmos. Jessie talks all about life between working as a humanitarian, and running a mindful fashion business, manifesting, limiting beliefs, and the feeling of home. Tune in to the podcast for the full interview.

In this episode of “D Sustainability Issue” Podcast Dessie welcomes Kayane Mahrejian. Kayane is a construction engineer for 27 years turned fashion designer, who followed her dream to establish her own fashion brand - Kaiane Designs. The brand is a platform of artistic expression and a sharing of her own life experiences about love, travel, passion and conscious living.

Mauricio Alpizar hails from Costa Rica and is now based in Bali, where he currently designs and produces his ethical and sustainable clothing brand.

His prints are inspired by nature, and created using eco-friendly inc and printed on 100% sustainably sourced woodline fabric.

For his latest collection Mauricio collaborates with SMESTA Fabrics, using a quite innovative acacia woodchip fibre for his designs, which is sustainably sourced and printed in Indonesia. The whole production process, including the release of water into the environment, is designed in the most environmentally friendly way, to ensure the least impact possible.

In this episode of “D Sustainability Issue” Dessie shares exciting snippets of her meeting with Sadhguru at the SaveSoil Event in Vienna in March 2022.

You will hear about:

1. What does a Guru have to do with the fashion industry?

1. #SaveSoil - the purpose of Sadhguru’s visit to Vienna and what you can do to help too.

1. Sharing snippets from the conversation with Sadhguru after the Save Soil event in Vienna.

In this episode of "D Sustainability Issue” Dessie welcomes Orsola De Castro. Orsola is a pioneer in sustainable fashion and co-founder and creative director of Fashion Revolution - the largest global movement for transparency and accountability in the fashion industry which started in response to the Rana Plaza factory collapse in 2013. Alongside revolutionising fast fashion culture, Orsola is a regular keynote speaker, educator, and mentor. Most recently, she published her first book Loved Clothes Last - How The Joy of Rewearing And Repairing Your Clothes Can Become a Revolutionary Act.

In this episode of “D Sustainability Issue” Dessie welcomes João Botelho. João has been working on sustainability projects with Farfetch, a Luxury Fashion online marketplace. He studied Business at WU Vienna, and has been passionate for sustainability and circular economy for a long time, having started his own initiatives such as Recycle Geeks. We talk about Positively Farfetch - Farfetch’s dedication to sustainability, which has three main focus points - Circularity, Reduction, and Consciousness.

In this episode of “D Sustainability Issue” Dessie welcomes Farah liz Pallaro. Farah is a mentor, an educator, and an author of the book: “Fashion.Business.Spirituality: A call to the light workers of the fashion industry”, which is a manual for fashion professionals who want to approach their work in a more mindful way.

As Coco Chanel said, “Fashion comes and goes but style lasts forever.” Liisa Jokinen’s life philosophy is a full embodiment of that quote.

Liisa is a real street style legend, having photographed street style since back in 2005. Originally from Finnland, she now lives and works in New York. She is the creator of NYC Looks and Her Looks street style sites. Since most recently, she is the founder of Gem Vintage search app - a search engine for vintage fashion.

Jasmin is an expert in sustainability, circular economy, and mindful consumption. She has more than 10 years of business experience - from finance to fashion tech. Jasmin wrote her bachelor thesis about sustainability in the European fashion industry and did a master in sustainability and responsible businesses. She’s been working as a consultant and auditor at KPMG Austria, where she established the department circular economy. In March 2020 she founded WeDressCollective - a fashion rental platform with the vision to build an ecosystem where everyone can enjoy fashion in a sustainable way. Check out the full episode for all the details of her story and rental venture.

In this episode of D Sustainability Issue Dessie is on a quest to find out what "Made in Europe" and "Made in EU" tags actually mean. Labelling doesn't tell the whole story, since many steps of the supply chain stay invisible, and the laws allow for loopholes with sub-contracting. Listen in to hear the whole story, and what you can do to change this.

In this episode of “D Sustainability Issue” Podcast, Dessie welcomes Alina Bassi - a Chemical Engineer turned entrepreneur with a big passion for sustainability. With seven years experience designing and building factories that turn waste into energy and biofuels, she decided to start her own venture, Kleiderly, to tackle the issue of textile waste. She has developed an award winning, patent pending solution to transform textile waste into a plastic alternative, which can be used to produce anything from furniture to clothing hangers to sunglasses. Hence Kleiderly is solving two environmental problems with one solution.

In this episode of “D Sustainability Issue” Dessie welcomes Iris Skrami, Founder of Renoon, the smartest tool for finding sustainable clothing from multiple websites at once. Iris was born in Milan, and started out her career in digital and innovation at various multinational companies including Luxottica, NIKE, and PVH, which saw her relocate to the Netherlands. Since the launch of Renoon in 2020 it has gained a huge recognition internationally. Dessie and Iris break down the tool, the business model behind it, and how it can help shift the industry towards more sustainability, how does the team define sustainability and what does this mean for the products you find on the platform. They also touch upon Iris’s passion for yoga, and how this journey has influenced her career.

Janice Sommer is a model, podcast host, sustainability activist and sustainable business growth strategist. She is half German, half Singaporean, and has a MA in International Relations and Economics from the University of St Andrews. After a few years of corporate finance life, she completely switched careers to start working as a model, podcaster and in the field of social entrepreneurship. She is passionate about finding smart solutions to help make the world of fashion more sustainable. In order to explore these topics, she founded and is the host of the podcast and blog "In Conscious Conversation", as well as part of Model Mafia, an organization that fights for a fairer, safer, and more inclusive fashion industry.

In this episode Dessie welcomes Joanna Dai, founder and CEO of innovative womenswear brand DAI. The brand is committed to empowering women and making positive environmental and social impact through eco-certified materials, timeless aesthetics and tech-enabled fit. Before taking the leap to start the brand, Joanna was an investment banker for 8 years at J.P. Morgan in New York and London.