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BT RECOMMENDS: SUSTAINABLE READS & PODCASTS

One of the best ways to stay up to date with new happenings and initiatives in sustainability is to tune into some of the many podcasts, documentaries and books that are making waves right now. Here’s what we recommend to stay sustainably up-to-date…

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Documentaries

Rotten

What’s it about?
Rotten is a six-part documentary series that is a hybrid of activist documentary and true crime series. The six episodes cover a different part of the food industry including peanuts, fish, and milk. Each episode splits its time between overall facts about the industry and investigations of individual crimes.

Why you should watch?
To get a real view of how the food we consume is produced. You’ll learn about true investigations of crimes ranging from raw milk food poisoning to global garlic conspiracies. It also makes you think about the vast network of global food production, and how little changes can have dramatic effects.

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Our Planet, Our Business

What’s it about?
Another ground-breaking collaboration between Netflix, WWF, Netflix and Silverback Films, Our Planet showcases the world's natural wonders, iconic species and wildlife spectacles that still remain. We're all a part of this amazing planet, but we're changing it like never before. This documentary is the ultimate eye-opener and you can watch it free on the WWF site here.

Why you should watch?
As David Attenborough says what we do in the next 10 years will determine how nature survives for future generations, some changes will only happen if enough of us show we care. Your voice can make a difference. This documentary is a call for urgent action to protect and restore nature.

What we do in the next 10 years will profoundly impact the next few thousand years… Nature once determined how we survive, now we determine how nature survives.

David Attenborough

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Podcasts

The Wardrobe Crisis

What’s it about?
Clare Press Australian Vogue's former Sustainability Editor-at-Large and author of three books - The Dressing Table - The Dressing Table, Wardrobe Crisis, How We Went from Sunday Best to Fast Fashion and Rise & Resist, How to change the world. A passionate advocate for the circular economy and sustainable, ethical fashion, she is the industry’s go-to journalist on the subject, globally. Each week she interviews guests about fashion, culture, sustainability, ethics, activism and the environment.

Why you should listen?
This podcast unzips the real issues that face the fashion industry today, with a focus on ethics, sustainability, consumerism, activism, identity and creativity. Clare’s warm interaction with guests and passion for the topic will open you to fashion’s ever growing relationship with sustainability.

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Dirty Laundry

What’s it about?
2FM presenter, style icon and sustainability queen Tara Stewart explores how the fashion industry ties into the climate crisis in this much-loved RTÉ podcast series. The six-part series covers areas from the way we buying clothes, to what the future holds for influencers in the fashion space, and how the big brands are handling the climate crisis.

Why you should listen?
DJ Tara Stewart has been campaigning for environmentally-friendly practices over the past year with Sustainable Fashion Dublin and most recently with her podcast, she brings a fresh new voice to the topic – and gives the Irish angle. Her mantra is to “Open your mind, open your eyes and look into sustainable brands.”

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The Futurist

What’s it about?
Jo Linehan, Irish Times contributor, stylist, and one-half-of Gaff Interiors has turned over a more sustainable leaf with her famed podcast The Futurist. Follow Jo for a no-nonsense critique of products and an upbeat update on what happening here in Ireland and further afield in the world of sustainability.

Why you should listen?
Harnessing her holistic attitude from her mother, Jo was raised in a mindful household that respects nature. Don’t miss her interview with our Head of Sustainability Dr. Dorothy Maxwell as they chat about their shared passion and waves within the industry.

LISTEN HERE

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Books

Fashionopolis, by Dana Thomas

What’s it about?
Bestselling author and journalist Dana Thomas has travelled the globe to find the answers to the future of clothes. She details the damage wrought by fashion's behemoths, and celebrates the visionaries – including activists, artisans, designers, and tech entrepreneurs – fighting for change.

Why you should read?
It’s time to get dressed with intention. Fashionopolis is the first comprehensive look at how to start.

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Hope in Hell, A decade to confront the climate emergency, by Jonathan Porritt

What’s it about?
The impact of Climate Change worsens with every year in the book Hope in Hell, Porritt confronts that dilemma head on. He believes we have time to do what needs to be done, but only if we move now – and move together. An ultimately optimistic book, he explores all the reasons to be hopeful with the emergence of new technology; the power of innovation and the mobilisation of young people.

Why you should read?
Read it for the future generations – the book mobilises us all to secure a safer world for our children and grandchildren.

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