Circular fashion offers a massive opportunity for both brands and consumers to build a world where ethical and sustainable practices are a given. What if it was standard for brands to examine the entire life-span of the clothes they make — from the quality of fabrics to the durability of garments long after they leave the stores? In this episode, we highlight the brands and consumers leading the movement toward radically reimagining the fashion industry and our relationship to clothing using circular models.

Circular fashion offers a massive opportunity for both brands and consumers to build a world where ethical and sustainable practices are a given. What if it was standard for brands to examine the entire life-span of the clothes they make — from the quality of fabrics to the durability of garments long after they leave the stores? In this episode, we highlight the brands and consumers leading the movement toward radically reimagining the fashion industry and our relationship to clothing using circular models.

Circular fashion offers a massive opportunity for both brands and consumers to build a world where ethical and sustainable practices are a given. What if it was standard for brands to examine the entire life-span of the clothes they make — from the quality of fabrics to the durability of garments long after they leave the stores? In this episode, we highlight the brands and consumers leading the movement toward radically reimagining the fashion industry and our relationship to clothing using circular models.

Circular fashion offers a massive opportunity for both brands and consumers to build a world where ethical and sustainable practices are a given. What if it was standard for brands to examine the entire life-span of the clothes they make — from the quality of fabrics to the durability of garments long after they leave the stores? In this episode, we highlight the brands and consumers leading the movement toward radically reimagining the fashion industry and our relationship to clothing using circular models.

The Inflation Reduction Act, which passed on August 2022, is one of the most significant pieces of legislation that US Congress has taken on behalf of clean energy and climate change. But what is it, and how exactly is it supporting the work of grassroots organizations - if at all? In this episode, we’re taking a magnifying lens to the Act and other funding mechanisms to see where the billions of dollars are being allocated, the emerging solutions we’re seeing in funding climate justice work, and where we go from here.

How are communities leading the shift towards sustainable consumption habits, and how are brands responding? Many of us want to care for items long and support brands with ethical practices and repair programs, but what communal systems exist to support us in that journey? In this episode we learn more about the re-emergence of sustainable community culture to combat our devastating waste systems and how it’s being driven by local organizers and shop-keepers that are making the art of mending cool again.

How exactly do PFAS impact people + planet? Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS for short, are harmful forever chemicals found in consumer, commercial, and industrial products. In this episode, we’ll explore what PFAS are + what scientists, environmentalists + retailers doing to remove them from our environment. And we’ll learn from Maine Farmland Trust - a farm is helping remove PFAS from organic farming, advocating for statewide + federal policy.

On this episode of The Joy Report, we’re discussing how environmental justice + liberation can be advanced through cannabis decriminalization, legalization, + intentional investments. We navigate this conversion through storytelling of NYC restorative justice efforts for the cannabis industry and a Black-owned hemp farm creating a blueprint for a more equitable industry.

On this episode of The Joy Report, we’re discussing the importance of joy— specifically, joy in activism, joy in advocacy, and joy in movement building.

"The Joy Report" is a podcast dedicated to sharing stories about climate solutions and environmental justice grounded in intersectionality, optimism, and joy. Tune in to hear stories and updates on all things climate, social, and environmental justice explained in a succinct, accessible way by Arielle King (@ariellevking), an environmental justice advocate and attorney passionate about environmental education.