[168] Keeping outdoor kit in action for longer with Re-action

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Sustainable(ish)

Jen Gale

185 episodes

9 months ago

If you feel like you're drowning in plastic and need to use a small child to jump up and down on top of your black bin each fortnight to get the lid to shut, or you want to save the planet but you're exhausted at the very idea, then this is the podcast for you!
Sustianable(ish) isn't about austerity, or deprivation, or needing to live off grid in a yurt (although if that's your bag you're also very welcome!) - it's about you, and me, and the power of our actions. The small tweaks we can make, the baby steps, and how they add up to change the world.

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[168] Keeping outdoor kit in action for longer with Re-action

Sustainable(ish)

1 hour 17 minutes 20 seconds

2 years ago

[168] Keeping outdoor kit in action for longer with Re-action

This week’s episode starts with a confession!This episode was recorded a whole year ago, it was edited, intros were put onto it, it was all ready to go, and I somehow failed miserably to hit publish! I genuinely even thought I had published it until I had an e-mail from Heather earlier on this year asking when I thought it might be published. And I'm so glad she did, otherwise this brilliant interview would never have seen the light of day!I'm chatting to Gavin Fernie-Jones and Heather Davies, founders of Re-Action, a social enterprise with the aim of keeping outdoor kit in action for longer.We hear about the inspiration behind the organisation, some of the brilliant stuff that they're doing, not only to keep kit in use for longer, but to gently challenge mindsets around consumption, re-use and repair, and to create alternative business models for retail that incorporate the circular economy.There's so much to take away from this episode, from big picture stuff like how our economy is set up to require us to consume more and more, through to the really practical stuff that we can do to reduce our own impact with regard to keeping our own stuff in use for longer. Let me know your thoughts!Are you going to be checking out the Re-Action website to see if there are any collective members near you? Are you an outdoor sports enthusiast who is now going to contact race organisers to ask them what they’re doing to reduce the impact of their event? Do let me know! Heather and Gavin surrounded by just some of the clothes they're helping to re-home!

GOOD NEWS!In the new Good News section after the main interview, I share some of the good climate news happening (because there is some, I promise!). Here's this weeks pick:Sport England tells its sports: funding will depend on fighting the climate crisis (The Guardian) Ocean 'superheroes' given a new home (Positive News) Fran in The Sustainable(ish) Clubhouse shared a brilliant sounding fundraiser that the school one her of children attends are trying out. It's a 'Pre-loved Christmas Decorations Pop-up' where people are invited to donate any Christmas decorations that they no longer want or need, to be sold at a pop up stall at the school's Christmas fair. I LOVE this idea and it seems very 'replicable', so definitely worth a mention to your kids school if you've got school aged kids, or maybe even as a workplace initiative.

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USEFUL LINKS:Re-action - Website- Members- 10,000 repairs- Instagram- Linked In Back to Episodes