Ep 8 Sustainable Fashion by Immie Lapsley

The Art of Resistance Podcast Series by 1st time podcasters & produced by Miranda Rae - Sound Women SW aka Sound Women Bristol.

The fashion industry is responsible for 8% of global emissions so Immie spoke to an organisation that aims to address this on every level.

Immie had previously no experience in making podcasts and joined the course halfway through to replace someone who fell sick. We have noticed a common thread through this project, and it has become clear just how climate change is at the forefront of many people’s minds. Immie is just 18 years old and her interest in fashion often conflicts with her passion for environmental issues. Part of the training was to learn how to research and look beyond the obvious acts of activists so when she found out about the work of Amelia Twine and Amber Rochette she wanted to find out more.

Founder of Sustainable Fashion Week Amelia Twine says:

“Activism is anything that you do in different ways that supports a certain collectively positive outcome. So with Activism we often think about it as a kind of militant, obstructive kind of thing but actually activism can be really subtle and really gentle and really impactful”.

Amber says:

“Being an activist can really take a variety of different forms, and any action is positive action, so it doesn’t mean glueing yourself to the road and that literally just fixing your jumper, to me, is activism. And it’s about taking steps to positive actions but I don’t think people really realise that, so it’s really important to get the word out that just by going to a mending circle you are in fact being an activist in that form.”

For more information go to:

https://www.sustainablefashionweek.uk

This podcast features a song called “Prayers” by EKT01 and we have full permission to use it by the publisher.

Please note that all the music featured throughout the series has been made by the people featured in the podcasts and with the full permission to use.

The toppling of the Colston statue has put Bristol under the global spotlight.

This, along with the wider Black Lives Matter movement, has led to an outpouring of creative responses - from poetry, to illustration to performance. But this is by no means a new occurrence in Bristol, which has been a city noted of radical art and activism for decades.

Capturing that spirit, The Trinity Centre in Bristol launched the Art of Resistance project which included the Art of Resistance free Intergenerational podcast course to learn how to capture oral histories and tell the stories of creative activism in Bristol. This project was produced by leading community journalist, broadcaster & producer Miranda Rae from Sound Women SW. The free course was aimed at participants of all ages and interest in activism. The successful applicants have received as much group and 1:1 training from Miranda that they needed to enable them to produce their own podcasts, we are proud to announce the launch of the series made by the 9 successful applicants.

Most of the participants discovered that there are so many people battling injustices and fighting against social injustices and yet so often don’t see themselves as an activist.

The series was about exploring 100 years of social activism, protest and civil disobedience in Bristol and the art that underpinned each movement.

We researched and documented just some of the lived stories of inner-city Bristolians and, explored the city's history of grass-roots artistic, community and cultural movements.

About: Miranda Rae

Miranda is currently the Station Manager at Ujima Radio in Bristol and founder of the support and media group Sound Women South West aka Sound Women Bristol CIC.

Miranda is a full-time multi award winning podcast & radio producer and also teaches people of all ages in a variety of radio/podcast & media skills.

About: Sound Women SW aka Sound Women Bristol CIC

The mission of Sound Women SW is to address the lack of gender and racial diversity in the media, radio and audio industries, to provide a safe space for women and girls of all ages to learn. Our key mission is to empower and create confidence and addressing some of the many barriers that we, the founders have faced. Sound Women is about giving a voice to the voiceless and reaching out to marginalised groups particularly from the​ global majority communities providing a safe space for women to learn and thrive as well as providing training for the private and third sector. ​Sound Women SW aka Sound Women Bristol CIC is committed to empowering women of all ages and giving a voice to the voiceless.

For information:

https://soundwomensw.com/