Big Closets Small Planet

About Big Closets Small Planet

Fashion and apparel. It touches nearly everyone. When its at its best, fashion and apparel is not only functional, but also fun, expressive, sexy, and for some businesses, very profitable. But when it is at its worst, fashion and apparel is superficial, exploitative, polluting and extremely wasteful - in other words the essence of unsustainable consumption. And while it is argued that the industry's rapid growth has created employment opportunities for more than 300 million people worldwide, especially for women in poorer countries and those in extreme poverty, many garment workers still struggle to earn enough to pay to meet even their most basic needs. More alarming is the fact that as the industry grows - by 2030 more than 8 billion people will live on the planet, and nearly 5 billion of these will be part of the global middle class - its negative environmental impacts may become unmanageable, potentially undermining its social benefits and contributing to ecosystem degradation on local, regional and global scales. Who would have thought garments could be so destructive? The fashion industry must change now, but will we manage in time? Join Mike Schragger, founder of the Sustainable Fashion Academy, as he explores the challenges, incentives and disincentives and emerging solutions needed to rapidly transform the industry. Listen in as he talks with the business leaders, activists, researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs, investors, legislators, consumers and citizens - who are racing against the clock to find solutions that will transform the industry, thus ensuring it truly operates for the benefit of people and the planet. www.sustainablefashionacademy.org/podcasts/big-closets-small-planet

Publisher

Michael Schragger

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Sept 2018

Latest episode

13 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

58 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Jun 2025

   CLIMATE ACTION WEEK: Do we need to reimagine growth in apparel? Textile Exchange makes the case.

   Textile Exchange's Beth Jensen and Rachel Arthur discuss reimagining growth in the apparel industry to align with climate, nature, and human rights goals in an interview with Michael.

2. 

   13 Jun 2025

   CLIMATE ACTION WEEK: Ken Pucker is a thought leader and an independent voice. Is anyone listening?

   Ken Pucker, Tufts University Professor, analyzes the past year's developments in instant fashion, including Shein's IPO and sustainability targets, plus discusses the impact of his independent voice in an interview with Michael.

3. 

   13 Jun 2025

   CLIMATE ACTION WEEK: How much is enough? Can a “sufficiency” approach be applied to textile policy?

   Katia Dayan Vladimirova and Luca Boniolo discuss how the fashion industry can reduce emissions by stopping overproduction and overconsumption, advocating for concrete steps the EU and industry should take to implement a sufficiency approach in this interview.

Who has been a guest on Big Closets Small Planet

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Beth Jensen
• Rachel Arthur
• Ken Pucker
• Katia Dayan Vladimirova
• Luca Boniolo

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

52

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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