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Unraveling Fast Fashion; A Conversation with Threading Change on Sustainability in Fashion
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Threading Change is on a mission to take the fashion industry from “fast and furious” to “slow and sustainable.” This youth-led powerhouse is all about stitching together a world where your clothes don’t cost the Earth (literally). They champion circular economies, climate justice, and feminism while calling out the fashion faux pas of the fast fashion industry. By empowering brands, policymakers, and everyday shoppers to rethink what they wear, Threading Change is proving that ethical fashion isn’t just trendy—it’s the future.
Sophia Yang
Sophia is the Founder & Executive Director of Threading Change, the world's leading youth-led ethical fashion and circular economy organization. Threading Change specializes in facilitating creative events, convening unlikely allies, and initiating valuable industry and citizen connections to co-create a fashion industry that is equitable, youth-driven, and climate-resilient. Sophia also dedicates her time to working as a Corporate Campaigner at Canopy Planet, collaborating alongside the world's leading fashion and consumer packaged goods brands to ensure that ancient forests are kept out of supply chains. Sophia is the recipient of the City of Vancouver's Greenest City Leadership Award in 2022, Corporate Knights’ Top 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leaders in Canada list in 2021, Starfish Canada’s Top 25 Under 25 Environmentalists award in 2017 and 2018, has attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference four times, and DJs as 'KALEIDO' in her spare time.
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