Carbon tunnel vision and animal exploitation in fashion with Emma Håkansson, activist and founder of Collective Fashion Justice

In this week’s episode I’m chatting with Emma Håkansson, an activist, author, and founder of Collective Fashion Justice – an organisation campaigning for a fashion system that upholds total ethics, by prioritising the life and wellbeing of our fellow animals, people and the planet we share. I first heard about Emma through Slay, a documentary on the behind the scenes of the leather industry – you might remember hearing about it in the episode I did with Poppy Mason Watts from WaterBear Network, as the film is available for free on their streaming platform.

Emma has been advocating for a more ethical fashion system for years – so we spoke about how to navigate the “sustainable” fashion space, which can be so confusing and misleading. We discussed the environmental impact of animal leather and how leather is actually a profitable co-product, rather than a byproduct of the meat industry as we’re often led to believe. We also spoke about the carbon tunnel vision - this idea that by focusing on carbon emissions we tend to overlook other important issues such as biodiversity loss, overconsumption, pollution, inequality, and animal exploitation.

Want to dive deeper?

• Get Emma’s book here - https://lnk.to/HowVeganismCanSaveUs
• Sign up to Collective Fashion Justice’s newsletter - https://www.collectivefashionjustice.org/newsletter
• Grazed and confused report - https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/reports/fcrn_gnc_report.pdf
• Collective Fashion Justice leather report series - https://www.collectivefashionjustice.org/under-their-skin
• CFJ material guide - https://www.collectivefashionjustice.org/material-guide

Little links

• Emma on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hakamme/
• Collective Fashion Justice on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/collectivefashionjustice/
• Why We Care on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/whywecarepodcast/
• Tiphaine on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tiphainemarie_/

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