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Magnifeco Radio is a series of frank and intimate conversations hosted by Kate Black, author and founder of magnifeco.com. Each week Kate chats with designers, makers and sustainable leaders...
When Jessica Schreiber first appeared on Magnifeco Radio (Episode 5) she had just launched FABSCRAP, a fabric pickup and recycling business...
In a world drowning in plastic, today's guest co-founded a mycelium-based product that can be used for everything from insulation to furnitu...
It's not just the fashion industry, we are making and buying 'stuff' at unprecedented rates. But what happens to it when we are done? Steven...
When they opened their vegan shoe store MooShoes in 2001, sisters Erica and Sara Kubersky were ahead of the curve. By creating a retail solu...
French women care about two things: food and skin care. On her journey to overcome breast cancer, Valerie Grandury started to create her own...
When Stephanie Benedetto cofounded a textile company with her college roommate, she was surprised to learn how much excess inventory brands...
The organic and natural beauty market is booming (the value is expected to reach $13.2 billion by 2018). Celebrity make-up artist and all ar...
Seeing a void in the circular economy for apparel brands, the Renewal Workshop aims to help mitigate fashion waste. Co-founder Jeff Denby jo...
Kavita Parmar is a fashion designer, serial entrepreneur, founder and creative director of the IOU Project. Through the IOU Project she has...
Disturbed by the textile waste she witnessed in Cambodia, Rachel Faller pivoted and started zero waste fashion brand Tonlé. She's created jo...
Liz Dee became a vegan as soon as she discovered the realities of factory farming. An ethical vegan and angel investor, Liz joins Kate to di...
Berlin-based entrepreneur and changemaker Andrea Bury created The ABURY Design Experience (ADEx) in 2015 as the first international contest...
Is fashion ready for a revolution? Orsola de Castro and the team behind Fashion Revolution think so. Founded in the aftermath of the Rana Pl...
When accessories designer Francisca Pineda got sick from the leather she was working with, she knew she had to make a change. She co-founded...
Professor Rebecca Earley is a UK-based researcher and strategist for sustainable textiles and the circular economy. She sits down with Kate...
With her many hats: model, scientist, activist, entrepreneur and author, one thing has remained constant for Summer Rayne Oakes, her urban o...
March 22 is World Water Day. Today's guest is one at the forefront of tackling the unseen problem of microfibers in our water. Microfibers a...
3D printing minimizes waste and could revolutionize the future of fashion. Sylvia Heisel is a fashion designer and creative director working...
The global textile and apparel industry employs around 75 million people, three quarters of whom are women. With International Women's Day a...
For the past ten years, anti-fashion waste advocate Dr. Christina Dean has been pushing the agenda for a less polluting fashion industry. To...
It wasn't until California-born fashion designer Peggy Sue Deaven-Smiltnieks settled into Canada that she found her roots and motivations as...
The Global Fashion Exchange (GFX) has helped save 19 tons of clothes (nearly 40,000 pounds) from going to landfills through seven events hel...
Andrew Morgan is an internationally recognized filmmaker focused on telling stories for a better tomorrow. His experience includes a broad r...
After a decade in the fashion industry, Mimi Plange launched her own label in 2010. She joins Kate to discuss the current FIT exhibition "Bl...
Entrepreuer Tal Dehtiar started his shoe company Oliberté in 2009 with one thought, 'can we not change they way commerce is done within Sub-...
If consumers spent an extra 1% on U.S. goods, they would create 200,000 jobs. Sounds easy, but things have changed: in the 60’s, 95% of clot...
As we start a new year and new season, artist, activist, fashion theorist, and Associate Professor in Integrated Design at Parsons, The New...
As with beauty and fashion, the ethical element of jewelry is dependent on source and supply chain. While arguably the brightest and possibl...
After an internship at Carolina Herrera, and launching his own zero-waste cocktail/evening wear collection, NYC-based designer Daniel Silver...
Cotton is heavily embedded in the identity of this county. Often thought of as 'natural' and as the "fabric of our lives", we picture white...
Behind agriculture, artisan activity is the second-largest employer in the developing world. According to the Alliance for Artisan Enterpris...
Consumers are understanding the effect of gut health on their overall health, but what about for their face? Microbial balance in the gut is...
The fashion industry continues to promote shopping 'new', while minimalists encourage not shopping at all. Neither is sustainable. Guest Rie...
Today's guests discuss the Fibershed movement, local transparent supply chains and how Climate Beneficial Wool can lessen draught by buildin...
Soapwalla Chef, Rachel Winard, spent years experimenting in her kitchen to create skincare products that wouldn't aggravate her sensitive sk...
in 2015, Americans discarded 15.1 million tons of clothing and other textiles, and 85 percent of that wound up in landfills. Cities all over...
This week, Kate is joined by Brooklyn-based fashion designer Tara St. James of Study NY to discuss Slow Fashion. Slow Fashion is a movement...
The US produces 254 million tons of trash each year, yet NYC-based Lauren Singer is living a nearly 'trash-free' life. Author of the Zero Wa...
This episode delves deeper into the benefits of health and beauty products made from certified organic and non-toxic ingredients. Kiran and...
It's Climate Week in NYC, guest Elizabeth Cline, author of Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion will join to discuss the r...