Episode Description
This episode touches on sustainable fashion — but it’s not only about fashion.
It’s a conversation about how we think about clothes, how we relate to what we already own, and how everyday decisions around getting dressed connect to consumption, care, and creativity.
I’m joined by Sabs Katz, the creator of Sustainable Sabs and a cofounder of Intersectional Environmentalist, for a thoughtful, wide-ranging conversation about personal style, overconsumption, and what it looks like to slow down without turning sustainability into a rulebook.
We talk about clothing as memory and legacy, why reducing consumption matters more than chasing “better” products, and how practices like mending, swaps, and intentional limits can actually make style clearer — not more restrictive.
This episode is for anyone who wears clothes — which is all of us.
Takeaways
- Why fashion can be such a complicated entry point into sustainability
- What “sustainable fashion” can look like in real life
- Clothing as memory, inheritance, and care
- Reducing consumption without rigidity
- Mending, swaps, and community-based alternatives
- Finding creativity outside of constant trends
- Some excellent challenges to curb your consumption and recharge your creativity
One Small Shift
Pause before buying something new. Save it, sit with it, and see how you feel about it a week later.
Connect With Sabs
Resources
Intersectional Environmentalist
Drive to Target - poems by Hayley DeRoche
How to Host a Clothing Swap (blog post)
Connect With Me
Sustainable in the Suburbs is mixed and edited by Cardinal Studio
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