Clare Press

Inside the No Space for Bezos movement: ‘One man rents a city for three days? That’s obscene’ The Amazon boss, Jeff Bezos, is about to descend on Venice with his fiancee, some ex-Marines and his limitless credit card. We meet the Italian activists who are saying: enough

What a fantastic, insightful piece of writing @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Is fashion’s laser-focus on circularity the only approach?

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Insanity

Thank you - it’s a crazy situation, right? Love this activist response

Castoffs to catwalk: fashion show shines light on vast Chile clothes dump visible from space The Atacama desert has become a ‘global sacrifice zone’ of used fast fashion. Activists and designers organised an event to raise awareness of the devastation to the land and local people

@mrspress.bsky.social's Wardrobe Crisis podcast often discusses the costs of fast fashion and overproduction and the opportunities to refuse, reduce, repurpose, recycle, and ultimately rot in the clothing chain. Clare and her guest discuss this article. #WardrobeCrisis

Oh no! Is Carbon Neutral just a fake green fairytale? Wait, we don't actually want brands to abandon these goals...

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Great to see you there in all your glory #knittingnannas

What an extraordinary, brilliant & profoundly chilling piece of writing @tribelaw.bsky.social

Trump signs executive order in first step to shut down Department of Education - live updates The White House says an executive order dismantling the agency will improve education for US students and save money.

Smart move! Trump just shut down dept of education (dictators can’t risk an educated population). www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...

““The Trump administration will treat climate change for what it is, a global physical phenomenon that is a side-effect of building the modern world,” says Trump’s energy sec, Chris Wright, addressing the oil & gas tycoons he promises to further enrich. “Everything in life involves trade-off.”

Tesla owners are buying 2000 “I bought this before Elon went crazy” & “Elon sucks” stickers a day as backlash grows

80% of these designers make locally in a super hands-on way, some literally sewing every piece themselves, others running micro ateliers or wkng w/ neighbourhood makers - & few had ambitions to change that. Community-based, often made to order, v. low waste, biz model inherently sustainable.

Fab being a judge for Australia’s Nat Designer of the Year awards at Melbourne Fashion Fest (interesting that no other judges - Akira Isogawa, Bianca Spender etc or MFF are on Bluesky?). Anyway all 10 finalists (emerging brands) had their own authentic take on sustainability. Left feeling hopeful.

I forgot this platform existed for a few months. But given the vileness of the billionnaires behind the alternatives, I hereby vow to give it another bash

Ever noticed how much of life is people trying to sell you stuff? If you elected not to engage with any of it, to stop buying non-essential stuff, & stop paying attention to all the associated ideas (from holiday sales to founder stories) think of all the time you’d save. What could you do with it?

Same brain

Me too! But currently luxuriating in #muskfreezone