sustainable living is a dream that many people strive for but you shouldn’t have
people strive for but you shouldn’t have
people strive for but you shouldn’t have to sacrifice style and design to get
to sacrifice style and design to get
to sacrifice style and design to get there hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome
there hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome
there hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be speaking with Sarah Richardson the
speaking with Sarah Richardson the
speaking with Sarah Richardson the brains behind Co so first tell us about
brains behind Co so first tell us about
brains behind Co so first tell us about the idea behind Co Co has been something
the idea behind Co Co has been something
the idea behind Co Co has been something I’ve been thinking about for a number of
I’ve been thinking about for a number of
I’ve been thinking about for a number of years now it comes from my own
years now it comes from my own
years now it comes from my own experience working in trade and
experience working in trade and
experience working in trade and sustainability and my travels around the
sustainability and my travels around the
sustainability and my travels around the world where I’ve discovered amazing
world where I’ve discovered amazing
world where I’ve discovered amazing communities making incredible things
communities making incredible things
communities making incredible things with very little two years ago I was
with very little two years ago I was
with very little two years ago I was working in South Africa quite a bit and
working in South Africa quite a bit and
working in South Africa quite a bit and I would say that was really the tipping
I would say that was really the tipping
I would say that was really the tipping point for me when I decided that these
point for me when I decided that these
point for me when I decided that these products really were something that
products really were something that
products really were something that would be interesting to people in the
would be interesting to people in the
would be interesting to people in the West their contemporary they’re cool
West their contemporary they’re cool
West their contemporary they’re cool they’re funky and they’re sustainable
they’re funky and they’re sustainable
they’re funky and they’re sustainable that fit in well with my own personal
that fit in well with my own personal
that fit in well with my own personal philosophy that we should be using
philosophy that we should be using
philosophy that we should be using globalization to enhance sustainability
globalization to enhance sustainability
globalization to enhance sustainability as opposed to allowing it to erode what
as opposed to allowing it to erode what
as opposed to allowing it to erode what can we consider sustainable and what is
can we consider sustainable and what is
can we consider sustainable and what is sustainability mean there’s three
sustainability mean there’s three
sustainability mean there’s three aspects there’s social equity
aspects there’s social equity
aspects there’s social equity environmental protection and that
environmental protection and that
environmental protection and that economic well-being here when we talk to
economic well-being here when we talk to
economic well-being here when we talk to people about sustainability it’s
people about sustainability it’s
people about sustainability it’s generally the environmental issues that
generally the environmental issues that
generally the environmental issues that are top of their minds when you go to
are top of their minds when you go to
are top of their minds when you go to other countries and talk about
other countries and talk about
other countries and talk about sustainability you’ll get quite a
sustainability you’ll get quite a
sustainability you’ll get quite a different answer i mean the
different answer i mean the
different answer i mean the environmental issues are important but
environmental issues are important but
environmental issues are important but they’re not as important as the issues
they’re not as important as the issues
they’re not as important as the issues of equity and the guarantee that workers
of equity and the guarantee that workers
of equity and the guarantee that workers have safe working environment and are
have safe working environment and are
have safe working environment and are paid a decent wage what qualifies
paid a decent wage what qualifies
paid a decent wage what qualifies something as sustainable what we’ve done
something as sustainable what we’ve done
something as sustainable what we’ve done is we’ve developed a list of eight
is we’ve developed a list of eight
is we’ve developed a list of eight indicators of sustainability that we use
indicators of sustainability that we use
indicators of sustainability that we use here at Co they range from energy
here at Co they range from energy
here at Co they range from energy efficiency to organic to recycled when
efficiency to organic to recycled when
efficiency to organic to recycled when we consider a piece we go through our
we consider a piece we go through our
we consider a piece we go through our indicators we see which ones match up
indicators we see which ones match up
indicators we see which ones match up now no one hits all eight indicators but
now no one hits all eight indicators but
now no one hits all eight indicators but what we try and do is have at least you
what we try and do is have at least you
what we try and do is have at least you know three or four that are relevant for
know three or four that are relevant for
know three or four that are relevant for the products that we carry would you say
the products that we carry would you say
the products that we carry would you say that sustainability is something that’s
that sustainability is something that’s
that sustainability is something that’s attainable for for everyone I think
attainable for for everyone I think
attainable for for everyone I think sustainability is attainable to a
sustainability is attainable to a
sustainability is attainable to a certain degree in the choices we make
certain degree in the choices we make
certain degree in the choices we make that means the choices we make as people
that means the choices we make as people
that means the choices we make as people in terms of what we’re going to buy and
in terms of what we’re going to buy and
in terms of what we’re going to buy and it means the choices we make in terms of
it means the choices we make in terms of
it means the choices we make in terms of what kind of businesses we’re going to
what kind of businesses we’re going to
what kind of businesses we’re going to support at the same time we also think
support at the same time we also think
support at the same time we also think about where the things that we consume
about where the things that we consume
about where the things that we consume come from and who’s making them under
come from and who’s making them under
come from and who’s making them under what conditions they’ve been made
what conditions they’ve been made
what conditions they’ve been made we’re trying to bring in things that
we’re trying to bring in things that
we’re trying to bring in things that will support that angle of
will support that angle of
will support that angle of sustainability as consumers it’s
sustainability as consumers it’s
sustainability as consumers it’s interesting we have a lot of power and
interesting we have a lot of power and
interesting we have a lot of power and often we can move faster than
often we can move faster than
often we can move faster than governments in terms of promoting
governments in terms of promoting
governments in terms of promoting sustainability and what I’m hoping is
sustainability and what I’m hoping is
sustainability and what I’m hoping is that this gallery offers people just
that this gallery offers people just
that this gallery offers people just another choice
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