Sustainable Fashion Night, Shoreditch
Safia Minney speaking at the Sustainable Fashion night 17 July 2018, Shoreditch, London Organised by @OurFutureRocks @carlinnovates Safia Minney joins panel of evolutionaries (more to be announced soon): Orsola de Castro, Founder & Creative Director Fashion Revolution @orsoladecastro @Fash_Rev Safia Minney, Managing Director Po-Zu, Founder, People Tree @SafiaMinney, @slavetofash, @po_zu David Greenfield, Organiser, Circular Economy […]
World Fair Trade Day 2018 and Modern Slavery
Is this you? Do you LOVE Fashion? HATE Sweatshops? 1) READ: Slave to Fashion Safia Minney’s book raises awareness of modern slavery in the fashion industry, shows how it can be eradicated by business & consumers. Available here from publisher New Internationalist or on Amazon UK/US. 2) CELEBRATE: World Fair Trade Day – 12th May […]
Safia Minney, speaking engagements, April to July 2018
Safia Minney, MBE, author, activist, MD of Po-Zu & founder of People Tree, will be speaking at the following events: 1) Monday 23 April 2018 – Fashion for Good in Amsterdam 19:00 – 20:00 – Panel with Ethical Fashion Trailblazers – Safia Minney (Founder, People Tree), Antoinette Klatzky (Executive Director, Eileen Fisher Leadership Institute); Ruby Veridiano […]
Books in my DNA? Safia Minney, Author
Safia writes: Books in my DNA? Yes, books kind of run in my blood. My Grandparents ran a book publishing house and book shop in Zurich. They published political books, papers and religious books. My Mother and her sisters studied librarianship. Before the days of computers they were expected to have read every book in the shop and were expected […]
‘Fair Trade’ added to Encyclopedia Britannica
Safia Minney writes: Great to see the new entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica for Fair Trade after over 30 years of what many would argue is the most significant grassroots movement for social justice and sustainability of our time. It has also led to the development of the MDGs (Millennium Development goals) and SDGs (Sustainable […]
Interview with Fashion commentator & campaigner, Caryn Franklin
The Ethical Agenda is a blog/ online magazine about ethical business, ethical living and ethical thinking with interviews with people doing amazing things to set the agenda for a sustainable way of being… Safia opens THE ETHICAL AGENDA with an interview with Fashion commentator & campaigner, Caryn Franklin. How does fashion have to change to […]
Frequently asked questions – Safia Minney
Safia is often asked MANY questions about why she made the decision to make a career working within, and speaking publicly about fair trade and sustainable fashion, and eradicating modern slavery in the fashion industry. Here’s a few of those questions – and Safia’s thoughts in reply. Safia Minney, Founder of People Tree, Managing Director […]