Sustainability – Part 2

About this episode

Adam and Georgia continue their conversation on sustainability in craft, discussing various topics including ceramics, yarn, and a historical wool crisis in Australia.

Adam and Georgia continue their wide-ranging conversation on sustainability and craft. Georgia shares her years-long quest for the perfect "forever whisk" and a truly terrible housemate gift. They dive into the surprising environmental impact of small-scale ceramics versus mass production, debate the great superwash yarn controversy (chlorine, microplastics, and why Adam is firmly a fan), and unpack the dramatic story of Australia's 1990s wool stockpile crisis. A full transcript and bibliogra...

People in this episode

Hosts: Adam Cleevely, Georgia Denham

Topics covered

• sustainability
• craft
• ceramics
• yarn
• environmental impact

Keywords

• sustainability
• craft
• ceramics
• superwash yarn
• wool stockpile

Mentioned in this episode

Products: superwash yarn, forever whisk

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