#106. The Sad Reality Behind Fast Fashion, Staying Hopeful About Climate Action & How To Break Away From The Chain of Consumerism? — Melissa Tan

This week’s guest is Melissa Tan. Melissa is a top Malaysian model turned climate action and sustainability advocate, EarthDay.Org ambassador, and keynote speaker.

Everything is going to sound a lot more convincing when it's humanized in the form of storytelling. Storytelling is the new marketing. Choose curiosity and nuances.

Change has to happen internally within every organization, within every family and within every community. It actually just requires initiatives. I would love for you to share your seasons of optimism, cynicism, hope, despair.

I think the thing that really helps me is you brought up the whole concept of acting local. You have to start small so you can see success, so that success drives your next success. What also helps me with other than that perspective is also to temper between optimism and cynicism.

Melissa: Power of association is ubiquitous in every sector of life. How do you leverage the positive power of associations to keep scaling up the impact you're making? Cleanup itself is not a solution to the plastic pollution problem, but it can be used as a vehicle for change.

Benoit: Melissa, you chose one of the hardest path and the path of the highest resistance trying to create and reduce waste globally. It's almost like the Mount Everest for the sustainable advocates to be associated with. These affirmations, these wins solidifies our mission.

Fashion Revolution started with two women, right? This union citizenship movement with the legislations and all that. And I hope people who are listening never underestimate the potential that's within us. This is a true free show with no hidden strings attached.