'How can we all take steps to reduce our environmental impact? Changing our food and travel behaviour are well recognised ways of treading more lightly but how about thinking differently about the clothes we wear and what we buy? Carly Leonard is Chief Executive of the sustainability Charity PECT. With a strong interest in environmental issues from childhood, Carly lives the values of the Charity that she represents. However, buying clothes had always been something of a blind spot and in this talk Carly describes the lessons from a year out of buying new clothes and highlights the vast scale of the impacts of the fashion industry. Drawing on the excellent work of WRAP and the recent UK Government inquiry into the fashion world, Carly shows the ugly side of the industry selling us beautiful images and points to the simple changes we can all make. TEDxPeterborough on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at The Key Theatre. Our theme was Variety Is The Spice Of Life. Carly is the Chief Executive of PECT, a sustainability charity based in Peterborough. She oversees the work of the charity and puts in place plans and strategies for the future. From a very early age Carly has cared deeply about issues related to nature and the environment. She has worked in the sustainability field for around 10 years. As well as within a charity, Carly has worked in social enterprise, local and regional government and the private sector. Outside of work, and sometimes in work, Carly can often be found rescuing injured animals (particularly pigeons!). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx'
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