I'm sure by this point you've seen Tiger King, and if not, you've heard about it (and if not, good on you for focusing your efforts on more productive things during social distancing). For those of us who have seen it (basically everyone and their mother, mine included), we watched the tale of Mr. Exotic and his *pals* 'Doc' and Jeff completely and disgustingly mistreat animals -- and women (people for that matter). I am all for entertainment and then discussing said entertainment on all the social platforms, however, for every 20 tweets/posts/TikToks making fun of Tiger King, I might see one that talks about how f*cked up everything is in this documentary and what we can do to stop it. ...
Hopefully, you’re not totally sick of reading about/hearing about/seeing things on sustainability, because we’ve got some more for you! This month we’ve talked a lot about how we can all make more sustainable purchases, and a lot of that focused on buying things that have already been loved (ie buying second-hand). You know that is our favorite way to shop at ASOME, but the reality is, we don’t all, always, purchase second-hand. But another reality is that we want sustainable options when we do buy new, and the market is hearing that loud and clear, see ⬇ Fast Fashion ✔Zara: 90% of their stores are eco-friendly & have clothing donation sites; they use renewable resources to power their offices; their...
Happy Earth Day! This month we've been talking about sustainability, so we're wrapping it up with a person that's a top go-to of mine for all things sustainable: Fischer Studio owner, Lori Lawler. If you don't know Lori, you should, because she's a bad babe + sustainability queen. Lori and I sat down to chat about her life, her studio, all things sustainable and do a little shopping - captured by one and only Lauren Donovan! Check it out here! Making her way back to Iowa, after LA-ing it up as an apparel designer, Lori opened Fischer Studio in Mainframe Studios to bring a little LA back to Iowa. Fischer Studio houses brands and one-of-kind items that have to meet Lori’s...
I think most of us (hopefully!) know all about traditional recycling - sort it, stack it, drop it, etc. Not the most glamorous thing, but we gotta do what we gotta do💪 So, we don’t need to go any further into that, and will instead focus on another type of recycling: shopping! We might not always think about shopping =ing recycling, but when done right, it totally does. How? Shop second-hand🎉Goodwill, Salvation Army, that thrift store in the middle of nowhere, your friend’s closet…#ASOME!, it all counts as second-hand which means you’re helping do your part to lessen your carbon footprint. And although I think we’ve made INCREDIBLE strides in removing the stigmas around shopping second-hand, there are still some...
