The True Cost- Screening and Panel Discussion

Toward Zero Waste

True Cost Screening &amp; Panel Discussion- Watch the film through our free link anytime during the three days leading up to the discussion.

Filmed in countries all over the world, from the brightest runways to the darkest slums, and featuring interviews with the world’s leading influencers including Stella McCartney, Livia Firth, and Vandana Shiva, The True Cost is an unprecedented project that invites us on an eye-opening journey around the world and into the lives of the many people and places behind our clothes.A link to watch the movie will be sent out Friday, September 10th. Watch the movie over the weekend, then join us for a panel discussion on Monday, September 13th at 7pm EST. A zoom link will be sent out a few hours before the discussion starts. Hope to see you there!Our Panelists:Susan Kask, PhDUnderstanding of business and consumer choices involving the environment has been the focus of Susan Kask’s 35+ year career as a professor and consultant. Dr. Kask’s expertise in valuing non-market environmental goods evolved into a specialty in sustainability metrics development. She has published numerous articles and book chapters. These projects provide the foundation for her current work with business bringing sustainability values and metrics directly into business choices.Over the course of her career Dr. Kask has taught at several universities, most recently retiring from Warren Wilson College. She is currently a consultant and the founder of Values2Action LLC and Chief Sustainability, and Strategy officer at Himalayan Wild Fibers LLC, a textile fiber company.Scott ClineScott Cline is the former owner of Plato's Closet stores in Cary and Durham. From 2011-2019 he oversaw a team of 50 employees and three stores that bought and sold about 250,000 clothing items per year. He saw first hand the transition away from brands emphasizing classic style and quality and towards fast fashion brands like Forever 21 and H&M. He became aware of the astounding amount of discarded clothing in our communities and learned the vast majority of clothing will end up in a landfill or baled up and sold by weight overseas. He is encouraged to find these materials increasingly being repurposed into things like insulation and hopeful that greater awareness can reduce the excessive waste. Eric HenryCurrent president of TS Designs, Eric Henry got his start when he launched Creative Screen Designs in 1978 while attending North Carolina State University. Eric’s journey into sustainability began January 1,1994, the day NAFTA was enacted and he saw the business he started in the late 70’s completely destroyed. He realized then that there is more to a business than a bottom line, and began to view it instead through a different lens: a triple bottom line approach that considers people, planet and profit. The vision of TS Designs is to make the highest quality printed apparel in a domestic transparent and trackable supply chain. TS Designs became the first certified B Corp in North Carolina. Karen Leonas, PhDDr. Karen K. Leonas is a Professor of Textile Sciences at NC State University. She is known for reducing and evaluating the environmental impacts of textile and apparel production and consumption. Her strengths in chemistry and polymer engineering, combined with understanding the development, production, distribution and consumption allow for insights to address sustainability through the textile and apparel supply chain. She is a strong advocate for a circular economy business model. Dr. Leonas frequently partners with industry and is on the New York Academy of Sciences Change Fashion Advisory Board, among others. She worked for Burlington Industries and has been on the faculty at several universities prior to being asked to join the Wilson College of Textiles faculty at NC State.

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