Hot Seat: Media Monday with Sarah Marris-Swann from Utica Creative Reuse and Pat Joseph from Building Stones Fair Trade Shoppe 11-25-24
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In this episode of Hot Seat: Media Monday, Sarah Marris-Swann from Utica Creative Reuse and Pat Joseph from Building Stones Fair Trade Shoppe join me for a Black Friday-week conversation about being a conscientious consumer by considering sustainability and economic ethics when making purchases. Utica Creative Reuse is a nonprofit art supply thrift store offering free workshops. They aim to “promote creativity, community, and environmental stewardship.” Building Stones Fair Trade Shoppe is a mission of Stone Presbyterian Church in Clinton that promotes the social and economic progress of people in developing regions of the world and impoverished areas in the U.S. They sell ethically sourced items from a diverse network of responsible companies that empower farmers and workers while protecting the environment.
Sarah Marris-Swann on Utica Creative Reuse and how it contributes to a “circular economy.”
Sarah Marris-Swann on the importance of “third spaces.”
Sarah Marris-Swann on “zero waste living.”
Pat Joseph on Building Stones Fair Trade Shoppe.
Pat Joseph on the types of products at Building Stones Fair Trade Shoppe.
Pat Joseph and Sarah Marris-Swann on sustainable marketing.
Utica Creative Reuse is online at uticacreativereuse.org, Facebook.com/UticaCreativeReuse, Instagram.com/UticaCreativeReuse, and Tiktok.com/@utica.creative.reuse. Building Stones Fair Trade Shoppe is online at Buildingstonesshoppe.square.site/ and Facebook.com/buildingstonesshoppe.
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