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b'Fashion futurist Amanda Cosco interviews Chris Homer of ThredUp to discover how the California company is bringing Silicon Valley innovation to the $24 billion resale market in order to drive a more sustainable and circular fashion future. All over the world, the Climate Crisis is on everyone\\u2019s mind; Last week, millions of activists and concerned citizens took to the streets for a global climate strike, urging leaders to take meaningful action towards curbing catastrophic climate change. So what does this have to do with the fashion industry, you may be asking? Well, a lot. It\\u2019s widely known that fashion and apparel manufacturing is the second-largest polluter in the world next to oil and gas. From the chemicals it takes to transform raw materials into textiles to the amount of water required to produce a single t-shirt, fashion\\u2019s dirty secret is no longer a secret.This episode is a part of our ongoing pre-coverage of WEAR\\u2014that\\u2019s the World Ethical Apparel Roundtable\\u2014 taking place October 7th to 8th 2019 in Toronto. Hosted by non-profit Fashion Takes Action, WEAR aims to bring together sustainability experts, thought-leaders, and decision-makers in apparel to uncover how the industry can improve practices to move fashion towards a more conscious and circular future.Blog post for this episode--> More on ThredUp--> https://www.thredup.com/Discover Fashion Takes Action--> https://fashiontakesaction.com/Check out WEAR Conference October 7-8 2019 in Toronto --> wear.fashiontakesaction.com/Subscribe on iTunes --> podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/elec\\u2026st/id1064514329Follow us on Instagram --> www.instagram.com/electric_runway/Follow us on Twitter -->twitter.com/Electric_Runway'