Kirsti Reitan Andersen is a Post Doc at the Copenhagen Business School and Co-Founder of Honest Fashion, an online platform offering educational material targeting the textile and fashion industry. In her research she explores challenges and opportunities in transforming organizational practices towards sustainability. With a particular interest in the textile and fashion industry her recent work investigates the role of local textile and fashion production in creating more sustainable textile and fashion value chains. Kirsti has extensive experience in the development of teaching material for business students and practitioners, including the open online courses Sustainable Fashion and Business Models for Sustainability, which are both available at Coursera.

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Maria Collings is the Co-Founder of The Tardigrades, a sustainability and innovation agency in Sweden, supporting organizations in the green and fair transition.

Maria is a sustainability expert as well as an experienced strategist in sustainability communication. Her field of expertise is within sustainable consumption, sustainable fashion, and the textile industry. For several years Maria was managing the largest vintage fair in Sweden, where sustainable fashion was the main theme for fashion shows, workshops and l­­ectures.

She has a background from Malmö University as Strategic Communicator for the national arena of social sustainability and social innovation – Forum for Social Innovation Sweden – and as Managing Director for The Institute for Sustainable Urban Development. Maria has long experience in project managing sustainability initiatives for creating cross-sectorial commitment.

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Stephanie Crowchild is an emerging Indigenous fashion designer from Tsuu T’ina in Treaty 7 Territory near Calgary, Alberta. She is the founder of Stephanie Eagletail Designs, a Canadian fashion label specializing in custom-made blanket coats based on its founder’s Indigenous heritage and traditions. Each piece designed by Crowchild is crafted skillfully using upcycled wool materials, including HBC Multistripe Point Blankets — a thought-provoking material rooted in the complex history of Indigenous Peoples and colonizers in Canada.

Crowchild travels throughout Turtle Island, sharing her knowledge of pattern design and garment construction, teaching Indigenous and Non-Indigenous peoples a skillset they can utilize for themselves. Alongside her father Hal Eagletail, Crowchild is also the Founder of The Eagletail House Society. Together they transformed her late grandparents, Fred and Eliza Eagletail’s home into a Healing home for Indigenous peoples. They are carrying their legacy, their traditional teachings and helping others.

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Erica Ngao is a journalist and fact-checker based in Toronto and a participant in Harbourfront Centre’s Nordic-Canadian fellowship in environmental journalism as part of Nordic Bridges 2022. For the fellowship, she is exploring innovative solutions in the Nordic region that are working towards creating a more sustainable fashion industry. She’s currently the associate editor at Reader’s Digest Canada. Her work has appeared in publications such as ELLE Canada, Healthing and This Magazine. Previously, she was an Editorial Fellow at The Walrus and a mentee in the Solutions Journalism Network mentorship program.