Main topics discussed: (timestamps) 

10:12 – Why innovation is crucial to a more biodiverse future

11:59 – Angela’s three key aspects of sustainability 

13:30 – How we can make more sustainable choices as consumers 

24:28 – The importance of staying optimistic during hard times

Quotes: 

“We all need to be critical and spend a couple of minutes to read about where that product is coming from and what that product is made of.”

“Innovation is key, [its] the enabler to bring the new ideas and technologies that we need to bring products to life in a better way.”

“Sustainability is a practice that it needs to be embedded in order to be truthful and meaningful. But it's a journey. It never stops.”

Host: Twiggy Jalloh

This Week’s Guest: Angela Mantilla

Links to resources: 

• More about the process of developing the original Futurecraft Footprint shoe and how it came to life.
• Hear the story from the side of the collaborating partner – Allbirds co-CEO Tim Brown
• More sustainability on Rebellious Optimists - adidas Head of Sustainability explains the company’s ambitious targets and how they aim to achieve them.

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