Spirit Of 608: Fashion, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability + Tech

In this episode of the Spirit of 608 podcast, we get seriously material about the future of fashion with guest Nicole Rawling, co-founder of the Material Innovation Initiative. Their mission? To make it easier for next generation textiles and product materials to make it into the marketplace in meaningful way. To that end, MII is betting collaboration and communication are key to their goal and, as such, act as connectors in a complex, global web of entrepreneurs, innovators, suppliers and manufacturers. An attorney who spent time growing the Good Food Institute and a former director with the Animal Defense Fund, Rawling brings her expertise on the intersection of food, agriculture, animal rights and social justice to this latest venture focused on not only on changing the way the fashion, automotive and textile industries use materials in their products — but what they fundamentally have access to. Listen to this episode of the Spirit of 608 podcast for her experience moving from food to fashion and buildi