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Vermont Edition

How Vermonters can thrift and upcycle clothing to fight fast fashion

By Connor Cyrus,
Andrea Laurion
Published February 10, 2023 at 8:57 AM EST
After the oil and gas, the clothing industry is the second largest polluter worldwide. This hour, we talk about ways Vermonters can lessen their environmental impact.
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This hour, we talk about ways Vermonters can use thrifting and upcycling to keep clothes out of landfills.

The clothing industry is one of the largest polluters worldwide. Fast fashion is cheap to produce and purchase, but creates a high cost on the environment. This hour, we'll hear from thrifting industry experts on how Vermonters can lessen their impact and an environmentalist focused on mitigating clothing waste on UVM's campus.

Our guests:

  • Jennifer Johnson, owner of in Stowe
  • Stuart Sporko, owner of in Burlington
  • Emma Wardell, Environmental Studies major at UVM

Broadcast live on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at noon.

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Connor Cyrus
Connor Cyrus was co-host and senior producer of Vermont Edition from 2021-2023.
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Andrea Laurion
Andrea Laurion joined 开云体育 as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children鈥檚 birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.
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