S4 Ep11 DOMINIQUE DRAKEFORD: environmental educator - on intersectional environmentalism, community education, sustainable fashion, and healing our relationship to the Earth. Listen and subscribe on: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | or wherever you get your podcasts! Please rate & review the show so more vintage lovers find this community. Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly interview show about rad vintage style with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with. Find the show on Twitter at @PreLovedPod and follow @brumeanddaisy and  #PreLovedPod for updates on future episodes. Pre-Loved Podcast: Dominique Drakeford Dominique Drakeford’s background is a 10 year of youth development, adventure-based outdoor education and sustainable fashion advocacy throughout the Bay Area and New York. She is an environmental educator with a BA in Business Environmental Management and a Master’s Degree from NYU in Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Fashion.  Currently, she works at the intersections of sustainability, lifestyle and community to heal our relationship to the Earth and spark equitable change for economic wellbeing. She is bringing fairness to storytelling by championing the values of inclusive representation and informed responsibility through her digital platform MelaninASS (Melanin And Sustainable Style). This blog hones in on sustainable fashion, natural beauty, wellness and land sovereignty efforts by BIPOC.  In this episode we talk about re-engineering the sustainability movement to put black and brown indigenous people are the forefront of the conversation, and how to do community-focused work. Plus, of course, we chat about her favorite thrifted finds! Thanks for listening, and let’s dive right in! All the Episode Links: @dominiquedrakeford Dominique Drakeford MelaninASS Sustainable Brooklyn Equity vs. equality The True Cost Carrots Love Tomatoes Braiding Sweetgrass @remusedesigns @greengirlleah @hifatra @positive.obsession @meru_turao