075: Eco-friendly Small Business with Moji Igun of Blue Daisi Consulting
04/13/20 • 31 min
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Moji Igun is the founder of Blue Daisi Consulting. Her company serves small businesses that want to reduce their waste and implement more earth-friendly business practices. She works with individuals to use their companies as an avenue to make a more positive social and environmental impact.
This episode is sponsored by Public Goods - Just one version of every essential in just one place. Get 10% off with promo code ASM at checkout. Check out PublicGoods.com.
In this episode Marjorie and Moji Igun discuss:
- The benefits to small business owners of running a green operation
- Where to start if you want to make your business more sustainable
- What types of certifications are available for eco-friendly businesses
Resources from Moji Igun:
- Skillshare - teach and learn skills online
- Your local public library - most public libraries now offer e-resources including audiobooks, ebooks, classes and academic publications on a variety of topics
- Use Instagram, LinkedIn and other relevant social media to do market research
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Everything's Trash But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson
Connect with Moji Igun and Blue Daisi Consulting:
- Website: https://bluedaisi.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluedaisiconsulting/
- Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hippiemoji/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bluedaisiconsulting
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mojiigun/
Connect with Marjorie Alexander:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asustainablemind/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/SustainableMind
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asustainablemind/
- Website: http://www.asustainablemind.com
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Moji Igun is the founder of Blue Daisi Consulting. Her company serves small businesses that want to reduce their waste and implement more earth-friendly business practices. She works with individuals to use their companies as an avenue to make a more positive social and environmental impact.
This episode is sponsored by Public Goods - Just one version of every essential in just one place. Get 10% off with promo code ASM at checkout. Check out PublicGoods.com.
In this episode Marjorie and Moji Igun discuss:
- The benefits to small business owners of running a green operation
- Where to start if you want to make your business more sustainable
- What types of certifications are available for eco-friendly businesses
Resources from Moji Igun:
- Skillshare - teach and learn skills online
- Your local public library - most public libraries now offer e-resources including audiobooks, ebooks, classes and academic publications on a variety of topics
- Use Instagram, LinkedIn and other relevant social media to do market research
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Everything's Trash But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson
Connect with Moji Igun and Blue Daisi Consulting:
- Website: https://bluedaisi.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluedaisiconsulting/
- Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hippiemoji/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bluedaisiconsulting
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mojiigun/
Connect with Marjorie Alexander:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asustainablemind/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/SustainableMind
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asustainablemind/
- Website: http://www.asustainablemind.com
Want to help us spread the word?
Post a screenshot of ASM in your favorite listening app and tag us on your Instagram story!
Subscribe, Rate & Review ASM on Apple Podcasts: ASustainableMind.com/Apple
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074: Kamea Chayne of Green Dreamer Podcast on Sustainable Fashion and Mindfulness
Kamea Chayne is an author, creative, the curator of ConsciousFashion.co, and the host of Green Dreamer Podcast. Challenging our dominant views of "advancement" that equate with destruction, degradation, and disconnection from the things that matter most, she curiously explores what it takes to realize a world of ecological balance and diversity, intersectional sustainability, and true abundance and wellness for all.
Want to start your own cause-based podcast? Let’s get you launched!! For more details on how you can work with me 1-on-1 to get your show up and running, please visit
http://www.ASustainableMind.com/launch
In this episode Marjorie and Kamea Chayne discuss:
- How to take action and contribute to conservation efforts in your community
- How retail therapy caused Kamea to have a huge wake up call and start ConsciousFashion.co
- How mindfulness determines our impact on ecology
- Easy tips on how to keep your wardrobe both fresh and sustainable
Resources from Kamea Chayne:
- Article: What do insurance companies have to do with the expansion of the fossil fuel industry? (And 3 ways you can take action!)
- Kamea's interview with Jennifer Grayson of Unlatched and the Uncivilize podcast
- Kamea's interview with Peggy Shepard on Environmental Justice
- Online Tool: Ecosia search engine
- Books: Sapiens and Hidden Life Of Trees (Amazon)
Connect with Kamea Chayne:
- Personal Instagram: @KameaChayne
- Podcast Instagram: @greendreamerpodcast
- Twitter: @KameaChayne
Connect with Marjorie Alexander:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asustainablemind/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/SustainableMind
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asustainablemind/
- Website: http://www.asustainablemind.com
Subscribe, Rate & Review ASM on Apple Podcasts: ASustainableMind.com/Apple
Next Episode
076: Is Bamboo the Next Big Thing? with Scott Brady of Cariloha
Scott Brady is the Vice President of Communications for Cariloha, based in Sandy, UT. He oversees all internal and external communications for the company. In 2007, at the height of economic crisis and recession, Scott was part of the team that helped develop and bring the eco-friendly and sustainable Cariloha retail brand to market. Despite the struggling economy, Cariloha flourished and continues to grow. Now the brand is the only company that features sustainable bamboo in all of its product lines. In this episode Marjorie and Scott discuss:
- What makes bamboo sustainable.
- How bamboo compares to other fabrics we typically used in bedding, bath, and apparel products.
- The benefits of bamboo for people that use it.
- How to quickly make a big impact on the sustainability practices of a company of any size
- Cariloha resources:
- Facts and figures about farming bamboo - https://www.cariloha.com/sustainability/farm-to-fabric
- The many issues that are improved or solved by using bamboo instead of other crops or synthetics as textiles - https://www.cariloha.com/sustainability/comfy-way-to-save-the-world
- Pics of the actual manufacturing process! https://www.cariloha.com/sustainability/our-process
- WorldBamboo.net - a group of people, businesses, non-profit, institutions, and allied trade corporations that promote bamboo products for the sake of the environment and economy.
- IceBreaker.com - Sustainable Merino Wool Outdoor Clothing
- The Humane Gardener by Nancy Lawson (buy directly from the author at https://www.humanegardener.com/the-book/)
- Wear No Evil by Greta Eagan (buy directly from the author at http://www.fashionmegreen.com/book-1)
- Website: http://cariloha.com
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/cariloha
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cariloha/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cariloha/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asustainablemind/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/SustainableMind
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asustainablemind/
- Website: http://www.asustainablemind.com
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