Fishing and Fashion

 

New to the whole sustainability thing?

Want to know what they do with all that plastic fished out of the oceans?

Best practices in recycling help to turn debris into fashion, home products and more, but the who, what and where is a story that often goes untold …

Join us to hear from Lefteri Arapakis of Enaleia and Theodor Anastasatos of Intellectual Leisure, two local experts leading social enterprises geared towards caring for our marine environment and responsible manufacturing.

Fashion & Fishing
Local Best Practices with Regional and Global Impact
Wednesday, April 13, 7:00 p,m, EET

 

Theodor Anastasato

Born to Austrian and Greek parents in New York, Theodor Anastasato studied Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins before going on to work for Vivienne Westwood in London and Tokyo and later on the Inditex Group in Spain. He currently lives between the island of Mykonos and Athens from where he conducts his work. 

He is also the talent behind the brand INTELLECTUAL LEISURE, a brand created in 2020 as much as a state of mind as a clothing and design brand. INTELLECTUAL LEISURE conceive their ideas, source their materials and manufacture their products within the borders of the Mediterranean basin. This is a result of constant reflection on their surroundings, trying to build strong relationships with their suppliers, keeping their customers thrilled and being respectful to Mother Nature. His collections do not follow a conventional seasonal cycle but are rather the product of project-based natural evolution.

 

Lefteris Arapakis, Co-founder & Director Enaleia

Lefteris comes from a long line of Greek professional fishermen. During the Greek economic crisis, he co-founded Enaleia, an organization with a vision to make the marine ecosystem sustainable. Enaleia has created the first school for professional fishing in Greece and 2 wide-scale plastic clean-ups, the Mediterranean Cleanup & Bahari Safi, through working with 1.600 fishers, where the collected waste is integrated into the circular economy. The Mediterranean Cleanup is one of the top5 marine plastic cleanups in Europe.

Lefteris has been awarded as the United Nations European Young Champion of the Earth 2020 and the Ambassador for the Mediterranean Coast, by UNEP-MAP for 2021-2022. He is a graduate of the Athens University of Economics and Business, a TEDx speaker, an Ashoka Changemaker, and he was listed in the Greek Forbes 30under30 list of 2020.

WHEN

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 07:00 PM Athens Time

WHERE

ZOOM online
1 Venizelou Eleftheriou St
Athens 10431
Greece
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CONTACT

Sarajane Kidd Leone
[email protected]
694 260 2055

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