The Optimistic Entrepreneur: Brooke Bowlin on Sustainability, Social Media and Meaningful Success

<p>When you’re faced with a giant systemic machine that looks like it’s really never going to change, adopting some sort of nihilistic view isn’t uncommon.</p> <p>Brooke Bowlin’s giant machine is the Fast Fashion industry, which (for the record) creates more carbon emissions than the global shipping and aviation industries <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2019/09/23/costo-moda-medio-ambiente#:~:text=Every%20year%20the%20fashion%20industry,needs%20of%20five%20million%20people.&text=The%20fashion%20industry%20is%20responsible,flights%20and%20maritime%20shipping%20combined.">combined</a>.</p> <p>What makes Brooke’s situation unique is that despite facing down this giant for the last four years, she hasn’t succumbed to some doomsday-style climate nihilism.And that’s what makes her so uncommon.</p> <p>Brooke Bowlin is a ray of sunshine when she enters a room. Or at least when she logs onto a zoom call. </p> <p>-She’s an artist, entrepreneur, content creator and sustainable fast fashion advocate. </p> <p>-In the past, she was the owner of Thrift 251, a thrift store aimed at reducing clothing waste. </p> <p>-Today, she is the voice of “Secondhand Sustainability,” a popular cross-platform media project for conscious fashion. It currently has over 18K+ followers on instagram, and she’s even planning a podcast for it.</p> <p>Over the past three years, Brooke has cultivated a strong following of young adults eager to change the usually wasteful model that is the modern fashion industry. </p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>Brooke&#39;s Book Recs: - </p> <p>Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit </p> <p>All We Can Save by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson &amp; Katharine Wilkinson</p> <p>Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler  (mentioned) </p> <p>Consumed by Aja Barber</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>Follow her on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/secondhand_sustainability/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@Secondhand.Sustainability </a></p> <p>Her Website <a href="www.nuancerequired.com" targe