48. Closing the Clothing Production Loop with Rowena Foong from High Tea with Mrs Woo

Fifteen years is a long time to collect and store textile offcuts and scraps from your own clothing production! But for Rowena Foong and her sisters Angela and Juliana, finding a solution for that waste wasn't just a side project. For them, it’s embedded as a part of what it means to be a genuinely sustainable business. In this episode, I’m chatting with Rowena, who is one-third of the team behind the Newcastle-based slow clothing brand, High Tea with Mrs Woo. Their firmly established business is committed to crafting timeless, or in their words, timeful, clothing. We’re talking about the gritty, difficult reality of upcycling textile waste and closing the loop on clothing production. All within the context of an Australian owned and Australian made brand. A summary, plus the links and photos of the pieces discussed in this episode are found here at Closing the Clothing Production Loop (https://renewyliving.com.au/closing-the-clothing-production-loop/) The ReNewy Living Podcast is hosted by Mardi Lee, founder of ReNewy Living... (https://renewyliving.com.au/) • Loved this episode? Got another topic idea or guest suggestion? Send a voice message to Mardi at ReNewy Living here... (https://www.speakpipe.com/TheReNewyLivingPodcast) • If The ReNewy Living Podcast is part of your week, you can help keep it going, with Buy me a coffee. (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/renewyliving)  Every “coffee” genuinely helps. Welcome to The ReNewy Living Podcast, the show for people who want to live sustainably without the global overwhelm.  We’re here to lighten your environmental load. We celebrate local sustainability across Australia and connect you to the solutions and people already doing great things for a healthier planet. Living sustainably starts with good humans like you. People who care about the natural environment, our communities and the everyday spaces we live in. Each conversation helps you feel reassu