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Podcast: Breaking Gender Bias Thread by Thread

We recently joined the 'Where Ideas Launch' podcast, hosted by Katherine Ann Byam. Katherine looks at how we can innovate and live more sustainably...

BBC Radio Oxford: From marketing cars to selling clothes

During her interview with BBC Radio Oxford Sally Dear shares "that lightbulb moment" when her daughter at the age of 4 made her see the world throu...

We've been hand-picked by Ecollecty

We're delighted to have been invited to join Ecollecty, a new platform that discovers and curates beautiful, sustainable products from trusted brands.

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All good pop-ups must pop-down (but not quite yet)

All good pop-ups must pop-down, but not quite yet. We're excited to have negotiated an additional month in our pop-up shop in the Oxford Covered Ma...

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Launching during a global pandemic made us stronger

A few months before the first lockdown, I left my well-paid marketing job to start my new venture. By January 2020 we were busy working on designs...

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How can we tackle the gender confidence gap?

Evidence shows that confidence levels are evenly matched for boys and girls until the age of 8. But between the ages of 8 and 14, girls’ confidence...

How to use social media for good

Social media often gets a bad press. So we decided to talk to Alexis Bushnell from Social Media for Humans on how we can use it for good; how we ca...

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Is organic cotton kinder for the environment than non-organic?

Seventy percent of people we asked said yes: organic cotton is kinder for the environment than conventional cotton. However, less than 15% regularl...

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5 Reasons why kindness is so powerful

In the past, kindness wasn’t always regarded as a strong characteristic. However, with the rise of the kindness economy, and leaders like Jacinda A...

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A slower, kinder approach to fashion

We take a look at the impact of fast fashion and how we can adopt a slower, kinder approach to buying clothes, even for our kids who grow like weeds.

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What does it mean to be GOTS certified?

At Ducky Zebra we are proud that our clothes are GOTS certified. But what does this mean? And why is it important? We find out more in this post.

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Creating a business wrapped in kindness

I’ve experienced huge amounts of kindness in my life, often at times when I’ve been at my most vulnerable. This was especially the case when my mum...