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   Ciara | Ciaraíoch ? (ciaraioch@mastodon.ie)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 18:41:17 JST Ciara | Ciaraíoch ?

   • ⭕ Seosamh ᚛ᚄᚓᚑᚄᚐᚋᚆ᚜

   @MadSc13ntist Love the idea, I'm a bit fussy about things being made sustainably and ethically and to do that with a one-person business for clothing is difficult - maybe could team up with someone eventually, but at the moment just a pipe-dream!

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     ⭕ Seosamh ᚛ᚄᚓᚑᚄᚐᚋᚆ᚜ (madsc13ntist@mastodon.ie)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 19:57:46 JST ⭕ Seosamh ᚛ᚄᚓᚑᚄᚐᚋᚆ᚜

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     @Ciaraioch is there a threshold of sustainability that we could aim for? Is anyone else out there meeting a standard that you would find acceptable?

     "Not really" is fully valid, and on a planet drowning in plastic fast fashion I agree that we should be finding more sustainable options for clothes.

     All of this said, could items be made as close to the mark as possible and carry an extra fee for a related (underfunded) org?

     I appreciate that you sound like you've genuinely sat with this a bit.

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     Ciara | Ciaraíoch ? (ciaraioch@mastodon.ie)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 20:59:01 JST Ciara | Ciaraíoch ?

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     • Allan

     @allancavanagh @MadSc13ntist Not a brick wall but just cost and keeping stuff in stock (it'd have to be a pre-order and minimum order might be an issue) - printing them locally (in Ireland) using as sustainable a process as possible (there are companies doing this) and good quality is the goal but it's just too expensive and too much work at the moment - hopefully in the future!

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     Allan (allancavanagh@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 20:59:02 JST Allan

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     • ⭕ Seosamh ᚛ᚄᚓᚑᚄᚐᚋᚆ᚜

     @Ciaraioch @MadSc13ntist sounds like you’ve looked into this a bit already? Ethical brick wall?

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     Allan (allancavanagh@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 21:03:14 JST Allan

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     • ⭕ Seosamh ᚛ᚄᚓᚑᚄᚐᚋᚆ᚜

     @Ciaraioch @MadSc13ntist “ there are companies doing this”
     Do you remember who? No worries if not, I don’t want you going off trawling emails to find out.

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     Ciara | Ciaraíoch ? (ciaraioch@mastodon.ie)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 21:03:14 JST Ciara | Ciaraíoch ?

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     • Allan

     @allancavanagh @MadSc13ntist There are because I looked them up before for someone else, I don't have it off the top of my head though - tshirtcompany was one of them I think

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     Ciara | Ciaraíoch ? (ciaraioch@mastodon.ie)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 21:05:21 JST Ciara | Ciaraíoch ?

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     • Allan

     @allancavanagh @MadSc13ntist Other option would be learn how to screenprint but that depends on how insane I'm feeling

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     ⭕ Seosamh ᚛ᚄᚓᚑᚄᚐᚋᚆ᚜ (madsc13ntist@mastodon.ie)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 21:55:35 JST ⭕ Seosamh ᚛ᚄᚓᚑᚄᚐᚋᚆ᚜

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     • Allan

     @Ciaraioch @allancavanagh I suppose that was something I'd also considered myself, but I suck at art, I really like yours, and I was raised better than to steal from artists. 🤷♂️

     Like much of the my fellow idiots on this side of the pond, work like yours holds outsized meaning. Alot of it. 💚

     When other Gaeilgeoirí over here see your work ANYWHERE, we gravitate in closer. Wearing your art is perhaps THE way to say "I will fucking mame you right here and now if you say top of the morning to me". 🥹

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     Ciara | Ciaraíoch ? (ciaraioch@mastodon.ie)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 18:23:33 JST Ciara | Ciaraíoch ?

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     • Allan

     @MadSc13ntist @allancavanagh This is such a lovely thing to read. I am honoured to inspire violence 💚