Interviews 8 Jul 2021
Plastic Free July with Angela Fink & Mireia Llusia-Lindh
Angela Fink - Creative Director
During my travels, I was initially struck by just how much plastic trash was littered around the most beautiful places. I realized there was no place on earth untouched by trash and pollution, not even these incredibly remote and venerated destinations. All that distance and perspective allowed me to hold a mirror up to what was going on at home - how I was contributing to plastic pollution in my everyday life and how I could change my habits for the better.
The sea is an extension of us. Why would we do anything to destroy that? And just as we’re mindful of what we put into our bodies, we can and should share the same regard for how we treat the ocean.
Mireia Llusia-Lindh - DeMellier's founder

As someone who was fortunate to have a safe and loving upbringing and receive an education, I feel an obligation to help those who are less fortunate and this is something that is ingrained into DeMellier’s DNA through our permanent charity initiative A Bag, A Life. I’m always thinking of ways we can do more and try to be a force of positive influence, so I thought about getting together with 6 other great creative minds and joining forces to raise awareness and funds for 7 amazing causes. I wanted to do it with 6 inspiring women who I knew and who shared our values, and it has been such a pleasure to collaborate with Angela who is a dear friend on this project.
All of us can inspire change, weather we are at the forefront of companies, in the arts world, in the classroom... I think everyone has a voice and is important to use it to be a force of positive change.
I think it goes both ways, it’s always tough when we are in a hard economic environment to have governments, companies and people investing to undo the mistakes from the past, but sustainability is not just about investing to make the changes needed (e.g. buying an electric car, putting solar panels in our homes etc). It’s also about how much we consume; with economic hardships, everyone tends to think more carefully about what they buy, buying less and buying better. I think regardless of the economic climate, we don’t have a lot of time left before some of the impact becomes irreversible. So all of us collectively, we need to continue working towards greater sustainability despite the adverse economic conditions.