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EP101: Reducing Waste and In Your Creative Business

Melissa Hartfiel, Heather Travis & Puneeta Chhitwal-Varma Season 3 Episode 101

Melissa, Heather and Puneeta discuss why reducing waste and increasing sustainability in their creative businesses is so important to them and what they're doing about it. They share some of the things they've learned as well as some practical tips from the And She Looked Up audience!

This episode is brought to you by Fine Lime Designs Illustrations

This is a great episode for anyone who:

  • is concerned about the environment
  • wants to increase sustainability and reduce the carbon footprint of their art or maker business
  • wants to be more profitable by wasting less resources
  • wants to make steps towards a greener business but doesn't know where or how to start

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Episode 101: Reducing Waste In Your Creative Business

You can find Melissa at finelimedesigns.com or on Instagram @mhchipmunk.
You can find Heather Travis at heatherlynnetravis.com or on Instagram @HeatherTravis
You can find Puneeta Chhitwal-Varma at mapleandmarigold.com or on Instagram at @mapleandmarigold

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And She Looked Up was born from belief that creating for a living takes a special kind of person: one part artist and one part businessperson.

Each week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down with inspiring Canadian women who create for a living. We talk about their creative journeys and their best business tip

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Each week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down with inspiring Canadian women who create for a living. We talk about their creative journeys and their best business tips, as well as the creative and business mindset issues all creative entrepreneurs struggle with. This podcast is for Canadian artists, makers and creators who want to find a way to make a living doing what they love.

Your host, Melissa Hartfiel (@finelimedesigns), left a 20 year career in corporate retail and has been happily self-employed as a working creative since 2010. She's a graphic designer, writer and illustrator as well as the co-founder of a multi-six figure a year business in the digital content space. She resides just outside of Vancouver, BC.

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