Ways in which you can make major changes in the life’s of others by making minor changes in the way you shop.
Dean Steele-Bennett and Daniel Hugh Manning will be discussing their sustainable lifestyle project – making a Fair Trade and organic lifestyle accessible to all, starting with your wardrobe.
Daniel Hugh Manning - Stylist
Daniel has been working in the world of style for the past decade. From long term working relationships to one off red carpet moments, his belief is that your exterior style reflects your interior thoughts and passions, and “by lifting one you lift the other”. Daniel’s passion for fashion and his innate compassion for the world has lead him to where he is today. Daniel believes that by making minor changes to our lives, what we buy and how we live, we will create major changes for others less fortunate and the environment we call home. From starting at this moment, and working with the current way in which we live Daniel is looking to find organic, sustainable and fair trade options to replace the things we already know and love. By putting our dollar where our beliefs are, we will make the changes we so desperately want to see.
During his years as a personal stylist, Daniel has had the pleasure of working with some great personalities… including… Jodie Kidd, Kate Ceberano, Daniel MacPherson, Sonia Kruger, Pia Miranda, Gemma Purdy, Jacob Butler, Rove McManus & Belinda Emmett.
Daniel will be presenting his vision for style at this event.
Dean Steele-Bennett - co-founder, The Shaper Group
Dean is a co-founder of The Shaper Group (www.shapergroup.com), a group of companies that work with businesses, government and not-for-profit organisations who want to improve their competitive advantage and reputation by embracing sustainable business practices. In this presentation at the Fair Trade Fiesta, Dean will be discussing his focus on finding practical and stylish ways to dress using Fair Trade fashion for both business and on the weekend.
Dean is passionate about creating practical options and events that illustrated how individuals and communities can have a “fun, cheeky, rewarding and planet friendly lifestyle”. Dean is also a “green collar career coach”. He helps job seekers with a passion for sustainability to find a personally rewarding career that also helps contribute to creating a better world.
Dean was the founder of “Melbourne Sustainability Drinks”(www.sustainabilitydrinks.com) , a not-for-profit after work forum that brings 200-300 passionate people together monthly to hear leading speakers and meet other like-minded people in a relaxed environment over a drink. He was also one of the organising committee members that successfully held “The World’s Biggest Green Drinks” in Melbourne in early 2008, which resulted in over 2,000 people attending, beating the record held by New York City. He is a volunteer “green collar career mentor” to the Fellowship participants undertaking the sustainability leadership programme at the Centre for Sustainability Leadership (www.csl.org.au) and actively works with other community organisations on a voluntary basis.
Prior to co-founding The Shaper Group of companies, Dean worked in a number of management, consulting and senior research roles for three global executive search firms; Russell Reynolds Associates, Korn/Ferry International (FutureStep) and KPMG Executive Search. Dean has successfully identified CEO, C-suite and other executives for leading ASX300, Fortune 500, government and Higher Education clients in Australia and globally.
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