Isabelle Saxton is a sustainability strategist, clothing designer, and founder of the Global Sustainable Network consultancy which focuses on integrating regenerative, circular and sustainability strategies into fashion and textile business operations as well as creative individuals' lifestyles.
Due to her education at Harvard University and the Rhode Island School of Design, Isabelle prioritizes collaboration and holistic systems thinking while blending design expertise with deep knowledge of corporate sustainability, innovation, and environmental policy.
Isabelle’s specialities include a deeply interpersonal approach to aligning personal and corporate visions with strategic sustainability actions, fashion and textile supply chain assessment, sustainable clothing design, circular and regenerative design, developing sustainability roadmaps, up-skilling professionals on sustainability, circularity and regeneration, and crafting GHG Protocol-compliant baseline inventories and screening reduction plans.
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EDUCATION AND SPEAKER EVENTS
North Carolina Textile and Innovation Engine Educator (3 Months, Remote, 2025). Up-skilled four high school teachers on sustainability, circularity and fashion design through presentations and guides to develop materials for a new sustainable fashion and textiles curriculum for high schools across North Carolina. Over the course of the project, the curriculum will impact 300 teachers and 25,000 students.
Harvard University Regenerative Economics (Graduate) Guest Critic (2 Hours, Remote, 2024). Offered regenerative and business insights and feedback on end-of-term business proposals that solve regenerative issues across various industries.
Newlab New Climate Futures Start-Up Showcase (Full Day, Brooklyn, NY, US, 2024). Pitched the FutureYard digital service that educates and empowers people with yards or access to green spaces with the tools to regenerate their patch of earth using tailored expert advice, technology and gamification to increase biodiversity, carbon storage and soil health.
Lafayette College Sustainable Finance (Undergraduate) Guest Lecturer (1 Hour, Remote, 2022). Presented a holistic view of sustainability and the fashion industry with a particular focus on our purchasing power as users.
Sustainable Fashion Week US (Day 2 SFW x SFW Workshops) Speaker (Half-Day, Remote, 2021). Created and pre-recorded an educational talk on greenwashing and the nuances of sustainability and answered audience questions during the screening (available on YouTube).
Sustainable Fashion Week US (FASH REV USA x SFW) Designer and Speaker (Half-Day, Remote, 2020). Runway showcased The Impossible Dream collection, presented a pre-recorded designer talk and answered audience questions during the screening, all in partnership with Fashion Revolution US (available on YouTube at 06:40).
RESUME highlights
Harvard University ALM (Master's Degree) in Sustainability specializing in Corporate Sustainability and Innovation and Environmental Policy and International Development (2023; 3.97 GPA).
Rhode Island School of Design BFA in Apparel Design with a concentration in Nature-Culture Sustainability & Science (2020).
Sustainability Chats with Friends, Podcast Host. A curiosity-driven podcast that dives into conversations based on the guest's sustainability interests.
Global Sustainable Network, Founder. A strategic sustainability agency that empowers fashion and textile businesses, along with creative individuals, in adopting sustainable, circular, and regenerative practices and lifestyles through sustainability action planning.
FutureYard, Founder. A start-up working to create a hyper-local global network simplifying yard and green space regeneration by empowering folks to increase native biodiversity, soil health, water conservation and carbon storage. A shortlisted finalist in King Charles III and Sir Jony Ives' 2024 Terra Carta Design Lab.
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