Lily James-Oltz

Juontaja Erja Hyytiäinen Right, that makes sense. So really those roots that you talked about were sort of already in place and you decided to start from there. So when you talked about starting the Carolina Textile Network and now the Industrial Commons, you mentioned that you aimed to be big by being small together. I really love this and I feel like it's an important way to reconsider how we're approaching collaboration and

Mutual support in our communities today. I'm curious, how did you get everyone to come together for this approach? And how do you deal with competition between companies in this model? How do you kind of get at that, you know, all boats rise mentality and get everybody to understand that that's what's best?

that have used this model. In some ways it's so obvious, but I do feel like your sort of curiosity and ability to investigate these other models sort of from that beginner mind that you talked about of saying, you know, I wasn't an entrepreneur, I didn't go to business school in this way. It's really inspiring to think about that. So you talk about how Southern Appalachia has been hit so incredibly hard by unemployment and, you know, that the area saw upwards of 15% job loss.

Sinä mainitsit niin monia erilaisia esimerkkejä työstä, joita olet tehnyt yhteistyökumppanien kanssa ja muun muassa. Olen miettinyt, mikä olisi sinulle toivottavaa, kun puhutaan työtä ja yritystä alueella?

That's so exciting. I think what's really fascinating to me about what you do is that we so often hear environmental causes pitted against the issue of communities and job loss. What you're doing is so actively proving that working to support the climate and climate movements can actually support job and industry growth rather than destroy it. I'd love to hear you speak to this a little bit more and

No, I appreciate that. And thanks for that honest answer. I think also with that patience, what I find inspiring about what you do is you're always asking the next question. You know, you're always looking for once I've learned one thing, what is that next question that can help me understand this or the process or the system more deeply? And I think that's something that in the time that I've known you, I find really inspiring and that I would like to apply more and more to my own life. So thank you. This has been such a great conversation. Thank you, Molly, for joining us and all the fascinating and important work that you're doing.