Welcome to season 2 of Wild Wimmin the wild swimming podcast, I'm Laura Macdonald. 

Today’s Wild Wimmer is Lou Jones, a swimbler and occasional serious swimmer who took her love of outdoor swimming and passion for all things green into the world of business. Lou started Sea and Stream, an online shop for swimmers with the focus on sustainability. Lou saves you time and brain space by sourcing the most sustainably made version of all your favourite swim essentials. She gives 1% of sales to environmental organisations.  

You can checkout the Sea and Stream store and follow Lou on Instagram She has written several articles for Outdoor Swimmer Magazine which you can read here.

You can support the podcast by buying me a ko-fi . You can contribute to my goal of covering production costs and will be helping to shape the future of the podcast.

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Links:

Reef safe sunscreen: https://seaandstream.co.uk/blogs/news/reef-safe-sunscreen

Eco Labels to look out for 

https://eluxemagazine.com/culture/articles/ethical-fashion-certifications/

Cotton Facts:

https://sustainablecottonranking.org/check-the-scores

https://bettercotton.org/

https://www.worldwildlife.org/industries/cotton

https://www.swedishlinens.com/blogs/news/organic-vs-conventional-cotton

SurfersAgainstSewage are doing a huge amount of work in this area and their website has a lot of excellent resources as well as links to campaigns with which you can get involved.

The Rivers Trust - Rivers Fit to Swim In and  map of CSO locations

Massive thanks to The Housecoat Project for allowing me to use their song Wild Wimmin as the theme music. "Wild Wimmin" : words + music by Meri St. Mary (Instagram). Performed by Housecoat Project @1988 Wide Eye Doo Dat on Subterranean Records: https://youtu.be/k5D2h-B-qDU

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