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About Nina

Nina Gbor is a circular economy and sustainability educator, international public speaker, researcher, clothes swap maven and eco stylist. Her interests and focal areas are sustainable fashion, degrowth, postgrowth, international development and the circular economy.  

Nina is the founder of Eco StylesSwap in the City Australia and Clothes Swap & Style. Nina works with media, councils, organisations, schools, community groups and individuals to develop strategies for holistic systems change towards a more circular and sustainable future. 

Nina is the Director of the Circular Economy & Waste Program at The Australia Institute. She was featured in Australia's most prominent environmental TV series which is the ABC TV's award-winning, War On Waste. Nina was also an impact consultant on the War On Waste tv show. 

Nina has a master’s degree in international development and guest lectures at universities in Australia and abroad. She designs and runs programs, short courses and workshops for universities and other institutions. She is the founder of Clothes Swap & Style and has been hosting clothes swaps for over 15 years.

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Nina coined the term ‘TRENDmill’ as a notion that encapsulates the modern global cultural trend of excessive production and overconsumption of products & materials that stems from the take-make-waste system. 

Featured In the News

Growing Calls For Fast Fashion Tax To Tackle Aussie Over-Consumption | 10 News+
Remagine Art Prize - Nina Gbor - Keynote speaker 2025
Australia's fast fashion fixation, and what to do about it | Nina Gbor on ABC News
Australians buy more clothes than any other country | Nina Gbor on the Today Show
The Tragic Fate Of Donated Vintage Clothes
EXPLAINED: How Temu & Shein Are Destroying the Retail Industry
Government looking for solutions to Australia’s growing fast fashion crisis | 9 News Australia

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