StartSomeGood Network with ING Good Finds: Live Call with Nic Robinson, Founder of Good Citizens Eyewear
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ING Good Finds, Founder Interview Series
StartSomeGood is working with ING on an innovative new online market experience, ING Good Finds. In this special series of Founder Live Calls, Tom Dawkins will interview Founders of Social Enterprises being showcased on ING Good Finds. Join us to learn more about these amazing social enterprises and the positive impact they are having across Australia and beyond.
Featuring: Nic Robinson, Founder of Good Citizens Eyewear
Nik has had many careers; radio broadcaster, creative director, donut maker and lecturer.
Nik is passionate about using his creative skills to solve problems and make a positive difference, so in 2018, he set up Good Citizens with his young kids to take on the world’s plastic issue.
It would take 752 days and thousands of failed attempts to finally launch Good Citizens Eyewear in April 2020. Good Citizens has one mission - to untrash the planet™ by turning trash into good.
Good Citizens turns single-use plastic bottles into sunglasses frames. The frames are 100% recycled and made in Australia. Within just a few months of launching, Good Citizens was awarded two prestigious 2020 Good Design Awards and The Design Files Sustainable Idea of 2020 plus Selfridges in London gave the brand an entire window.
Nik has become a leader in working with recycled materials; designing and manufacturing in-demand, on-trend consumer products made from waste materials. He has spoken at the United Nations and he lectures at numerous Australian universities to inspire the next generation to think cleverly about using recycled materials.