From the frenetic cities of New York and Hong Kong, an outspoken American who has spent her career in fashion and art dealing moves to the rural Suffolk countryside and finds herself seemingly marooned and bored in quiet nature. But Joanne Ooi never sits still for long. She founded first, EAFestival, an arts and culture festival in East Anglia – and then EASustain a biennial festival about Environment, Culture and Entrepreneurship. Today, she talks to MetroWild about leaving hectic city life and discovering her higher purpose serving the local community from her new quiet countryside home.
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Joanne Ooi was born in Singapore and grew up in Cincinnati in the United States. She trained as a lawyer in New York but moved to Hong Kong where she was Creative Director at the Chinese fashion house, Shanghai Tang. Joanne was also the co-CEO of Hong Kong’s Clean Air Network and with her co-CEO was nominated for Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential” list in 2011. Among her other entrepreneurial interests, Joanne also founded an avant-garde art gallery and an e-commerce site specializing in fine jewellery. Joanne now lives in Suffolk in the UK and is the founder of EASustain. She is also my cousin!
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Collaboration, Creativity & Sustainability – Joanne Ooi ¦ MetroWild Podcast Season 01 Episode 04 MWL0104 ¦ with Yang-May Ooi
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EASustain – https://www.easustain.com/
Joanne Ooi on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/culture.vlog/
About Joanne – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne_Ooi
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