backgrounder

Backgrounder People don’t often believe that they can change the world. However, according to Kellie Guthrie, owner and founder of Re-Invention, everyone has the ability to make the world a better place. After years of paving her way through the fashion... More

Backgrounder People don’t often believe that they can change the world. However, according to Kellie Guthrie, owner and founder of Re-Invention, everyone has the ability to make the world a better place. After years of paving her way through the fashion industry, Kellie came face-to-face with the issue of poverty, and she has made it her mission to be on the forefront of a solution. Kellie sought out humanitarian organizations that provide employment-based solutions, called social enterprises, for those who are bound by poverty. She founded Re-Invention in order to find impoverished areas to create new opportunities for Social Enterprise. Re-invention’s initiative to “re-invent where we live” is brought to life through G.E.A.R. (Go! Everyone, Everywhere and Re-Invent). G.E.A.R. is a collection of handmade, re-invented, recycled and re-purposed home accents, furnishings and other sustainable products. “We are not only creating sustainable products,” says Kellie, “but sustainable lives.” Less