Planeta Dots reaches schools, towns, businesses, and rural communities with the ambition of using sewing as a tool for collective reflection. "Sewing makes the value of things visible. We live surrounded by clothing, we pass through quickly, consume without thinking, but we don’t realize how much time that creation requires," explains Roser. In their workshops, primary school children and corporate teams come together, but the effect is usually the same: "We look each other in the face and suddenly the child who had time for this emerges, precisely to stop and create."
In 2022, a serious breakdown left the caravan out of commission. What seemed like a crisis revealed a community stronger than they believed. The response from their network showed them that Planeta Dots builds something difficult to measure: "These are impacts that don’t fit in an Excel sheet, but we know they are important," they acknowledge.
"A project needs values, strategy, economic sustainability, and adaptability. A large part of our growth has come from lifting our gaze from our workshop and seeking out those around us to create alliances,” say the entrepreneurs, who remind those wanting to venture into the circular economy that purpose alone is not enough.
