Take action. Speak change to those with the most power, your chance is tomorrow. Proceeding the tragic garment factory collapse in Bangladesh, the “Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh,” promises to take meaningful steps towards…
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It’s that time of year again to start marking up your fashion calendar. At the top of our list? Berlin. For the fourth time, the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin with exhibit 74 casual and streetwear sustainable…
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I stutter to come up with a perfect match point answer–what is sustainable fashion? Capitalizing on the moment and penetrating the hearts of my listener–educating them on the concept to rethink consumption choices through what we…
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Neuroscience meets the knitting circle. NeuroKnitting is an experiment that uses an EEG headset to record how the brain reacts to music. It then translates that data into a pattern that can be realized in…
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Venus 2011 by artist Chris Jordan depicts 240,000 plastic bags, equal to the estimated number of plastic bags consumed around the world every ten seconds. Difficult to watch but equally as powerful, Chris Jordan’s TED talk…
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“Modern leather tanneries and the leather they make are frighteningly toxic. So toxic, that there are more tanneries than any other business on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Superfund list, the list that identifies the priority…
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Within in a world where most of us work from an office or computer, it’s few and far between we confront the tangible efforts of our work. Often, what we create is distant and abstract. But…
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Local is at the heart of the sustainability movement. Local supply chains, local food, local garments, local music. Local manufacturing–making goods in your city, neighborhood, or town–is truly self sustaining. (Did I say local enough yet?)…
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