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Better Cotton urges leaders at COP27 to show support for farmers on the frontline

The world’s leading sustainability initiative for cotton, Better Cotton, has issued a stark warning to leaders during COP27.

5 Reasons Why Slow Fashion Is a Smart Idea

The fashion sector is one of the most polluting industries on the planet; only airplanes are worse.

Make Black Friday a Buy Nothing Day

Retailers and marketers everywhere can thank the Canadians for this killjoy idea that fights for the environment: instead of buying more than you can afford on Black Friday, an environmentalist from Canada in 1992 started a then radical idea: Buy Nothing Day.

Fashioned from Hemp

Parkour, singing and dancing-- all ready for Haptic Path’s hemp-based, slow fashion  for men and women

Artist provokes anger with his alternative COVID-19 masks

A Namibian-German artist evoked enraged responses to his photographs of models wearing coronavirus masks created from common household goods including footwear, underwear, vegetables, and disposable panty liners.

Sustainable Thread, Now with Israeli Startup Twine

An Israeli startup can dramatically reduce water and air pollution from the fashion industry with a new technology for dyeing thread.

Take a Lazy Day to Clean Out You and Your Friends’ Closets

Though it isn’t spring yet, you do have the chance to get ahead of the game before winter and get rid of some things...

Reformation swimsuits for pin-up models and a saint

So it's summertime again. That means swimwear. When was the last time you found the perfect bathing suit? On a trip to Rome maybe...

How to design eco wedding card?

Creating and sending out eco-friendly wedding cards is a great way to contribute to saving the planet as a couple. If your plan is...

Best non-creasing dress materials

There is nothing worse than a creased and wrinkled dress, after you get out of the car or leave the table. You can prevent...

Israeli and Palestinian fashion entrepreneurs unite as a single brand

Aren't you sick of negative news? Does information that pushes us back into our respective corners on any topic serve any positive purpose? Bear...

Is the ink industry getting more environmentally friendly in 2018?

Ink manufacturing has come a long way over the past decade. However, the big question is whether we can see any signs of “green”...

Maryland man knits postcards from the Middle East

A middle-aged man with a yen for travel is documenting his wanderlust in wool, designing and crafting dozens of unusual sweaters which he proudly...

Weaving Ghandi’s hope into her coats

Ghandi's message was peaceful resistance through weaving. Om Khadi and AtelierOM continues the message.

Jameel Prize finalists coming to London in June

The Jameel Prize 5 will be on exhibit from 28 June through 25 November, 2018 at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. It's the international...

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Billie Eilish’s Mom Maggie Baird Launches “Climate Kitchen” on Public TV

Maggie Baird, best known as the mother of Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, is stepping into a much larger spotlight, this time as a climate storyteller.

Monitoring farmers’ tillage patterns from space

Tillage is one of the clearest signals of how a farm treats its soil. Intensive plowing can degrade structure, release carbon, and increase erosion. Conservation practices—no-till, cover cropping, minimal disturbance—do the opposite. They build soil, retain water, and support biodiversity. But until now, measuring these practices at scale has been slow, expensive, and often self-reported.

Hydrophilis SCUBA gear could make us one with the sea

Hydrophilis, Oliver Isler’s experimental rebreather suit, reimagines diving by reducing drag, eliminating bubbles, and bringing humans closer to the natural movement of marine life.

Alcohol the night before work in the heat may raise inflammation, study finds

If you work as a roofer, landscaper, pool builder, or in construction, installing garden slabs or solar panels, building sheds, or working on outdoor home improvement projects, take note of new research that can help you protect your heart.

April Is National Garlic Month

April is National Garlic Month! We’re close to the...

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Billie Eilish’s Mom Maggie Baird Launches “Climate Kitchen” on Public TV

Maggie Baird, best known as the mother of Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, is stepping into a much larger spotlight, this time as a climate storyteller.

Monitoring farmers’ tillage patterns from space

Tillage is one of the clearest signals of how a farm treats its soil. Intensive plowing can degrade structure, release carbon, and increase erosion. Conservation practices—no-till, cover cropping, minimal disturbance—do the opposite. They build soil, retain water, and support biodiversity. But until now, measuring these practices at scale has been slow, expensive, and often self-reported.

Hydrophilis SCUBA gear could make us one with the sea

Hydrophilis, Oliver Isler’s experimental rebreather suit, reimagines diving by reducing drag, eliminating bubbles, and bringing humans closer to the natural movement of marine life.

Alcohol the night before work in the heat may raise inflammation, study finds

If you work as a roofer, landscaper, pool builder, or in construction, installing garden slabs or solar panels, building sheds, or working on outdoor home improvement projects, take note of new research that can help you protect your heart.

April Is National Garlic Month

April is National Garlic Month! We’re close to the...

He’s selling a book. But Tony Cho is really selling a new model for cities

Tony Cho is a regenerative developer and community builder focused on designing cities as living ecosystems that support human connection and ecological balance. A key figure in Miami’s urban transformation, he helped shape the Wynwood Arts District and founded the Magic City Innovation District. Influenced by an unconventional upbringing that included time in an ashram, Cho brings a spiritual lens to real estate, blending culture, community, and capital into what he calls regenerative placemaking.

Israel and the UAE find that animal conservation can be as easy as adding new watering hole

Sometimes conservation doesn’t begin with moving animals around in...

Is Britain creating a smoke-free generation by banning sales to those born after 2008?

Today, Britain is attempting something that would have seemed unthinkable way back when.
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