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Sustainability
Fast Fashion Is Unsustainable. What Could a “Slow” Fashion Industry Look Like?
The fast fashion industry has created a culture of consumption that depends on the exploitation of people and the Earth.
Decarceration Advocates Call for Rikers to Be Transformed Into Green Energy Hub
"The green plan is a great way to ensure that Rikers isn’t used or reimagined for punitive measures ever again."
“Localization” Can Help Free the Planet From Neoliberal Globalization
Localization offers the means to return to a real and stable economy not based on speculation, exploitation and debt.
15 Things Biodiversity Protectors Are Watching Out for in 2022
We must identify emerging threats and opportunities to protect biodiversity and proactively shape policies.
Trees and Crops Don’t Have to Compete. Climate Crisis Calls for Agroforestry.
Agroforestry holds the technical potential to sequester a significant percentage of total global emissions.
Despite Weeks of Union-Busting, Workers at Imperfect Foods Vote to Unionize
Companies like Imperfect Foods hold great sustainability potential, but that must not come at the expense of workers.
Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Is Possible. These State-Level Plans Show How.
Crucial emissions reduction targets can be met through feasible state-level investments in clean energy.
Infrastructure Should Be the Great Economic Equalizer
The country is critically overdue for infrastructure development.
Global Electronic Waste Up 21 Percent in Five Years — Little of It Is Recycled
In 2019, the world generated e-waste equivalent in weight to 350 cruise ships. Only 14.7 percent was recycled.
Native Activists Are Forging a Just Transition to Renewable Energy
Activists are looking to the "original green new deal" – an economy based on Indigenous values and practices.