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Bigger or Better?
Economic growth is a good thing, right? Listening to economists and politicians, that would certainly seem to be the case. It is an article of faith that a growing economy leads to more prosperity, and...
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The Fashion Biz: What’s Big Enough?
Levi’s is partnering with a tiny boutique that’ll take beloved old 501s and retrofit them to your current shape. Giant European retailer, Tesco, is offering a collection made from textile odds and sods...
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Getting Serious About Happiness
According to conventional economics, the way to judge a nation’s progress and level of development is to examine its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) metrics. As it turns out though, often there isn’t much...
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Just How Sustainable is Walmart?
Walmart expends a lot of energy trumpeting its sustainability initiatives It’s been about seven years since Walmart launched its sustainability program and the retailing behemoth regularly touts its...
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What India Can Teach Us About Sustainability
“I arrived in India as an expert. I left as a novice.” So says Adam Werbach, former Sierra Club president and Global CEO of the sustainability consultancy Saatchi and Saatchi S. Werbach recently...
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How to Save the Planet—One Washer Load at a Time
The energy that’s consumed in manufacturing our clothes is just a part of the story. According to a Proctor & Gamble study, washing and drying account for 75-80% of the energy consumed during our...
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Reinventing Fire—Concrete Proposals for a Sustainable Energy Policy
Amory Lovins is a deep thinker who puts his emphasis on solutions rather than merely hand-wringing where the environment is The Rocky Mountain Institute’s proposals are both bold and ultimately...
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Savvy Used Clothes Shopping
We Americans on average dump an estimated 68 pounds of clothing every year. Even though an estimated 98% of that amount is recyclable, most of our trashed clothes end up in the waste stream....
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Why Sympatico Chooses Low-Impact Dyes
Using natural dyes is ecologically preferable to their synthetic counterparts, right? While that may make sense intuitively, as with many environmental questions, the truth is more complicated....
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The Cost-Per-Wearing Calculation
While most of us deplore the environmental and human toll that fast fashion exacts, it’s pretty easy to see why it continues to succeed. Walk by an H&M or Zara storefront and the allure is obvious:...
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