The high cost of fast fashion
From pesticides to fossil fuels, it takes a lot of resources to make a T-shirt.
From pesticides to fossil fuels, it takes a lot of resources to make a T-shirt.
Around the world, communities of people are coalescing around the goal of using less stuff and making the stuff we have last longer.
Buying less can be one of the simplest and most cost-effective ways to live more sustainably. In a culture of consumerism, that can be harder than it sounds.
The United States should look to France as a model for plastic waste reduction policy.
Cobalt supply shortages threaten to slow the progress towards a green energy future. Metals recycling can provide some relief, and, at the same time, teach us how to use our resources sustainably.
Black Friday is the most profitable weekend of the year for big box stores - but the environmental cost should put them in the red.