
How To Help Garment Workers & Ethical Fashion History
Exploring the problem that garment workers in the fashion industry face — and unpacking how we can make a difference (and the good already being done)
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This Nonprofit Is Helping the East Coast Recycle Clothing Waste
Brooklyn-based Fabscrap hopes to sign up 20 to 25 brands to recycle textile waste in the Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, and southern New Jersey areas over the next year.
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Six Book Recommendations About Climate Change From Emma Watson
Emma Watson — actor and UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador, hid more than 40 books around Glasgow during COP26 for people to find. The inspiring reads on climate issues are part of the #COPBookFairies campaign.
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These 5 Accounts are Using Social Media For Good
To celebrate how far we’ve come and how folks are using social media to help each other, we’re highlighting five of the people who are using it for compassion and community...
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More Women Are Becoming Entrepreneurs Than Ever
A report commissioned by American Express found that, between 2014 and 2019, the number of women-owned businesses climbed 21 percent to a total of nearly 13 million.
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#TeamSeas: YouTubers Raised $30 Million To Remove 30 Million Pounds of Trash From the Ocean
TeamSeas — an initiative from popular YouTubers Mr. Beast and Mark Rober — successfully raised $30 million dollars to take 30 million pounds of trash out of the waters.
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Global efforts to repurpose wind turbine blades lead to innovative designs
The Danish port city of Aalborg, where the new recyclable blades are being made, has found an innovative new use for old blades, by turning them into bike shelters for the city’s cyclists.
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How To Unplug From Bad News, Stay in Touch With Reality, and Find Good in the Everyday
Adam J. Kurtz: If you need a reprieve from bad news, allow it, but keep one eye open to the reality on the other side of your rainbow perimeter.
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Art Is Helping Refugee Women Connect and Express Themselves
A new study in Australia has looked at the experiences of refugee and migrant women who shared creative art in community exhibitions. The women supported each other, learnt about each other’s cultures and taught each other new skills, including unique sewing techniques.
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Researchers Have Found a Creative Way To Save Forests: They're Letting Trees Tweet
The tweeting tree’s messages are based on data from a suite of sensors on and around its trunk, using a real-time approach to tree monitoring pioneered by Witness Tree’s inspiration and sister project TreeWatch.net.
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13 Sites to Find Diverse Stock Photos & Why It Matters
Representation matters. Here's where you can find diverse free and paid stock photography that genuinely represents communities without perpetuating harmful stereotypes.
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Turning Trauma Into a Tune: An Egyptian Band Is Helping Women Tackle Taboos
Feminist duo ElBouma cover subjects from child marriage to FGM based on testimonies of girls in rural Egypt
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