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This online retailer takes sustainable living to a whole new level
The ubiquity of plastic packaging, as well as the carbon emissions associated with most purchases we make on a daily basis, can make it rather difficult to live a zero-waste lifestyle. But as the zero-waste movement is steadily gaining momentum, an increasing number of retailers are working to make Read More...
Grocery startup stocks up Bay Area street fridges with free food
Cheetah is a wholesale grocery delivery startup, but their new side project involves putting street fridges full of food out in the open in San Jose and Oakland, California. The fridges are decorated with paintings of produce and are part of the company’s #FoodGiving Campaign to provide free food Read More...
Major hedge fund dumps oil companies for lobbying against climate action
That oil, gas, and mining companies extract resources while damaging the environment is already bad enough, but what is absolutely unacceptable is that some of these companies lobby against climate action. That’s why a Nordic hedge fund worth more than $90bn (£68.6bn) has dumped its stocks in Read More...
GreenPee is a planet-friendly public urination solution
With Covid-19 cases decreasing, the city of Amsterdam was excited to start moving out of lockdown, but more people out and about meant the resurgence of an old problem: public urination. Fortunately, the city found a green way to address this unwanted behavior with GreenPee hemp-filled public Read More...
Brewdog: Why this Scottish brewery just bought a forest
At its brewery in Scotland, the craft brewer BrewDog runs on wind power and gas made from malted barley, part of a strategy to reduce carbon emissions as much as possible. But the company, which also owns a chain of pubs, wanted to go further. That’s why it now owns a forest. On 1,500 acres Read More...
A guide to all the zero-waste stores near you
We’re all striving to reduce the amount of single-use plastic in our lives, but finding ways to find your favorite essentials waste-free is not always an easy task. Fortunately, more and more zero-waste stores are popping up around major cities, making it all the more feasible to find things from Read More...
Seventh Generation takes sustainability to a new level with plastic-free packaging
As brands are increasingly shifting towards more eco-friendly practices, one of the first challenges they are striving to overcome is getting rid of plastic waste associated with packaging. Among the latest to embark on such a zero-waste journey is cleaning product company Seventh Generation, known Read More...
Thought Leader Series: The 19th Amendment and why intersectionality can’t wait
This week we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, but while this granted white women the right to vote, Black women were not granted full voting rights until 1965 and many Latinx, Asian American, and Native American women couldn’t vote until 1975. As we Read More...
New Sephora partnership solidifies commitment to clean beauty products
In recent years, Sephora has emerged as a more conscious beauty retailer. Now, the company is further solidifying its commitment to a greener future by partnering with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to promote safe and transparent ingredients in all of their products. In July 2019, Sephora Read More...
Virtual Reality can help fight racism in the workplace. Here's how
What better way to teach someone about the issues of racism or sexism in the workplace other than putting them in the shoes of a person experiencing such forms of discrimination? Well, that’s exactly what US startup Vantage Point does with its training programs that use virtual reality (VR) Read More...