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Every Cotton T-Shirt Costs the Environment $3.40
Ma Earth is paying through its nose for the clothing we produce, according to a study that quantifies, for the first time, the price we exact from the ecosystem for our clothing....
10 Easy Steps to Become a More Responsible Fashion Consumer
Here is a list of 10 things you can do today that will save you money, give you back time you never thought you had, and bring home the reality that having...
RepAir T-shirt Cleans the Air while You Wear It
Italian fashion company Kloters has created a T-shirt that cleans the air through a specially designed insert capable of capturing and disintegrating pollutants and foul odors. Called RepAir, the shirt was designed...
These Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging Are Getting Into Your Meals
On a busy weeknight, takeout and fast food are easy dinner time solutions. But your family's favorite on-the-go meal may come with a side of toxic fluorinated chemicals.Per- and polyfluoralkyl substances, or...
Sustainable Fashion Innovator Makes Fiber From Pineapple Leaves
In 1960, 97 percent of the fibers used in clothing came from natural materials. Today that number has fallen to 35 percent. But sustainable fashion veteran Isaac Nichelson wants to reverse that...
From Plankton to Mahi-Mahi and Beyond: Toxic Plastic Is Traveling Up the Food Chain
Even a hundred yards out from the stern of the old steel sloop, the fish at the end of the line looked enormous. And it was strong: As it leapt up out...
Tourism Responsible for 8% of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Study Finds
Worldwide tourism accounted for 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions from 2009 to 2013, new research finds, making the sector a bigger polluter than the construction industry.The study, which looks at...
Food and Drink Giants Unite in Promise to Wage War on Plastic Waste
The government may have promised to wipe out avoidable plastic waste in the UK by 2042, but today large swathes of the UK's food and drink sector went a leap further, in...
Scientists Accidentally Create Mutant Enzyme That Eats Plastic Bottles
Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic drinks bottles – by accident. The breakthrough could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis by enabling for the first time the...
C40 Reveals Cities’ Emissions Are Up To 60% Higher, Resulting In Bigger Reduction Opportunities
A new analysis from the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group has revealed that cities are actually generating up to 60% more greenhouse gasses than currently estimated due to the impact of trade...
Seaweed Sneakers Look Fly, Could Help Save the Environment
Would you wear sneakers made from kelp? What if they looked as stylish as any other shoe, and could help reduce the massive impact of the textile industry?
A new textile component called...
An Argentine Startup Makes Shoes from Discarded Tire Scraps and Employs Single Mothers
More than 100,000 tons of rubber tires are disposed of every year in Argentina. The majority of them are burned, contributing to the country’s already huge air pollution problem. So, when Alejandro...
Republican Tax Bill Presents Grave Threat to Alaska’s Tribal Groups
For tribal people in northern Alaska, a Republican tax overhaul that was hastily cobbled together in congressional backrooms 3,000 miles away has raised fears that their entire way of life could be...
M&S Targets Zero Waste and 90 Per Cent CO2 Cut in New ‘Plan A 2025’
Marks & Spencer unveiled a raft of ambitious zero waste and CO2 reduction targets across its business and supply chains with the launch of its new Plan A 2025 sustainability programme today.
Under...
IKEA Unpacks Textile Waste with Fabric Collection Pilot
IKEA has become the latest retail giant to try and tackle the UK's growing pile of fabric waste with a new pilot scheme to collect old textiles in store for reuse, repair...
What Does Nature Mean to you? NATURE@work Photo Competition Launched
Nature works hard to protect us and to sustain our everyday lives — a fact that is often under-appreciated. But it plays a vital role, providing clean air, clean drinking water, clothing,...
