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On the Mend: The Future of Fashion Is Sustainable

photo of a slender Black woman with long pink braids and a short-haired curvy Black woman sitting back-to-back in front of a waterfall in a lush, tropical setting wearing garments from the Chromat Spring 2019 Saturated collection
by Adwoa Afful
September 17, 2020 at 9:34am
While “sustainability” might sound like a trendy buzzword, it is actually a movement that brings together people committed to honoring what we love about clothes.
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Our Only Home: Mapping a More Socially Just Earth Day

by Charlotte Levy
June 11, 2020 at 9:33am
Collective action in this critical moment can set the stage for a truly inclusive environmental movement. Read more »
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World on Fire: Like Natural Disasters, Pandemics Reveal How Fragile Our Systems Are

by Izzie Ramirez
April 24, 2020 at 3:10pm
The systems meant to protect us are floundering. Read more »
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World on Fire: People Aren’t Bad for the Planet—Capitalism Is

by Izzie Ramirez
March 27, 2020 at 5:09pm
Coronavirus isn’t a “detox” of the Earth; it’s a disruption of the systems powering capitalism. Read more »
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World on Fire: You Can Value Healthcare and Climate Change at the Same Time

by Izzie Ramirez
February 28, 2020 at 10:53am
It’s so easy to see climate change as a separate issue, especially when activists have painted it as such in the past. But we do not live apart from our environment. Read more »
Aditi Mayer, a brown-skinned woman with long black hair, poses in a forest in a linen suit

Popaganda: Climate Anxiety, but Make It Fashion

by Carmen Rios
January 16, 2020 at 1:19pm
Building a fashion economy where the environment and the workers along the supply chain are treated with respect is possible. Read more »
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World on Fire: Fanning the Flames of Climate Change as Australia Burns

by Izzie Ramirez
January 13, 2020 at 9:58am
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been historically careless when it comes to safeguarding the environment. Read more »
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The Personal Will Not Save You: What’s Really at Stake When We Partake in Performative Environmentalism

by s.e. smith
January 7, 2020 at 4:09pm
Sometimes the individual things we do, and how we frame them, are actually harmful, whether they worsen a problem or distract from a larger issue. Read more »
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Poison Control: Where the 2020 Candidates Stand on Regulating Pesticide

by Amy Roost
December 5, 2019 at 11:14am
Women in Latinx-majority agricultural communities are most vulnerable to pesticide exposure because of prolonged exposure in their workplace environment. Read more »
Harriet A. Washington, a Black woman with long, black hair, stands in portrait

(Mis)measuring Intelligence: Environmental Racism Is Assaulting the Minds of People of Color

by Bani Amor
October 23, 2019 at 3:02pm
Harriet A. Washington argues that intelligence is malleable rather than fixed or inherited, and that it’s possible to solve the problem of poisons and pathogens attacking the nervous systems of people of color. Read more »
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Fashion Victims: Can Creativity Survive If the Hustle Never Stops?

by Mallika Khanna
October 9, 2019 at 3:29pm
It’s not just the fashion industry that’s suffering the effects of late-stage capitalism’s relentless production demands. Read more »

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Valuable Resources: The Ableist Fight Over Plastic Straws

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by s.e. smith
July 10, 2018 at 12:36pm
Straws are easy to target, but cities and companies still rely on environmentally harmful practices. Read more »