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The Fast Fashion Backlash Is Fueling a Sustainability Revolution

Scientific American

The fashion industry is also responsible for up to 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions—more than the aviation and shipping industries combined. The problem becomes even worse when you consider that most clothes make a quick trip to the landfill, where they’ll emit greenhouse gases such as methane.

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The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic

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48 Eco Friendly Products You Can Buy Today to Help Stop Plastic Pollution

Onya

Upcycled Eco Friendly Handbags. Check Out Mother Erth’s Upcycled Handbags and Accessories. This table linen collection from Viva Terra is handmade in India by artisans who carefully collect pieces of vintage and upcycled fabrics to create elaborate patterns and colors. Biodegradable Garden Pots. Eco Laptop.

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Kathleen Hebert: Protecting the Puget Sound through Activism and Investment

Washington Nature

One of E8’sinvestments, Tidal Vision , derives a biopolymer called chitosan from upcycled food waste such as crab shells, saving them from smothering the ocean floor or emitting greenhouse gasses in landfills.