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How to Choose Chocolate That’s Truly Sustainable

How to Choose Chocolate That’s Truly Sustainable

Like with so many products, staring at the shelf of chocolate chips and baking bars can be overwhelming. What are the “right” labels to pay attention to: “Certified Compostable,” “Direct Trade” or “Fair Trade?” Does higher price mean better wages for the workers that produced it? Cacao is produced in humid regions near the equator […]

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    Slow Fashion 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Slow Fashion 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Quick Key Facts What Is Slow Fashion? Back in 2007, design activist Kate Fletcher coined the term “slow fashion” when talking about the needs for systems-level change in the fashion industry.  It was a hat tip towards the Slow Food Movement, which began in Italy as pushback against the fast food industry, overproduction and waste, […]

    BLM Proposes 22 Million Acres of Public Lands for Solar Energy

    BLM Proposes 22 Million Acres of Public Lands for Solar Energy

    In order to help the United States transition to renewable energy, the Department of the Interior has announced a new solar energy “roadmap,” including 22 million acres of public lands to expand solar energy development in the West, a press release from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said. The BLM also announced plans for […]