Beyond Animal Leather: Kering’s Investment In Vitrolabs & An Overview of Sustainable Leather
Last week, we found out that Gucci-parent luxury giant Kering is investing in VitroLabs, a biotech startup creating low-impact lab-grown leather alternatives. What does this mean for the future of sustainable leather? So VitroLabs recently raised $46 million to build and
We lost the joy. How activists are bringing it back in the fight for the planet.
What does joy mean to you? How are you cultivating joy in your life? What are “joy thieves” and how are they stealing from us? What is “manufactured joy” and how is it different to authentic joy? How do we
Alternative Protein Talk: Behind World’s First GOOD Meat Cultivated Chicken Satay, Common Myths & More
"For the longest time, people thought about cultured meat as science fiction, as something that might only materialise in 50 years. But the fact is, you can go eat it right now." - Josh Tetrick, CEO of Eat Just and
How To Have A Green Pregnancy: My Story & Brands I Love
I found out I was pregnant three weeks before our 2021 Conscious Festival, and this was not planned at all! Here is a little journey about how I made the scariest and most exciting decisions of my life and how
Introducing The First-Ever Federal Fashion Bill, The Fabric Act
Seven months following California's SBC2 Garment Worker Protection Bill win and four months after New York's Fashion Act was presented, the FABRIC Act shines through—labour justice in the fashion industry is gaining momentum, one policy change at a time. Last week,
India’s Heatwave: We Need to Pay Attention, It’s Already Too Late
The past few weeks' mainstream headlines have been wildly underreporting news about the heatwave hitting India and Pakistan. Temperature records have been set. But not even otherworldly temperatures and burnt bodies can get people to finally pay attention. A brutal, record-intensity
Greenwashing Alert: Firms Like BlackRock Are Not Our Allies
Major corporations like BlackRock want us to think they care about the environment and are leading divestment efforts and sustainability practices. Spoiler alert: they don't and they aren't. A litany of broken climate promises 58%. That's how many executives across the
How is queerness represented in the environmental movement?
Mainstream environmentalism still heavily features the same tired stereotypes. The wealthy white conservationist. The tech-loving sustainability professional. Or the hemp-wearing, vegan treehugger we are all familiar with. Rarely do we see environmentalism from a queer perspective. However, nature and queerness
Labour Day: What Is Love? What is Unwaged Work? And what has it got to do with abortions?
This week has seen several moments: Labour Day, International Press Day, and the leak of a document threatening to criminalise abortion in the US. Of course, they share the same face: resistance against forces that are policing bodies and workers.
