Asos just paid £330m to Arcadia retail group to buy up Topshop, Topman, and a few other retail brands. Sir Phillip Green, chairman of the Arcadia group, who's practically a billionaire, is set to earn £50m from the sale. But the 1,000+ garment suppliers in the supply chain will get less than 1% of how…
Bill Gates, the beloved philanthropist billionaire, has authored a new book titled How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, coming out next month. In it he offers his take on the climate solutions humanity should pursue moving forward. But, in many ways, he's part of the problem. We've talked about billionaires before (see: Jeff Bezos) but…
How do we address the system and not just the symptom? How can we actually affect behavioural change? Why are collaborations so hard and yet important accelerate innovation? Big questions that we are deep diving into with Dune Ives, CEO of Lonely Whale, as well as hearing about their collaboration with Tom Ford for the…
Paging from the future... As Jenny Kleeman, author of Sex Robots & Vegan Meat writes, it's the "stuff of science fiction". "Flesh without the blood, meat without murder, and the beginning of the end of the environmental damage caused by intensive animal agriculture." Cell-based meat—as in, real meat, grown from cells of a real animal—is on…
There have been reports predicting with scary accuracy the amount of CO2 emissions we would have in the atmosphere since the 80s, why were they buried for so long? Why is there so much propaganda around renewable energy, supply chains and batteries that lead people to question the technology which is a huge part of…
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Eco-conscious reusable diapers and feminine pads
ABOUT THE BRAND
Charlie Banana is an eco-conscious brand that offers stylish reusable diapers, training pants, swim diapers, and feminine pads.Â
The company is committed to creating ultra-soft products for babies and mothers that are equally gentle on the skin and on the planet. The brand…
Everybody has a hard time trying to talk about difficult topics with their family members over the holiday season. But yet, we also know that it's increasingly important to talk about issues such as climate change and raise awareness about them. So, how exactly do we broach the subject of climate change this Christmas?
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Is ego the enemy? Why do people in our lives trigger us so much? Can we ever truly find inner peace? We caught up with Yana Fry on the Live Wide Awake podcast and deep dove into looking at old patterns, how we can break free of them, understanding the science of control and art…
Why do people choose science when it’s convenient for them? How can we (as a society) move beyond talking about racism only when it’s fashionable and performative allyship? Was 2020 the kick in the dick we all needed? We caught up with Jo Lorenz on the Live Wide Awake podcast and deep dove into choosing…
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This festive season, we can collectively do better to support BIPOC: Black, Indigenous, People of Colour. One of those ways is to purchase from BIPOC brands. We want to see you move that money! Don't know where to start? We spoke to some of our fav activist-influencers for their recommendations and…