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Sustainability sits at the heart of Unsustainable Magazine. This section brings together stories that explore how people, communities, and ecosystems adapt to a world in rapid transition. Here you’ll find reporting and reflections on climate change, ecological resilience, waste systems, energy futures, and the everyday choices that shape our collective impact.
Our aim isn’t just to document environmental challenges, but to examine how they intersect with justice, inequality, and lived experience. From new research on carbon emissions to local efforts to restore biodiversity, these articles connect the global and the personal, the structural and the immediate.
Whether you’re looking for clear explanations, in-depth analysis, or grounded ideas for creating change, the Sustainability category offers a wide-ranging view of the forces reshaping our planet — and the possibilities that still remain.
When you choose a restaurant, you probably look at the menu, the atmosphere and the prices. What you might not consider is the invisible plume of pollutants drifting from the kitchen into your neighborhood. Restaurant air quality affects whole communities. It shapes the health of workers breathing contaminated air for entire shifts and neighbors living … Read more
Throughout Tennessee, bees perform essential ecological functions, but their populations are under stress, and the resulting consequences are becoming evident.
The Sahara has immense solar potential, but climate effects, transmission, storage, ecology, and politics make the dream far more complex.
The mounting environmental cost of digital connectivity underscores the urgent ecological need to transition from copper to fiber infrastructure.
In equipment manufacturing, a common misconception is that operational safety and environmental sustainability were often treated as separate priorities.
Healthier livestock starts with better setup. Here’s how pasture, water, shelter, airflow and daily systems shape small farm animal care.
Solar panels, EV batteries and wind turbines cut emissions—but they also create waste. Here’s how circular design, take-back and recycling can keep it out of landfill.
In an era where the impact of climate change can no longer be ignored, there’s no place for unsustainable agricultural practices.
Is bamboo truly sustainable? Explore the 2026 reality of bamboo viscose, FTC “bamboozling” regulations, and the biodiversity impact of monocultures.
Many greeting cards are designed for a very short life. Why materials, waste, and plantable alternatives deserve more attention.
Labs consume large amounts of energy and generate waste streams that cannot simply be dropped into ordinary recycling systems.
Rethinking healthcare waste means looking beyond bins and disposal, toward fragmented care, medical devices, facility design, and more efficient long-term systems.
The car-centric design takes a toll on your well-being, so cities are starting to realize the benefits of neighborhood walkability.
As land grows more contested and water stress deepens, floating solar is emerging as one of the energy transition’s most practical experiments — and one of its most revealing.
Pacific Seafood and the Colville Confederated Tribes have developed a steelhead farming operation that bridges environmental responsibility with economics.
Sustainability Education, the exploration of sustainability issues as an essential component of school curricula, is well overdue for global recognition.
Biophilic design integrates nature into urban buildings, boosting well-being. Overcome practical barriers with evidence-based strategies.
You order a single lipstick or a USB drive and a few days later, something the size of a shoebox lands on your doorstep, stuffed with air cushions. Opening it feels like an unboxing gone wrong, equal parts absurd and frustrating. Somewhere along the way, as online shopping became the norm, the importance of right-sized … Read more
Earthmoving machines have always been necessary for land clearing, but they have not prioritized the environment well. Construction teams interested in advancing green technologies can get GPS excavation systems to improve that shortfall. This technology may chart a more sustainable future for the industry.
Waste and Landfills are examined in detail, including how organizations can manage garbage, and how recycling and other solutions can help with the issue.
Malaysia’s coastal land reclamation is reshaping shorelines and livelihoods. Here’s how dredging affects seagrass, mangroves, fisheries, and flood risk.
Climate change and anthropogenic warming have devastated the economies of warmer, poorer countries; while financially boosting colder, wealthier countries.
Microplastics are turning up in food, water, and even our bodies. Here’s what the evidence says, which foods show contamination, and how to reduce exposure.
As droughts and floods disrupt rain-fed agriculture in Malawi, more farmers are turning to irrigation to protect harvests, incomes, and food security.
Discover how rising temperatures and climate change are impacting your hydration needs. Learn to recognize dehydration signs and adapt your fluid intake for climate-resilient self-care.
How carbon-conscious corporations pursue net zero in practice — emissions scopes, credible targets, risks, and real-world progress.
In Malawi, artisans and youth groups are transforming discarded plastics, paper and tyres into baskets, briquettes and bricks—turning waste into livelihoods.
Wood sourcing goes beyond origin. Discover how sustainability, transparency, and certifications build trust, benefit the environment, and boost the economy.
A practical 2026 guide to composting in apartments and cities—choose the right system, avoid smells and pests, and keep organics out of landfill.
How the mining process, processing parameters and tailings disposal methods contribute to widespread water contamination across Indonesia.
Biodegradable PPE is widely seen as an innovation that greatly reduces this paradoxical harm. But is it truly a viable path forward?
Every unnoticed leak behind a wall or under a sink contributes to an invisible yet growing drain on the global freshwater supply. This can have a greater impact than you may think.
Auroville, founded in 1968 spanning parts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, India, was conceived as an experimental township on what was once a barren plateau.
There’s one tiny creature that has survived the harsh conditions and defies the odds every day, the Himalayan giant honeybee, Apis laboriosa.
Even if we make sure that we recycle it, our global paper industry is placing an unbearable weight on the planet’s forests, water, and climate.
Mangroves, which were often thought of as wastelands, are now more widely acknowledged as blue carbon ecosystems that can store enormous amounts of carbon.