Sustainable Shoes: A Complete Guide and 30 Ethical Brands
This guide to sustainable shoes covers the basics you ought to know to make an informed and conscientious choice, and discusses some of those brands that are trying to make a difference.
Ethics
Everything You Need to Know about Animal Testing in the Beauty Industry
Animal testing in the cosmetics and beauty industry is one of those things that should stay buried deep in the past, but, sadly, is practiced daily by companies around the globe.
How Manufacturers Can Reduce Production Waste
Reducing production waste isn’t about small efficiency tweaks. It requires design, data, incentives, and systems thinking across the entire manufacturing process.
Does Your Easter Chocolate Contain Modern Day Slavery?
Easter, where all is not so sweet, for this quasi-healthy treat may in fact come at the cost of much untold suffering.
A Complete Guide to Ethical and Sustainable Clothing Brands
Guide: Clothing is essential for our survival. Unfortunately, it can also be one of the most unsustainable aspects of our lives.
Support Black Designers: Students and Alumnae Install Mural at the University of Toronto to Call For the Dismantling of Systemic Racism in Design
The “Support Black Designers” mural at the University of Toronto’s Daniels Faculty contributes to a larger discourse on equality.
Conscious Beauty: A Guide to Ethical Products & Brands
Conscious beauty: Choosing a brand or product that contains ingredients that are good for you, while also showing compassion and integrity.
What is Vegan Leather? It’s Creation and Environmental Effects
Not only is it a more humane choice, it could be argued that it’s the only type of leather that can contribute to biodiversity, and to a brighter future for our fragile planet.
The Ethics of Secondhand Clothing
Secondhand Clothing is without a doubt the more ethical choice, especially as compared to fast fashion. As with most things, however, the ethical nuances of the rise in thrift stores are deserving of further consideration.
Why You Should Choose Cruelty-Free Cosmetics
If you’re interested in cruelty-free cosmetics but aren’t quite ready to make the switch, these are a few things you’ll want to consider.
The History and Safety of Teflon and PTFE: What Is Teflon? And Should I Be Concerned?
PTFE, and the associated brand Teflon, is found in kitchens across the world. Just as common, perhaps, are concerns over just how safe these products really are.
Simple Switch: Ethical Shopping as the New Normal
Sustainable Shopping: New ethical Amazon alternative Simple Switch is raising money to make exploitation obsolete.
Ways to Care for the Planet: Good for The Earth, The Body, and The Bank Account
5 Ways to Care for the Planet: These simple tips will help you to care, not only for your own health, but for that of the planet too.
Black Lives Matter, Environmental Racism and Climate Injustice: What They Have in Common and What You Can Do to Help
Dismantling the white supremacist foundation underpinning all three of these movements will take everyone working together. Get involved undoing the harms ravaging your local community using these 3 tips.
How to Select the Right Sustainability Certification Program for Your Organization
A Guide to Sustainability Certification: 8 Criteria that will help you to Select the Right Sustainability Certification Program for Your Organization.
The Greenhouse Effect: Denial and It’s Strong Consequences
Albeit some very powerful figures encourage denial, we have to stop ignoring the damage caused by greenhouse gases and start acting towards stopping climate change.
Choice Overload: Why Are We Not Happy Despite So Many Choices in our Lives?
Consumers today are more aware of the impact of their choices on others and the environment. Sustainable options might help achieve decision satisfaction.
Living Sustainably: Why It Cannot Be All About Me
We all need to fight for our governments to deliver the broad-scale, top down changes that are needed so that we can live in a reasonable yet sustainable way.
Is Cotton Sustainable? The Ethical and Environmental Impact of Using Cotton
In India, more than 100,000 people lack access to clean water, and yet a single pair of jeans can consume around 8,000 litres.