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5 Misconceptions About Sustainability Advocates
it’s easy for principled people to become smug or appear that way. But that’s not the point.
What We Can Learn From Honey Bees
This post was written for Numi Organic Tea and originally appeared on the Numi Tea Garden blog. Honey bees. Some people love them and others fear them, but there’s no denying that they’re an important part of our lives. Honey …
Clothing is An Agricultural Product
Clothing is An Agricultural Product, not a shiny factory item but something that starts with crops and plants harvested from the earth.
Fashion Isn’t the Second Most Polluting Industry
This piece was researched and written by Alden Wicker and originally appeared on EcoCult, a resource for all things sustainable and eco-friendly, based in NYC. Syndicated with permission. Fashion Isn’t the 2nd Most Polluting Industry Oh, journalistic hubris. I had …
11 Myths About Sustainable Clothing
Myths About Sustainable Clothing: 11 Myths Debunked Ethical and sustainable fashion is more popular than ever. But with popularity comes disinformation. And, unfortunately, a lot of this disinformation comes from well-meaning advocates and even purportedly “sustainable” fashion companies. The following …
What Is Fair Trade and Is It Fair?
What’s Fair in Fair Trade? A Chat With Brad Jeffery of CAUSEGEAR (now MADE FREE) Growing interest in conscious consumerism has necessarily brought with it a range of questions about what constitutes fairness, ethics, and transparency. While the definition of …
Water and The Fashion Industry: Facts and Solutions
A piece on Water and the Fashion Industry written for Good on You by contributor, Bethany Noble. Shared with permission. Water and the Fashion Industry Ever thought about how much water it took to make your cotton t-shirt? How about …
What is the Direct to Consumer Model? by Alden Wicker
This piece was written by journalist and blogger, Alden Wicker, and originally appeared on EcoCult, a curious, thoughtful, utterly enthusiastic view into the NYC sustainable scene. Learn more here. The moment I understood – really grasped in its entirety – what …
FTC Disclosure Rules for Influencers and Bloggers
FTC Disclosure Rules for Influencers Did you know it’s the law for bloggers and influencers to disclose, clearly and prominently, when they were paid or received free product in exchange for writing a blog post? Well, it is. That’s why …
Writing As Moral Work: A Conversation with Corban Addison
In 2017, I sat down with bestselling author and lawyer Corban Addison in Charlottesville, VA to discuss his book, A Harvest of Thorns.
I Was a Climate Change Denier: Why I Changed My Mind
This article is part of a collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ethical Writers Coalition. From Creationist to Climate Change Believer In the 12th grade, my Economics teacher, who also happened to be the women’s track …
Is All Natural Makeup Better?
Makeup developer and small business owner, Kerrie, and I live in the same town, but I’d never met her until she commented on my recent post about my beauty routine. The conversation that developed there was highly informative, and I …
Beyond Meatless Monday
This post was written in partnership with Numi Organic Tea. If you spend as much time in the Wellness space as I do, you probably know about the concept of Meatless Monday. You may not know, however, that Meatless …
Are Minimalists Modern Ascetics?
Is today’s minimalism craze just a de-spiritualized version of asceticism and monastic living?