Fast Fashion: A Disappearing Trend

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The notion of sustainability cannot be separated from industry. Industrial agriculture, manufacturing, forestry, services, and renewable industries can all be connected to sustainability in a way that either reflects it or antagonizes it. The textile industry is no exception. Eileen Fisher, the designer of an apparel company under the same name, has stated that the […]

A Case for a Plant-Based Diet

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“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” This is the opening line of Michael Pollan’s acclaimed 2008 manifesto, In Defense of Food. In an era where anyone with access to an electronic device is bombarded with competing opinions on what diet is the healthiest, the best way to lose weight, the most ethical, paleo, keto, […]

What the World Can Learn from the Rio Olympics

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While the 2016 Summer Olympics kicked off in Rio last Friday amid the usual fanfare, it was also accompanied by an uncomfortable knowledge that it would be unlike its precedent events in London and Beijing. Under five million of the 6.1 million available tickets were sold, with stadiums for popular events such as beach volleyball […]

Terrorism and Gender Equality

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The past several years have been ones of political turmoil, upheaval, and violence across the world, with more terror attacks in France in 2015 and 2016 than in the first 14 years of the 21st century combined. The gun control debate in America is in full force, with Congress in an uncertain standstill on gun […]

The Present Value of Future Generations

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The devastation and estimated casualties nearing 100 million human beings by the end of the Second World War led world leaders to work together and create a common institution for peace, development, and human rights: The United Nations (UN). Poverty, increasing inequalities, natural disasters, climate change, environmental degradation, social decay, conflict, and other calamities have […]