Technology is rapidly creating more sustainable options in the fashion world. Fabric is being made from fungi, seaweed, and cow dung, while a robot in Japan can now create a T-shirt in 22 seconds! Zero-waste design is impressive and promising as well. 3-D laser scans take 43 measurements of a client, then make clothes that … Continue reading Slow Food Meets Slow Fashion in Eco-Warrior Princess
When asked if climate change is real, we're much more likely to say “yes” if it’s hot outside that day. In fact, if you are holding a hot beverage when someone is discussing climate change, you're more likely to be a believer as well. People’s beliefs can be fickle that way. I spoke with Dr. … Continue reading The Psychology of Climate Change Denial
“Blotting” is what it’s called – creating a farm on a piece of abandoned urban land that's smaller than a city block, but larger than a single house plot. With 40 square miles of abandoned land, a chunk the size of Miami, Detroit is prime blotting territory. Over 1,000 urban gardens now dapple the landscape, growing about … Continue reading Motown Goes Green
Robbie Orvis works for a sustainability think tank that’s basically an office full of battle-hardened climate-change warriors.The San Francisco based Energy Innovation consults everyone from the central government of China to small-town city planners on how to most effectively “de-carbonize” their societies. For Robbie, our energy future depends on smart and flexible grids, performance-based … Continue reading Forget What You Know About Energy
