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Will IKEA Become Sustainable...?
IKEA, the archetypical global retailer used as a clear example for promoting a consumer throw-away society, would like us to think again. Now, IKEA is launching a sustainability product score card that could positively alter the supply chain and its effects on the global community. Maybe the image of the right to pollute at a consumption level for which IKEA provides a global standard will need to be re-evaluated.
'Sustainable Rural Cities', a Nightmare Come True in Chiapas
More than three years ago torrential rains flooded the northern and central regions of the state of Chiapas. The rain seriously affected more than 1,200 families in 34 municipalities. This disaster, coupled with the inept dredging strategies of the National Water Commission (Conagua) and the Federal Electrical Commission (CFE), kept 404 households in 33 villages and 960 hectares of productive land under water for more than three months.
Sustainable Apparel Coalition Plans Industry-Wide Eco-Index
It may be a while until this next one bears fruit, but it certainly is interesting and a step forward in getting more people on board paying attention to the environmental impact of clothing: The Sustainable Apparel Coalition has just launched, with the goal of creating an "industry-wide index for measuring and evaluating apparel and footwear product sustainability"--the Sustainable Apparel Index.
Holly Cara Price: Sustainable, Recyclable, Durable: Purses and Bags Made from Movie Film
Julie Lewis was a stay-at-home mom with an undergraduate degree in Biology and a Masters in Nutrition and Biochemistry in 1991 when she came up with an idea to help avoid leaving a world of garbage for her children to deal with when they grew up. That idea turned into Deja Shoes, based on sandals she had seen made from automobile tires in the developing world...
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