by Komoneed | Jul 17, 2024
Our editors curate highly rated brands that are first assessed by our rigorous ratings system. Buying through our links may earn us a commission—supporting the work we do. Learn more. We rate Brandy Melville “We Avoid” for its lack of transparency. But if you’re into more affordable, preppy basics, what alternatives are there? Here […]
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by Grace Ebert | Jul 17, 2024
Daniel Kish has taught thousands of students worldwide an essential skill: to see with sound. A lifelong advocate for the blind, Kish is a pioneer in echolocation, the ability to perceive one’s surroundings by making clicking noises or tapping a cane. As sound waves bump onto nearby walls and objects, the noises they reflect create a sort of audible map. “If I click at a surface,” he says in a new short documentary, “it answers back.”
Directed by Ben Wolin and Michael Minahan for The New Yorker, “Echo” follows Kish and a few students who have benefited from his teachings. More
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by Komoneed | Jul 16, 2024
Mountains of textile waste keep piling up around the world, making clear we’re producing far too many clothes. But just how many remains a controversy. 100 billion question marks In an industry infamous for misinformation, one basic number we should know by now is how many clothes are made each year. But no one in […]
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by Komoneed | Jul 15, 2024
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by Komoneed | Jul 15, 2024
This post was originally published on UNDPMi Costa: Expression of life kate.smith@undp.org Fri, 07/12/2024 – 11:43 In the medium and long term, the 8-year “Mi Costa” (My Coast) project is expected to recover more than 15,000 hectares of coastal...