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Is Snakeskin Ethical? A Look at Fashion’s Favourite Exotic Material

Is Snakeskin Ethical? A Look at Fashion’s Favourite Exotic Material

Many brands have banned fur while continuing to sell products made from the skins of snakes—but is this really any more ethically or environmentally acceptable? Here, Emma Håkansson, activist and founding director of Collective Fashion Justice, explores snakeskin production, its ethics, and impact on everyone involved in the process.  Fashion’s use of wild animals Snakeskin […]
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Museum Exhibit Draws Parallels Between ‘Little Ice Age’ Resiliency and Modern Climate Crisis

Museum Exhibit Draws Parallels Between ‘Little Ice Age’ Resiliency and Modern Climate Crisis

As modern humans find ways to adapt and build resiliency to anthropogenic climate change, one art exhibition is looking to the past to uncover how the 17th century Dutch acclimated themselves to extreme weather. The Getty Center, a museum in Los Angeles, opened an exhibition on May 28 titled On Thin Ice: Dutch Depictions of […]
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3 Outdoor Living Spaces Made Using Recycled Materials

3 Outdoor Living Spaces Made Using Recycled Materials

Summer’s a great time to be outside and enjoying the fresh air and sun. You may not have the biggest budget for your ideal outdoor living space, but you don’t have to. Using recycled materials to create the outdoor living spaces you dream of is trendy.The Benefits of Eco-Friendly Outdoor Living SpacesWhether you’re purchasing items […]
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In ‘Kiosk,’ Visit the Tiny Disappearing Urban Shops of Eastern Europe

In ‘Kiosk,’ Visit the Tiny Disappearing Urban Shops of Eastern Europe

If you were born in the past three or four decades, you may not remember much about the former Eastern Bloc, a group of countries aligned politically and economically with the Soviet Union, or USSR, from 1945 to 1991. The coalition was characterized by its alignment with the communist ideology of Marxism–Leninism, rather than the capitalist structure of the Western Bloc, or countries that aligned with the United States.
In the late 1980s, the USSR loosened its yoke on the Eastern Bloc, spurring revolutionary democratic action, and in 1989, the momentous and symbolic destruction of the Berlin Wall. More
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