The fashion industry is one of the largest contributors to global pollution and is responsible for significant greenhouse gas emissions. Fast fashion is literally killing Mother Earth. Gaia is in jeopardy! Some good news is there’s a growing trend toward…
Traceability in the fashion industry has become an increasingly important topic in recent years. Consumers are demanding more transparency and accountability from the brands they buy from, and traceability is one way to provide that. But what exactly is traceability,…
Sustainable fashion has gained momentum recently as people become more conscious of the fashion industry’s harmful effects on the environment and society. As a result, there are some great sustainable fashion books that have been published. These books cover various…
Aloe vera is a popular ingredient in many skincare and personal care products due to its soothing and moisturizing properties. However, the process of stabilizing aloe vera for commercial sale as a gel involves the use of various chemicals that…
THE BRIEF Rice water has been used in Asian skincare for thousands of years, with legends of Korean royal court women using rice water to maintain their radiant skin. Science now backs up the anecdotal evidence, showing that rice starch…
Lip products, such as lip balms, lipsticks, and lip glosses, are widely used by people of all ages. They are ubiquitous. Here’s the scary bit that most people don’t know — studies have revealed that the average consumer ingests 24…
The world’s population is projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. That’s a hell of a lot of humans. As over half of the global population already lives in urban areas, the impact of urban sprawl on sustainability is and…
In the 1970s, a scientist took a new look at life on Earth and came up with the Gaia hypothesis a brand new approach to Earth system science that suggested that the Earth was a single self-regulating organism. Gaia theory…
Are you tired of reading the ingredient list on your beauty products and feeling like you need a degree in chemistry to understand it? Well, have no fear because the clean beauty movement is here! Clean beauty books are the…
The clean beauty market is facing a significant challenge that may be hindering progress in this sector of cosmetics. However, Iva Teixeira and Lena Skilarova-Mordvinova may have found a solution with their cloud-based platform, The Good Face Project. This database…
Gaia Theory was proposed by James Lovelock and is now, nearly universally, accepted by the scientific community. It simply says that we should treat the planet as a single, living organism and think about how our actions might have an…
Fibershed is a real eye opener! If you want your clothes to be good for the environment, then you need to consider their entire lifecycle. Where are the crops grown? Who processes them?How do they get transported? Where will they…