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It’s Officially Time To Ban Gift-Wrapping Paper
LightFieldStudios via Getty ImagesWe're still throwing away our money on wrapping paper ― especially around the holidays.It’s nearly 2019, and we’re…
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5 Radical Ideas To Slow Climate Change and Tackle Our Waste Crisis
A slew of terrifying headlines have defined 2018. We have 12 years to drastically scale back emissions before catastrophic climate change becomes inevitable. The Earth looks to be…
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How To Be Palm Oil-Conscious This New Year
SOPA Images via Getty ImagesPalm oil is the most produced, consumed and traded vegetable oil in the world.It’s time to talk about palm oil.Whether you…
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From The Arctic’s Decline To The Green New Deal’s Rise: 3 Environmental Stories To Watch
Environmental stories just kept coming this year as the consequences of climate change increasingly pushed their way into people’s lives and as we faced dire predictions about how much…
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Trauma Is The Norm For Many New Orleans Kids. This School Was Made For Them.
L. Kasimu Harris for HuffPostLiz Marcell Williams, the director of the Center for Resilience.This story is a collaboration between HuffPost and The Lens.…
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Do You Really Know What’s In Your Tampons? This Woman Thinks You Should.
On Dec. 12, Kotex voluntarily recalled some of its tampon products for unraveling or breaking apart inside consumers’ bodies. Kimberly-Clark, Kotex’s parent company, said in a press…
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After A Run Of Tainted Food Scandals, Women In Japan Took Control Of The System
Maren Caruso via Getty ImagesThe Seikatsu Club cooperative began by buying milk in bulk. Today it sells everything from eggs and meat to jam and cookies,…
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Fawning Over ‘Fiji Water Girl’ Ignores The Evils Of Bottled Water
While the Internet fawned over Fiji Water Girl, one of the models hired to pass out bottled drinks and photobomb celebrities as they vogued on the red carpet at Sunday’s Golden Globe…
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The Rise Of The 4-Day Week
Anastasiia_New via Getty ImagesAvoiding burnout, the quest for better wellbeing, making childcare easier – there are lots of reasons companies are…
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We Live In A World Full Of Plastic, And People Are Sick Of It.
The first thing you notice when you enter Natural Weigh, Chloe and Rob Masefield’s small shop in the Welsh town of Crickhowell, is the enticing smell of food. Then you see that people…
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