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Grist’s destination for advice on life during climate change. Est. 2002
Past Umbra
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![collage: various people wearing sustainable clothing with colorful border and drawn graphics]()
![collage: various people wearing sustainable clothing with colorful border and drawn graphics]()
What does great sustainable style look like? Here are 9 ideas.
We asked climate-conscious style icons how they source their amazing wardrobes.
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![illustration: hand taking selfie of woman in burlap sack dress with shopping bags and plant in background]()
![illustration: hand taking selfie of woman in burlap sack dress with shopping bags and plant in background]()
The great conundrum of the sustainability influencer
Can we escape the growth model that's built into the influencer economy and fashion itself?
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![Collage: jacket made up of different kinds of jackets]()
![Collage: jacket made up of different kinds of jackets]()
Big retailers are getting into the secondhand market. Will that change how we shop?
Whether resale benefits the planet will depend on if it actually offsets consumption, or promotes it.
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![illustration of nesting dolls with babies painted on them wearing the same onesie that gets progressively smaller]()
![illustration of nesting dolls with babies painted on them wearing the same onesie that gets progressively smaller]()
How to dress your growing kid, less wastefully
Babies aren’t exactly cut out for a minimalist capsule wardrobe.
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![Illustration: hands lifting the lid of a heart shaped container filled with leftover Thanksgiving food]()
![Illustration: hands lifting the lid of a heart shaped container filled with leftover Thanksgiving food]()
In defense of leftovers
Americans claim to idolize Thanksgiving leftovers. The piles of food waste say otherwise.
