February 2024 Good Newsletter

Would you kiss this fair trade frog?

Do the pink and red boxes of mass produced chocolate made from cacao that can’t seem to shake its connection to child/slave labor make you uncomfortable? If so, please join me in choosing fair trade chocolate this Valentine’s Day. The good news is, these chocolates are so cute!

REUSE GOOD NEWS

If food's inside, packaging could soon be edible, too. Reuse is coming to LA’s premiere concert arena and… Depeche Mode is still touring?!? College campuses seem like the perfect contained environments in which to build refill systems. I try to avoid DoorDash but with this program expanding to LA, I might just change my mind. And finally, the EPA reaffirms clean air protections for chemical plastic recycling processes. Woot!

GOOD NEWS FOR PRELOVED

Repair could become a powerful new revenue generator for apparel factories. As one out of four online apparel purchases is sent back, virtual try-ons might be part of a solution. With an expected valuation of $351 billion in 2027, how can secondhand not be first in mind? Quanna ChasingHorse is an inspiration and these denim upcycling tips are gold. 

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