Anyone with an interest in fashion, no matter how remote, is familiar with the description label “handmade”. This familiarity increases if you are part of the sustainable fashion community because in this circle, the tag represents more than just a higher price. It additionally stands for care, durability and a commitment to the environment. Now...
Welcome to another edition of our Climate Joy series. This last week has been very trying for us all – alongside the Earth generally – with the Amazon Rainforest fires. It’s surreal and frankly, I didn’t feel up to writing this edition for a good number of days. But then, I realized that it is...
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Climate Joy series. This marks part 20 of this series and I can hardly believe it myself. When we began this journey, all I had ever seen on climate reports was all the negative news and so I had very serious doubts that I’d find enough good news...
One of the basic necessities vital to man is food. Long before man could speak, man was eating. Food and the ability to find it was the line between survival and extinction. As man advanced to the present time, the challenge became how to preserve the food and have it conveniently and readily available. Cue...
In the fashion industry, the conversation on sustainability is an ever-evolving one. The principles and concepts that decide what products are ethical or sustainable are ever shifting and expanding. So I read what I could and for my own benefit, I surmised that a fashion brand is ethical and sustainable fashion if the brand “…treats...
Welcome to this week’s edition of Climate Joy. This week as usual, we bring you news that will gladden your green heart. From the ice of Northern Canada to the warmth of Cairo, we’ve collated our weekly list of a few impressive positive developments in the communal fight to create a better environment for us...
If you have ever lived in a farm or rural area, then you must already be pretty familiar with bees. I should know; I was raised alongside my siblings in rural Nigeria and in all our tree-climbing and bush-roaming for both fruits and fun, we were always wary of bees and their hives. I’ve lived...
Welcome to another edition of Climate Joy! We’re now in our 18th week showcasing the efforts governments, businesses and individuals are undertaking in the fight to save our planet – and it has filled us with hope and optimism as we hope it has for you. From Ethiopia all the way to India, government to...
As the prospect of a climate apocalypse becomes increasingly likely, people from all walks of life have been spurred into action. One such form of action is electing into power popular representatives who are committed to climate action. This undertaking has enjoyed a great boost from the overwhelming number of citizens who are now worried...
Welcome to yet another edition of our Climate Joy series. This week, as in all others, we will briefly examine some of the cool developments happening across the globe for (not against) our planet. From creative music and further limitations on single-use plastic, taking you from Indonesia all the way to Estonia; we bring this...
Houses are at the very core of society and their importance cannot be overemphasised. They say home is where the heart is probably because across every single society of the world, humans have built houses and homes for themselves and for the people they care about. In our very different ways, we all are home...
For many long years, there have been heated arguments as to whether man is inherently selfish or not; arguments that subsist until now. One school of thought believes that we are inherently and manifestly selfish because, as Thomas Hobbes put it, the natural state of man’s life would otherwise be “nasty, brutish and short”. Another...