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Eco-Chic
Fashion is one of the most profitable industries in the world, but we rarely hear about the ugly practices used to keep beauty in business. For instance, the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan has diminished by 90 per cent, partially due to the irrigation of cotton crops for the textile industry — implicating the cotton T-shirt you could be wearing this very instant. In her aptly titled book, Eco-Chic: The Fashion Paradox, Sandy Black takes us through the darker side of fashion as well as the many routes to a better future. An academic and involved with the UK-based Centre for Sustainable Fashion, Black knows her way around the topic. Click through for our full review…
Leonard, a self-described “systems thinker,” aims to debunk the entrenched “growth at all costs” model. She does so by discussing the materials economy and its underlying paradigm of economic growth, but opts to not lay the blame with individuals or inspire feelings of guilt. … Readers, however, should not be misled by her bubbly prose: Leonard gets to the heart of serious subjects and exposes the inter-connectedness of today’s consumption, environmental, social and economic crises.
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Not since Alternatives Journal’s last Out of the Box issue have newsstands seen such action. Alternatives’ newest collection of unconventional stories and ideas has been on the newsstands for only a couple weeks and is already selling out! Get out and be uplifted by Alternatives, where we take you to the outer limits of environmental ideas and action. Searching for Planet B, becoming a Swami, rainmakers meeting meterologists, exploring the mystery of crop circles and lots more — it’s our best summer reading issue yet!
Ask for it at your local newsstand or bookstore – find one near you with the Alternatives Newsstand Locator OR buy the paperless copy online today.
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Alternatives Journal’s latest issue – New Eco Books – features over 60 titles to keep you buried in books this spring and throughout the year. Stephen Bocking compares dystopic future visions from two of Canada’s finest novelists, Douglas Coupland and Margaret Atwood, Nicola Ross analyzes the success of bestseller Slow Death By Rubber Duck, and Ellen Desjardins interviews activist Vandana Shiva. Atwood’s The Year of the Flood also gets a stunning visual interpretation from graphic novelist Evan Munday. Green Book Reviews will be featuring many of these great articles in the coming weeks.
Ask for it at your local newsstand or bookstore – find one near you with the Alternatives Newsstand Locator OR buy the paperless copy online today.
Click here for more information and to subscribe to Alternatives Journal.
