Style to die for? London fashion week faces climate change spotlight
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation The key trends for style-watchers coming out of Britain’s fashion week: sharp suits, voluminous coats, and global environmental destruction? Climate activists Extinction Rebellion disrupted the start of the glitzy event that opened on Friday by spilling fake blood outside the venue to highlight the environmental damage caused by fashion. Fashionistas pose for […]
No more burgers and coke? Climate fears hit meat, drink sales
Berlin, GermanyReuters Consumers worried about the environment are cutting their spending on meat and bottled drinks and trying to reduce plastic waste, and this trend is set to accelerate as climate concerns mount, a global survey showed this week. About a third of people surveyed in 24 countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia are […]
Consumers’ use of toilet paper wiping out habitat, heating planet, report says
Thomson Reuters Foundation Americans use more toilet paper than anyone else in the world, helping destroy the habitats of native people who live where it is sourced and contributing to global warming, a research study said this week. US consumers use roughly three rolls of toilet paper a week, accounting for a fifth of the […]