Posts tagged carbon footprint
Gunter Pauli

Gunter Pauli is an entrepreneur, global speaker, economist, innovator and bestselling author whose projects and activities can be found all over the world. He is most widely known for his book The Blue Economy (2010), in which he proposes a new type of business model in order for our society to become more sustainable.

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Real vs fake Christmas trees

As Christmas is coming closer you might be asking yourself which is a better option in terms of the impact on the environment: a real Christmas tree or a fake one? To be able to answer this question, there are a number of factors that need to be considered, such as how far the tree has traveled, how much energy went into producing it and how it is recycled.

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Fur vs faux fur

Anti-fur protesters have had their impact on the world of fashion. The last London Fashion Week was the first main fashion week in which none of the designers used fur in their shows. This comes many years after fur farming was banned in the UK in 2003 (the import of animal fur remained and is still legal). During the past year big fashion names like Gucci, Versace, Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, Furla, John Galliano and Donna Karan have claimed to go fur-free.

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