celebrating the sustainable millennial lifestyle
During the fall semester of 2020 at Columbia, I participated in a rewarding extracurricular program called Net Impact. It’s basically a pro-bono consulting engagement for an impact-driven brand. Our team of six worked with GUNAS New York which is a vegan leather handbag company. They were curious to learn about the difference in Greenhouse Gas
Hey guys! How is everyone doing? I feel like I have been MIA. Ironically as my life becomes more involved with sustainability given my studies, I feel like I am lacking when it comes to producing Sustennial focused content. By the way, I forgot to announce, the word, “Sustennial” is officially a registered trademark! The
Photo Source: Colville Weather This article was co-written by myself and NYFW stylist, Lana Blanc. The word “essential” has been the keyword of our quarantine these last couple of months. We feel so grateful for our essential workers who have literally kept our country fed, alive and running. We’ve also been intimately reflecting on who
Image Source: Earthlysmart Pictures of clothing piled up in landfills have been circulating frequently these past couple of years. The equivalent to a full garbage truck of clothes ends up on landfill sites every single second of the year. This isn’t shocking considering that 85% of all textiles that are thrown away are either dumped
Source of Above Image: Science Struck 64% of our clothing today comes from synthetic, plastic materials. Amongst polyester and spandex, another prominent synthetic material that we see all the time in our closets is Nylon. First launched commercially by DuPont in 1938, Nylon was originally manufactured for toothbrushes. The nylon stocking entered the market shortly