How Speedling Embraces and Succeeds With Sustainability
Speedling, which grows ornamentals and vegetable plugs, has always focused on using its resources efficiently. Now, these efforts are paying off.
Source: www.greenhousegrower.com
Speedling, which grows ornamentals and vegetable plugs, has always focused on using its resources efficiently. Now, these efforts are paying off.
Source: www.greenhousegrower.com
With every passing season, the global fashion industry propagates a frenzied pace of change in trends, feeding on consumers’ insecurities, deliberately making them feel off-trend and out of fashion. The fashion cycle has now shifted from the traditional spring/summer and autumn/winter collections to over 50 new micro seasons. Global clothing production doubled between 2000-2015, while the number of times an item was worn before being disposed of declined by 36 percent. In India, customer spending on clothing rose by a whopping 181 percent between 2010-2018. The expansion of the middle-class population and growing purchasing power is likely to influence a shift from need-based purchasing to aspiration-based purchasing. This problem of overconsumption is further amplified by lucrative deals offered during shopping events such as the ‘Black Friday and Cyber Monday’ (BFCM) sales, leading to mindless consumerism.
Dear Eartha,The school year is about to start, and I am wondering, how I can get my children ready while keeping sustainability in mind? — Katelyn, Dillon With a new school year approaching, parents are…
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