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3 Ways to Make Your Own Tableware

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-An Introduction to Packaging Waste Every day, hundreds of millions of single-use cutlery, bowls, trays, cans, bottles and plates are tossed away into an endless sea of garbage: landfills, where they begin a life of polluting natural resources and choking life. Single-use materials, such as plastic, leak chemicals into the soil, and the nearby water bodies absorb its toxins, causing an environmental hazard, which comes back to taunt human life with poisoned seafood and water unfit for consumption and irrigation, along with infertile soil. Solutions for sustainable and biodegradable packaging have been developed, but they are often far out of reach, as most companies and developers are in the testing stage and have not yet gained access for product distribution. Common people who do not have access to high-end laboratories are often unable to try their hand to make their own environment- friendly bowls and spoons. In this article, we will offer 3 new, unique, traditional yet simple and ...
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Fast Fashion: How Are They Bad?

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Defining Fast Fashion If you go to large malls, and look to your left and right, you see shops like Zara, or H&M. But these companies sell items made specifically for trends. Now, when you make, say, a pair of jeans, obviously the taste changes in time and you will have to move onto something more trendy and classy for another short notice of time.  Now this, is the definition of fast fashion. These items are produced cheaply, and what's more, they go out of trend easily. Don't agree? Just compare the clothing trends of 2000 and the current trend. In the past 24 years, we see a noticeable change in trends. Impact of Fast Fashion  Now of course, this is a waste of hundreds of dollars in the customer's wallets. But just think about our planet. This has a massive impact on the health of Earth. When you produce a huge mass of clothing in a factory, a lot of carbon emissions are produced. Over 10% of total global carbon emissions are by clothing factories. Imagine that huge ...
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A Story of a Mushroom: From Food to Fashion

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  A Typical Life of a Mushroom: Solace in Supermarkets Our story starts with a promising mushroom of species Agaricus Bisporus, the typical edible white mushroom found in supermarket aisles, and used in soups and stir fries alike. But could a simple mushroom have more to the story than a harvested edible fungus? A Not-so Typical Life of a Mushroom: Life in Leather The answer is yes. There is more to the story underneath the mushroom- literally. Mushrooms are branched together by a network of thread-like structures known an mycelium which burrows onto the tree trunks of the ground that the mushrooms are attached to. And it is this mycelium which is the start of a new chapter in a mushroom's life to become an intangible part of the fashion industry. Mycelium is harvested in labs, kept in containers and fed a mixture of agricultural waste such as sawdust and wood chips to grow. After two to three weeks, the harvested mycelium will have reached a proper size to begin a transition to l...
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Living a Legacy: The Multipurpose Ramie Grass

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  Among the foothills of Meghalaya, a state in Eastern India, lies a cluster of villages of people whose very own ancestral roots trace to the use of a multipurpose, versatile and sustainable crop, the Ramie grass. The Ramie grass can be seen in almost every corner of those villages, found in clothing, food and nets. The leaves of the Ramie plant are used in curries, and pakora, a deep-fried savory dish made with the Ramie leaves dipped in dough.  The Ramie plant has been traditionally used as fishing nets in the Tura region after being woven since it was the most versatile crop growing among the West Garo hills. Modern designers have also opted to used the Ramie grass in a multitude of fashion choices. The plant's fibres are extracted to be used to make cloth. The fibre used is durable and strong, and comes with high elasticity. The fibres of the ramie plant has not only captured the attention of modern designers, but also of traditional artisans, who spin and weave the fibre...
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Sustainable Sites Across The Globe

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This article's sole purpose is to show sustainability across our big wide globe.  The planet's top sustainable country is Sweden.  The country aims to achieve from 85-100% reduced emissions by 2045. Sweden has lowered emissions through the usage of electric buses, smart roads, urban farming and so on. Sustainability has also been achieved by the use of food recycling systems. Furthermore, it  has the highest renewable energy usage, lowest carbon emissions,   Switzerland, Norway, Japan, Finland, Denmark, New Zealand and many more follow suit.   
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Wear What Once Was Waste

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Sea2see. Does that mean anything to you? Well, it does, apparently. A eyewear company, that is. This company digs out ocean wastes and creates eyewear. In fact, it collects nets, ropes and plastic waste. With coordination with fishing communities all over Spain, it creates its Italian designed eyewear. But, there’s a question. The entire one tonne plastic waste it collects every two days, Sea2see cannot create so many glasses. So what does it do with the extra collection? Well, the answer is simple: it sends it off to other factories or companies to process the remaining waste collection. In conclusion, Sea2see basically sells eyewear made of ocean and sea wastes. So, if you have eyewear of this company, remember- it came from recycled waste. And so, you have made a contribution!
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From Snack to Packaging: A Story of Seaweed

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 Did you know that fried seaweed is eaten as a snack in some countries of east Asia? As a twist to the crunchy mouth-watering tale, seaweed is also being commonly used as a substitute for plastic . Its biodegradability and ability to form films make it a promising candidate for a biodegradable plastic. Many companies use seaweed as a staple for their plastic-free production such as a previously mentioned Notpla*, but in this article we shall focus on Evoware. To produce this bioplastic, seaweed hydrocolloids are extracted and processed into films. What sets Evoware apart from other seaweed-using companies is that its products are also edible ! (You can reward your act of environmental conscience by a snack of seaweed!)  Seaweed, as explained in our previous article* are easy to produce, as they can grow in both saltwater and seawater and do not require much care, making seaweed bioplastic an even more attractive choice. Even if your seaweed packaging does not end up in your ...
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