sustainable fashion
description: part of design philosophy and trend of sustainability in fashion
62 results
City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways
by Megan Kimble · 2 Apr 2024 · 430pp · 117,211 words
adopted a comprehensive plan called Imagine Austin that committed to building a “compact and connected city” that could “accommodate more people in a considered and sustainable fashion.” The following year, the Austin City Council hired a California-based urban planning firm to update the city’s zoning code, a process they dubbed
Melting Pot or Civil War?: A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders
by Reihan Salam · 24 Sep 2018 · 197pp · 49,240 words
part out of a desire to raise wages for U.S. farmworkers. What they failed to appreciate is that rather than raise wages in a sustained fashion, farmers had an alternative: they could adopt existing mechanical harvest technologies that would greatly reduce their reliance on human labor, and they could devise entirely
Cape Town After Apartheid: Crime and Governance in the Divided City
by Tony Roshan Samara · 12 Jun 2011 · 252pp · 13,581 words
in line with the progressive transformation of the criminal justice system. As the chapter shows, social crime prevention measures are not being implemented in any sustained fashion, and narrow definitions of security continue to exert influence over policing strategies. The chapter concludes with an in-depth discussion of community/police relations, placing
Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future
by Robert Bryce · 26 Apr 2011 · 520pp · 129,887 words
’s move to burn wood rather than coal, he wrote that “the key, of course, [is] to make sure this is all done in the sustainable fashion. That will be the job of regulators and the Obama administration.”10 But regulators, try as they might, can’t overcome basic physics. The problems
Investing to Save the Planet: How Your Money Can Make a Difference
by Alice Ross · 19 Nov 2020 · 197pp · 53,831 words
to do all the research to make the best choice. I frequently wish that there were simple guidelines laid down: if I want to make sustainable fashion choices, for example, I don’t want to have to do a huge amount of research. I’d like there to be a one-stop
The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid
by C. K. Prahalad · 15 Jan 2005 · 423pp · 149,033 words
of charge. This has the feel of philanthropy. As mentioned previously, charity might feel good, but it rarely solves the problem in a scalable and sustainable fashion. A rapidly evolving approach to encouraging consumption and choice at the BOP is to make unit packages that are small and, therefore, affordable. The logic
Peers Inc: How People and Platforms Are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism
by Robin Chase · 14 May 2015 · 330pp · 91,805 words
a world where 9.5 billion people will put enormous strain on biophysical resources. The challenge for business is to meet these needs in a sustainable fashion. Success will require completely new business models. It will demand transformational innovation in product and process technologies to minimize resource use, as well as the
Badvertising
by Andrew Simms · 314pp · 81,529 words
, and consume products, services, and experiences that convey status and an appealing image; such actions are usually difficult to reconcile with living in an ecologically-sustainable fashion’. Two other studies have looked explicitly at the issue of whether advertising has an indirect relationship with ecological degradation by statistically testing what are known
The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today
by Linda Yueh · 15 Mar 2018 · 374pp · 113,126 words
’s not just Britain. America, China and other major economies are also seeking to rebalance their economies so that they can grow in a more sustainable fashion. What would Adam Smith say about these attempts? How would he reconcile his affinity for manufacturing with an aversion to governments intervening in the workings
What Would the Great Economists Do?: How Twelve Brilliant Minds Would Solve Today's Biggest Problems
by Linda Yueh · 4 Jun 2018 · 453pp · 117,893 words
’s not just Britain. America, China and other major economies are also seeking to rebalance their economies so that they can grow in a more sustainable fashion. What would Adam Smith say about these attempts? How would he reconcile his affinity for manufacturing with an aversion to governments intervening in the workings
Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
by Nicola Twilley · 24 Jun 2024 · 428pp · 125,388 words
A Game as Old as Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption
by Steven Hiatt; John Perkins · 1 Jan 2006 · 497pp · 123,718 words
What's Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing Economy
by Tom Slee · 18 Nov 2015 · 265pp · 69,310 words
The Barbell Prescription: Strength Training for Life After 40
by Jonathon Sullivan and Andy Baker · 2 Dec 2016 · 742pp · 166,595 words
Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy
by Philippe van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght · 20 Mar 2017
On the Future: Prospects for Humanity
by Martin J. Rees · 14 Oct 2018 · 193pp · 51,445 words
Hunger: The Oldest Problem
by Martin Caparros · 14 Jan 2020 · 684pp · 212,486 words
Platform Scale: How an Emerging Business Model Helps Startups Build Large Empires With Minimum Investment
by Sangeet Paul Choudary · 14 Sep 2015 · 302pp · 73,581 words
Beyond Weird
by Philip Ball · 22 Mar 2018 · 277pp · 87,082 words
New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI
by Frank Pasquale · 14 May 2020 · 1,172pp · 114,305 words
Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy
by Dani Rodrik · 8 Oct 2017 · 322pp · 87,181 words
Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All
by Michael Shellenberger · 28 Jun 2020
Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance
by Nouriel Roubini and Stephen Mihm · 10 May 2010 · 491pp · 131,769 words
The Tyranny of Nostalgia: Half a Century of British Economic Decline
by Russell Jones · 15 Jan 2023 · 463pp · 140,499 words
Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made
by Gaia Vince · 19 Oct 2014 · 505pp · 147,916 words
Homemade Kids: Thrifty, Creative and Eco-Friendly Ways to Raise Your Child
by Nicola Baird · 14 Sep 2010
Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking
by E. Gabriella Coleman · 25 Nov 2012 · 398pp · 107,788 words
Trading Risk: Enhanced Profitability Through Risk Control
by Kenneth L. Grant · 1 Sep 2004
Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change From the Cult of Technology
by Kentaro Toyama · 25 May 2015 · 494pp · 116,739 words
The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy
by Dani Rodrik · 23 Dec 2010 · 356pp · 103,944 words
Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield
by Jeremy Scahill · 22 Apr 2013 · 1,117pp · 305,620 words
If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?
by Raj Raghunathan · 25 Apr 2016 · 505pp · 127,542 words
Public Places, Urban Spaces: The Dimensions of Urban Design
by Matthew Carmona, Tim Heath, Steve Tiesdell and Taner Oc · 15 Feb 2010 · 1,233pp · 239,800 words
Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live
by Nicholas A. Christakis · 27 Oct 2020 · 475pp · 127,389 words
The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse
by Mohamed A. El-Erian · 26 Jan 2016 · 318pp · 77,223 words
Never Bet Against Occam: Mast Cell Activation Disease and the Modern Epidemics of Chronic Illness and Medical Complexity
by Lawrence B. Afrin M. D., Kendra Neilsen Myles and Kristi Posival · 15 Jan 2016
The Raging 2020s: Companies, Countries, People - and the Fight for Our Future
by Alec Ross · 13 Sep 2021 · 363pp · 109,077 words
Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink (Politics and Society in Modern America)
by Louis Hyman · 3 Jan 2011
The Story of Stuff: The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-And How We Can Make It Better
by Annie Leonard · 22 Feb 2011 · 538pp · 138,544 words
What We Need to Do Now: A Green Deal to Ensure a Habitable Earth
by Chris Goodall · 30 Jan 2020 · 154pp · 48,340 words
Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth
by Ingrid Robeyns · 16 Jan 2024 · 327pp · 110,234 words
Early Retirement Extreme
by Jacob Lund Fisker · 30 Sep 2010 · 346pp · 102,625 words
The Rough Guide to Peru
by Rough Guides · 27 Apr 2024 · 960pp · 267,168 words
Minimal: How to Simplify Your Life and Live Sustainably
by Madeleine Olivia · 9 Jan 2020 · 306pp · 71,100 words
Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination
by Adom Getachew · 5 Feb 2019
Wasteland: The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, and Why It Matters
by Oliver Franklin-Wallis · 21 Jun 2023 · 309pp · 121,279 words
Amsterdam Like a Local
by Dk Eyewitness · 167pp · 33,213 words
The Allotment Chef: Home-Grown Recipes and Seasonal Stories
by Paul Merrett · 3 Sep 2014 · 269pp · 91,325 words
The System: Who Owns the Internet, and How It Owns Us
by James Ball · 19 Aug 2020 · 268pp · 76,702 words
To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death
by Mark O'Connell · 28 Feb 2017 · 252pp · 79,452 words
Working Hard, Hardly Working
by Grace Beverley
Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
by Elizabeth L. Cline · 13 Jun 2012 · 256pp · 76,433 words
Pocket Stockholm Travel Guide
by Lonely Planet
Making It in America: The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A. (And How It Got That Way)
by Rachel Slade · 9 Jan 2024 · 392pp · 106,044 words
Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (In a Big Way)
by Roma Agrawal · 2 Mar 2023 · 290pp · 80,461 words
The Best Business Writing 2013
by Dean Starkman · 1 Jan 2013 · 514pp · 152,903 words
Tokyo Like a Local
by Dk Eyewitness · 171pp · 34,535 words
Moon Prague, Vienna & Budapest: Palaces & Castles, Art & Music, Coffeehouses & Beer Gardens
by Jennifer D Walker, Auburn Scallon and Moon Travel Guides · 15 Oct 2024 · 806pp · 221,571 words
Trend Commandments: Trading for Exceptional Returns
by Michael W. Covel · 14 Jun 2011
Dublin Like a Local
by Dk Eyewitness · 167pp · 34,693 words
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
by Amanda Montell · 14 Jun 2021 · 244pp · 73,700 words
Nashville Like a Local: By the People Who Call It Home
by Dk Eyewitness · 28 Sep 2021