The Decal Project
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The Decal Project

HarperSage’s The Decal Project is a community-led effort that spreads awareness of human trafficking through thoughtfully placed decals in local communities.

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Hand Me Up
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Hand Me Up

Hand Me Up is the antithesis of the outdated linear business model that encompasses extraction, pollution, consumption, and waste.

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The Trope of “Nature”
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The Trope of “Nature”

Most people no longer are knowledgeable or aware of how to coexist with nature. The nature outside our own backyard has become a spectacle, a destination to seek out.

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Meet The Green Consumer Project
Culture Reza Cristian Culture Reza Cristian

Meet The Green Consumer Project

The fashion industry as we know it produces over 10% of all humanity's carbon emissions, pollutes the oceans with micro-plastics, and stands as the second-largest consumer of the world's water supply.

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An Inside Look of Pre-Loved Podcast
Culture Reza Cristian Culture Reza Cristian

An Inside Look of Pre-Loved Podcast

Pre-Loved Podcast is about loving secondhand style. It’s also about education. It’s about mending, up- cycling, reselling, dead stock, working as a vintage stylist, community development, flea markets, resale apps, fashion history, and more. It’s about a global industry that’s poised to grow, and fast.

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Let’s Talk Trash
Culture Reza Cristian Culture Reza Cristian

Let’s Talk Trash

Waste, especially plastic waste, is becoming an ever-daunting concern that is purposefully suppressed. To account for the massive amounts of trash humans are producing, landfills are growing in size and number on a daily basis.

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A Starter Guide to Sustainability in College
Culture Reza Cristian Culture Reza Cristian

A Starter Guide to Sustainability in College

College is busy, and it can be tough to have sustainability on the mind. However, at the same time, this landslide of new experiences can be a great opportunity—as we young adults live on our own for the first time, we are forming life-long habits. Learning green habits now can allow us to incorporate sustainability into our lives for the future—so a few years down the line, we won’t even think twice about choosing paper packaging over plastic.

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Giving Credit Where It's Due
Culture Reza Cristian Culture Reza Cristian

Giving Credit Where It's Due

Despite recent interest in environmentalism and sustainability, BIPOC communities have not received long-overdue credit for current ‘trends’ and ideals. It's time we recognize the cultural roots of practices characteristic of the environmental movement.

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How to help save the ocean
Culture Reza Cristian Culture Reza Cristian

How to help save the ocean

While the ocean is slowly making its way into climate policy (thanks to incredible people like Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson), marine policy still seems to shy away from action on climate change.

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What My Environment Degree Taught Me and What I Had To Learn for Myself
Culture Reza Cristian Culture Reza Cristian

What My Environment Degree Taught Me and What I Had To Learn for Myself

I had to realize for myself that where our power to make change so clearly lies is with the people. I also now understand that it’s not that people don’t care or don’t want to help, but that climate solutions have been so badly communicated to them throughout history. I, myself, am included in that group. Four years ago I thought I had to get an entire university degree to understand what needed to be done. 

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2021 Podcasts To Check Out
Culture Reza Cristian Culture Reza Cristian

2021 Podcasts To Check Out

Podcasts are my favorite way to get the daily news and the best way for me to digest fresh ideas. I subscribe to podcasts on yoga, Wall Street and everything in between, so here are some of my suggestions that readers of SUSTAIN will love. 

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A Guide to Sustaining Your Activism
Culture Reza Cristian Culture Reza Cristian

A Guide to Sustaining Your Activism

We need just as much action now as we will need in 10 years. Learning to sustain your activism is a key part of protecting our people and planet. Here are some of my favorite tips to create a sustainable model for your own activism journey.

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