What is "Clean”?

Many cosmetics companies claim that their products are “clean” and market their products in a way that suggests their products are sustainable and green. To get to the bottom of what defines “clean” beauty, Madison looks into Sephora’s prohibited ingredients in order for a product to be qualified as a “clean” beauty and investigate what these prohibited substances actually do to our environment.

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My Vegetarian Story

I’m almost 19, and I’ve been a vegetarian since I was 15. I grew up in the Midwest, in suburban Indianapolis, where eating plant-based wasn’t super common. My goal in this column is to make plant-based diets more accessible. Even the occasional vegan or vegetarian meal can make a big difference.

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Atlanta Forest Defenders: Frontliners of Environmental Defense

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms shared plans to construct a new police training academy in Southeast Atlanta in March of 2021. These plans came as a direct response to uprisings in 2020 after the murder of Rayshard Brooks, who was killed a mile away from the proposed academy by a police officer.

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Local sustainability groups say collective political action is key to battling climate crisis

When it comes to environmental change, individual action just doesn’t cut it. Local Evanston groups focused on sustainability say that collective action is the way forward for addressing the climate concerns our communities, locally and at large, face.

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Consumerism and Degrowth

First, however, let’s talk more about degrowth itself. Ultimately, degrowth serves as an antithesis to the capitalist system that pursues infinite growth in spite of its ecological and social consequences. It calls for a descaling of production and consumption, enabling societies to live within their ecological means as determined by strong efforts in research and organization as opposed to private interests. Rather than organize societies efforts towards material accumulation and deal with the repercussions later, degrowth focuses on addressing real needs like resource equity.

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Spiritual Whaling Rights: A Case Study of Legal Discrimination Against The Makah Tribe

Over the last 30 years, the Makah nation has been subjected to legal discrimination barring them from hunting gray whales in subsistence.

Whaling has always been an essential pillar of social stability for the Makah, so the criminalization of the practice deprives this community of a physical and spiritual need.

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Capitalism Can’t Save the Environment

In this piece, read about some of the effects of capitalism on the environment, how corporations have harmed the planet, and why capitalism will be unable to stop this cycle of consumerism and environmental degradation.

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