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The designer creating unique sneakers from fashion industry waste

Zero-waste pioneers Helen Kirkum and Discarded Spirits Co. come together to create custom sneakers, inspired by the waste ingredients within Discarded’s award-winning spirits.

  • Discarded Spirits Co.
  • Alex King

Fast fashion’s sustainability drive is a sham

Pretty little liars — Fashion behemoth PrettyLittleThing’s plan to launch a resale marketplace is nothing but a ploy to make consumers buy more, writes Frances Leach.

  • Activism
  • Frances Leach

Degrowth is a radical solution to the climate crisis

Averting catastrophe — In their new book, Exploring Degrowth, authors Anitra Nelson and Vincent Liegey set out the political tools for a younger generation to minimise inequalities between people and prevent disaster.

  • Books
  • Ben Smoke

The death of consumer feminism: will it ever happen?

A sustainable future — Feminism and sustainability are intrinsically linked. But as long as women continue abiding by the shop-til-you-drop ethos of consumer culture, both movements will suffer.

  • Opinion
  • Kat George

The tech industry has a serious sustainability problem

And it’s going unchecked — While consumers have forced the fashion industry to start confronting its ethical and environmental shortcomings in recent years, the tech world remains unchecked. Why?

  • Tech
  • Kat George

Buying new is not sustainable, no matter how you sew it

A deep dive into fast fashion — The fashion world may be promoting a new, more ‘sustainable’ kind of consumerism – but no matter what they try and sell us, buying new will never lead to real change.

  • Activism
  • Kat George

What is sustainable tourism, and why does it matter?

The Future Of Travel — The Azores – nine lush, untouched islands located off the coast of Portugal – are seen as some of the world’s most ‘sustainable destinations.’ Writer April Clare Welsh heads there to find out why.

  • Activism
  • April Clare Welsh

How surfer Keith Malloy built his own sustainable empire

Huck x Patagonia — The Patagonia ambassador founded Worn Wear alongside his wife Lauren, an initiative that celebrates the stories we wear and keeps gear in action longer through repair and reuse.

  • Surf
  • Steph Pomphrey

How to build your own completely sustainable utopia

A new way of life? — Since 2010, Kalu Yala has been encouraging people from all over the world to build a new kind of village. We speak to founder Jimmy Stice about the challenges he’s faced so far.

  • Travel
  • Roxanne Sancto

The activist movement protecting Hawaii from a corporate takeover

Poisoned paradise — Surfer and filmmaker Cyrus Sutton turns his lens to the Hawaiians fighting for their sustainable way of life in the face of mass-industrialisation. Ahead of its UK premiere at the London Surf / Film Festival, he opens up about its grassroots momentum.

  • Film
  • HUCK HQ

The Hawaiian activists fighting GMOs to protect their ancient way of life

Island Earth — Surfer and filmmaker Cyrus Sutton turns his lens to the Hawaiians fighting to protect their sustainable way of life in the face of mass-industrialisation.

  • Film
  • Biju Belinky

How to buy a down jacket that isn’t made from tortured geese

Huck x Patagonia — Do you know where the feathers in your favourite jacket come from? Unless you're buying Traceable Down you could be contributing to extreme animal cruelty.

  • Activism
  • Shelley Jones

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