Rebecca Hui’s Rurban Promotes Indigenous Artisans and Creates Prosperous Villages
By Alliance President Terry Gips A short but strategic, genuine and charismatic dynamo and her team are leading the way to bringing the magnificent work of thousands of Indigenous artisans …
Exposed: The Dark Side of Brandy Melville — An Empire Fueling the Fast Fashion Crisis
Credit: HBO By Alexandra Isham, Alliance Intern from Ohio State University ’25 Whether you’re into major fast fashion brand Brandy Melville’s cute, trendy clothing or not, you should know its …
Inspiration: 5 inspiring sustainability courses to take online for free
By providing free access to anyone with an Internet connection, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) facilitate the dissemination of knowledge to unprecedented numbers of people. Credit: Thought Catalog Loving the …
Weekly e-Newsletter 4/27/2022
Art of the Week Thanks to the US Postal Service for memorializing the work of Minnesota-born, Native American artist George Morrison in these 5 newly-issued stamps “One of the nation’s greatest …
Take Action: The Fashion Industry Must Change
The $2.4 trillion apparel industry has evolved rapidly over the past 20 years. Cheap production and lowered costs for consumers along with the influence of social media, has produced an …
Weekly e-Newsletter 4/13/2022
Art of the Week Morning spider web with dew Original art by Alliance e-Newsletter editor Amy Durr, a writer, photographer, and gardener living on the beautiful gulf coast of Mississippi. …
Food for Thought: The myth of sustainable fashion
In his provocative Harvard Business Review piece, former Timberland COO Kenneth P. Pucker argues the fashion industry is unsustainable and continues to struggle with making forward progress: “Less unsustainable is …