What Does Better World Fashion Look Like
In the world where fashion trend changes in unprecedented speed, the environmental consequences are not to be neglected. The amount of waste produced by fast fashion makes it the second largest pollutant in the world. Reimer Ivang, founder of 'Better
Pastry World: Interview with David Lebovitz
David Lebovitz is an American pastry chef and the author of the cookbooks "Room for dessert," "Ripe for Dessert," "The Great Book of Chocolate", "The Perfect Scoop," "The Sweet Life in Paris," "Ready for Dessert" and "My Paris Kitchen." His last
From Where I Stand – Flor Isava-Fonseca
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY UN WOMEN AS PART OF THE SERIES “FROM WHERE I STAND”, WHICH CAPTURES PEOPLES STORIES AND THEIR DAILY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. SEE THE FULL SERIES HERE. When I was elected to the Executive
Diary of a Diplomat’s Wife: “Mind the P’s and the Q’s: A Proper Lesson in Etiquette”
One very important aspect of diplomatic etiquette is, of course, the bread and butter thank you letter. Also known as the day after letter. Ideally this should be written (for the English) on deckle-edged personalised notepaper in a subtle shade
Big Data Working Towards Health and Human Development
We live in the era of mass information whereby phrases such as big data and data science ring a bell to most laypersons. However, most of us tend to set those concepts aside into a complex field of expertise that
DUTERTE’S WAR ON ISIS
The Battle for Marawi The battle for Marawi began on 23 May when Islamic terrorists torched Dansalan College, a protestant school known in the region for its religious tolerance, and abducted a Catholic priest and thirteen churchgoers. They killed nine Christians
From Where I Stand: Hajiya Halima Mahdi
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY UN WOMEN AS PART OF THE SERIES “FROM WHERE I STAND”, WHICH CAPTURES PEOPLES STORIES AND THEIR DAILY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. SEE THE FULL SERIES HERE. Inequality is at the root of the
Out Of the Rat Race – Performance Wear that doesn’t Cost the Earth; Literally
'Performance wear for the planet'. Short. Concise. Impactful, just like any mantra should be. Tim Christian, and his certified B Corp, 'Out Of the Rat Race' is mantra turned mission. Here, the Impakter Sustainability team discusses using business as a
Transforming Our World: Countering Iron Deficiencies
In 2015, after the largest consultation process in the history of the United Nations, 193 nations agreed to a framework of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to vanquish poverty and create a more equitable, sustainable, eco-conscious world; each goal is
Target: Peace
In March 2017, the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) published a list of 232 indicators for which there was a general agreement from representatives of the member states for use in monitoring the SDGs. With
Women empowerment in India begins with sanitation
Sarika Gupta is the founder of a India based non-profit organisation called ‘Safe n’ Happy Periods’. She is also an MBA graduate, a co-founder of Aegis School of Business and once headed the training division for the prominent Indian business school,
How boomers are at risk from high fructose corn syrup
When we baby boomers were kids, it was pretty easy to eat. There were few choices, and although already there were preservatives and other additives in some of our foods, they didn’t dominate the food industry. But as BoomerCafé publisher
