Consumers are only benefitting from cheap clothes at considerable cost to the environment and by exploitation of a poor, vulnerable garment workers.
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Crises in the Darling River have raised questions about cotton and rice farming in the Murray Darling Basin.
The Trump administration’s promise of $12 billion in aid to offset losses from retaliatory tariffs will not make up for the long-term consequences of a prolonged trade war.
Water pollution, toxic chemical use and textile waste: fast fashion comes at a huge cost to the environment.
Our clothes are cheaper, flimsier and shorter-lived than ever. But jeans, a staple of the modern wardrobe, are actually designed to be long-lasting – provided you take proper care of them.
Burkina Faso, one of the largest GM cotton producers in the world, has begun a phase out of all Bt cotton production.
Arguments surrounding the use of genetically modified crops and whether they are the solution to the world’s problems of food supply and public health are no nearer to resolution than when GM was introduced…
Principais colaboradores
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Associate Professor, International Studies Department, University of San Francisco
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Professor and Dean of the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT, RMIT University
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Associate Professor Department of International Development Studies, Dalhousie University
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Professor, Head of Sustainable Consumption and Clothing Sustainability research groups, Nottingham Trent University
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Emeritus Professor of Social Statistics, University of Manchester
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Chair Professor in Sustainability, Lancaster University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Associate professor, Deakin University
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Research Engineer, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University
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Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Research Associate, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Agronomy (Agriculture), University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Sustainablity, Fashion and Retail, University of Leeds
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Australian Laureate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
