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Move over Amazon: this new service is offering low-emission same-day delivery
Earlier this week we published a piece about the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, who called out Amazon in an open letter and demanded they pay for the emissions they produce in the city. We can understand her sentiment: beyond the emissions that come with speedy delivery, Amazon’s trucks also clog Read More...
Schedule autonomy might be key to beating the burnout at work
Even if you’re working at your dream job, it’s all too common to feel burnt out or stressed at work. Laura Vanderkam, a time management expert, says the key to finding sustainable happiness in the workplace may be how you’re working as much as what you’re working on. This means giving Read More...
To solve deep-seated inequality, we must grow poor regions from the bottom up
Concentrated poverty has long been a problem in urban centers and parts of the rural South, but these days it has spread across many parts of the country. Sadly enough, regional inequality has deepened and the middle class has declined—the result of a long history of class and racial division, Read More...
Paris is showing everyone how to stand up against e-commerce giant Amazon
It seems e-commerce giant Amazon always gets its way, earning billions off its polluting delivery service while never paying a cent for the emissions its responsible for. In fact, the $793 billion company hasn’t even paid federal taxes for the last two years. That’s why it’s incredibly Read More...
Mastercard bans automatic billing after ending of free trials
Have you ever subscribed to a free online trial and forgotten to cancel before the company bills you? Some businesses argue that it makes the process of acquiring a service easier for the user, but people protest that companies benefit from obtaining information used to automatically charge unwary Read More...
Making the most of your job in the gig economy
Whether you drive for Uber on the weekends as a side job or work for a full-time contracted delivery service, working in the gig economy means taking certain steps to make sure you, as a worker, are protected. With 36% of the American workforce working in a “gig,” there's bound to be some Read More...
JUST Capital releases list of 2020’s most just companies
Where you spend your money sends a message about the companies you support, so how do the companies you buy from stack up in terms of corporate ethics? What corporate actions are most important to you? JUST Capital, an organization dedicated to monitoring and assessing corporate behavior, Read More...
This brand will pay you to send back their old sneakers to be 100% recycled
A pair of designers have come up with a pair of white sneakers that can be recycled in their entirety. The brand, which goes by the name Thousand Fell, is the first to launch a model that actually pays its customers to ship back their old pairs so that the company can assure that they are taken Read More...
OK Boomer? OK Millennial? The benefits of cross-generation collaboration
If you’ve ever had the experience of teaching an elderly relative how to use their smartphone, you may be familiar with some of the frustrations of working with a different generation. Although different generations of workers may bring different approaches, ideas, and strategies to the Read More...
Computer tech giant Dell pledges to make greener electronics over the next decade
American computer technology company Dell has just announced its “Progress Made Real” initiative in hopes to increase sustainability efforts. The centerpiece of the company's new climate change plan is to source 75 percent of the power for all of its facilities from renewables and 100 percent Read More...