Keanan Duffty is an award-winning designer, musician and educator whose work blends the raw energy of rock ’n’ roll with the sophistication of high fashion, all while championing sustainability. Assignment: Earth — USC’s sustainability framework for creating a healthy, just and thriving campus and world — includes the incorporation of sustainability issues into curriculums across…
The clinicians administering tweakments are not immune to this beauty culture, says DeFino. “Clinicians are just as heavily influenced by beauty culture as the consumer is, and they bring those perceptions and beliefs to their patients.” Then, there’s the profit motive to consider. The more filler clinicians sell, the more they get paid, whether the…
Wool recycling is a hot topic at companies like Smartwool and icebreaker. getty Americans alone toss out up to 11.3 million tons of textile waste annually. That’s around 2,150 pieces of clothing per second—which clogs waterways, leaches toxins, and harms marine life at breakneck speed. Trendy, cheap clothes cycle in and out of closets, and…
The three-day Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament generated about 860,000 disposable items after spectators were banned from bringing their own reusable containers, according to Greenpeace. The green group on Monday again urged Kai Tak Sports Park to reinstall a reusable cup system that had been in place for the annual tournament in 2019, 2023 and…
Basic silhouettes and muted colours now dominate feeds once filled with statement pieces and … More microtrends. (BORIS ROESSLER/DPA/AFP via Getty Images) DPA/AFP via Getty Images As consumers tire of relentless micro-trends and the damage of fast fashion, a surprising aesthetic is quietly dominating social feeds in 2025: normcore. Normcore — the minimalist, “average person”…
The government’s recent decision to significantly increase public hospital fees has reignited concerns about the long-term sustainability of the system. Hong Kong’s reliance on a tax-funded model is becoming fiscally unsustainable. Rather than merely raising charges for medical services, a comprehensive and forward-thinking approach to healthcare financing reform is urgently needed. Decades of reliance on…
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Digital thrift store would find home for used dorm items — cutting waste, saving money and giving clutter a second life. Share this story Copy Link Link Copied! Email Facebook LinkedIn Twitter WhatsApp Reddit Minesh Sumair, Shreya Nanda and Jia Amarnani present their winning app Dibs! at PawsHack on the Oakland campus. Photo by Katja…
Hong Kong is devoted to deepening its foreign ties, the city’s leader has said, while urging economies in Asia to promote bilateralism and reject protectionism amid a fast-changing geopolitical environment. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Tuesday also called for more collaboration between the city and mainland China’s Hainan province to promote free trade and…
Eight Asian designers looking to tackle sustainability issues via innovation will converge in Shanghai on Friday to present their final works to a panel of judges as they compete for the first Sustasia Fashion Prize, which is cohosted by the Shanghai Fashion Designer Association and Shaway Yeh’s sustainability agency Yehyehyeh. The eight finalists include Tommy Ambiyo Tedji from Indonesia;…