Consumer & Industry Impacts on the Environment:

• Fashionopolis: Why What We Wear Matter by Dana Thomas, https://www.danathomas.com/fashionopolis.html - @DanaThomasParis
• Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline, https://www.elizabethclinebooks.com - @elizabethlcline
• The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good by Elizabeth L. Cline, https://www.elizabethclinebooks.com - @elizabethlcline
• Story of Stuff Project by Annie Leonard: Award-winning online documentary that metamorphosed into a multi-pronged international project creating movies, media and action-oriented, community-based initiatives - www.storyofstuff.org - @AnnieMLeonard
• The Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants, by Amanda Mull (Oct. 7, 2021), The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/free-returns-online-shopping/620169/
• re/Make: A nonprofit working to build a conscious consumer movement and end fast fashions. www.remake.world - @remakerourworld
• Fashion Revolution: A global campaign initiative working to transform the fashion industry into one that conserves and restores the environment and values people over growth and profit. www.fashionrevolution.org - @Fash_Rev
• Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, The Ugly Truth of Fast Fashion, Volume 5, Episode 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGF3ObOBbac&feature=youtu.be
• The True Cost - documentary film directed by Andrew Morgan investigating the impacts and scope of the global clothing industry - www.truecostmovie.com

How Might We Differently…..

• Why Jesse Kamm Finds the Phrase “Global Expansion” Nauseating Interview by Andrew Zuckerman, Time Sensitive Podcast on The Slowdown, Episode 20 https://timesensitive.fm/episode/fashion-designer-jesse-kamm-sustainability/
• Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by Michael Braungart and William McDonough, https://mbdc.com , https://mcdonough.com/writings/cradle-cradle-remaking-way-make-things/ - @CradletoCradle, @billmcdonough
• How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell, https://www.mhpbooks.com/books/how-to-do-nothing/ - https://www.jennyodell.com - @the_jenitaur
• Small is Beautiful by Ernst F. Schumacher, https://archive.org/details/smallisbeautiful00schu_0 - https://centerforneweconomics.org - @Center4NewEcon
• Story of Stuff Project by Annie Leonard: Award-winning online documentary that metamorphosed into a multi-pronged international project creating movies, media and action-oriented, community-based initiatives - www.storyofstuff.org - @AnnieMLeonard
• The Next Black - A Film About the Future of Clothing, https://www.aeg.co.uk/archive/the-next-black/

Small Business Ecosystems

• Pandemic Crash Shows Worker Co-Ops Are More Resilient Than Traditional Business, by Brian Van Slyke, https://truthout.org/articles/pandemic-crash-shows-worker-co-ops-are-more-resilient-than-traditional-business/
• America’s Monopoly Problem Goes Way Beyond the Tech Giants, by David Dayen, : https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/pandemic-making-monopolies-worse/614644/
• The End of Small Businesses: Giant corporations may be the only survivors in the post-pandemic economy, by James Kwak, Paywall: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/07/09/after-covid-19-giant-corporations-chains-may-be-only-ones-left/?arc404=true
• “Right to Repair” is about more than DIY by Ryssdal, K. and Wood, M. (July 13, 2021), Marketplace Make Me Smart Podcast Episode 473, https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart-with-kai-and-molly/right-to-repair-is-about-more-than-diy/
• As Amazon Rises, So Does the Opposition, by David Streitfeld, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/technology/athena-mitchell-amazon.html
• Why the Left should Align with Small Businesses, by Stacy Mitchell and Susan R. Holmberg https://www.thenation.com/article/society/democrats-labor-business-monopoly/ - @stacyfmitchell and @SusanRHolmberg
• Capitalism is the Enemy of Commerce, by Douglas Rushkoff - https://medium.com/team-human/capitalism-is-the-enemy-of-commerce-581afe2d0726

Marginalia

• Pockets: Articles of Interest #3, 99% Invisible Blog - www.99percentinvisible.org/episode/pockets-articles-of-interest-3/
• Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer, https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books
• Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, by Robin Wall Kimmerer, https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books
• The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World, by Joe Keohane, https://joekeohane.net - @JoeKeohane
• The Benefits of Talking to Strangers, by Jane Brody Aug. 3, 2020 - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/well/family/the-benefits-of-talking-to-strangers.html