As more people become aware of the detrimental effects of textile production and consumption on the environment, discussions often focus on the chemical and water-intensive processes that lead to significant carbon dioxide emissions. However, it’s essential to understand the broader …
2019 is ending, and we are soon in a new decade! Now a quick look back at what happened during the year here at ReThink. Did you get any new knowledge, and was it something you were missing? If you …
Dream back to a hot summer day for a short while. On the way home from the beach, you have just settled on an outdoor terrace for coffee and blueberry pie. You’re just about to take a bite when a …
Honey bees produce honey and earthworms break down our compost – this is knowledge many of us know. But did you know that a ladybug can eat up to 2500 aphids during its lifetime? Or that flower flies are important pollinators? Without all …
No, of course not. But… to grow a kilo of cotton requires 1 to 1.5 kilos of chemicals and a pair of cotton pants weighs between 0.5 to 0.8 kilos [1], so…
For over an hour, these chemicals work …
Here in the West, we don’t necessarily have to associate these words with each other. But water and toxins are unfortunately linked in other parts of the world. In Brazil, the world’s fourth most prominent user of agrochemicals, researchers have …
