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The hull of a cruise ship

Cruise Ships Often Represent the Worst of Capitalism

September 13, 2019September 16, 2019 - by Brian Payton

When cruise ships dock, a town’s population can more than double. Who decides when the cost of tourism is too high?

A huge pile of garbage at a garbage dump.

We Are Garbage

August 26, 2019August 27, 2019 - by Ziya Tong

Humans generate about 45 million tons of waste every year. Where does it all go?

Illustration Juxtaposing an Image of a Thread of Cloth in the Laundry Room Against the Same Thread Polluting the Ocean

April 2018 / Environment

How Our Clothing Poisons the Environment

March 20, 2018August 9, 2019 - by Tina Knezevic

Microfibres are the scourge of our waterways. One man in Nova Scotia says he has a solution