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Alia Dharssi
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Deputy Editor, Asparagus Magazine
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National Politics, Film Education funding, Civil RightsLGBTQ+ Rights, Arts events Georgia Politics, Music
Showbiz and celebs
Content
By Alia Dharssi| Asparagus Magazine@ As clothes pile up in landfills, the fashion industry reckons with its environmental footprint. Eileen Fisher’s secondhand boutique in southeast Seattle doesn’t look like a stereotypical thrift shop. Instead of making customers squeeze through crowded aisles and rummage through packed racks of clothes, Eileen Fisher Renew welcomes them with tidy displays and high ceilings. Along one wall, a dry cleaner’s conveyor belt repurposed into a clothing rack presents garments organized by colour.
By Alia Dharssi, Kyra Bell-Pasht| Next City Verified In April 2019, thousands of demonstrators occupied five bridges in London. The protests kicked off a massive campaign of civil disobedience and, by June 2019, the UK government had given in to one of their demands: to establish a citizens’ assembly to devise policy to tackle the climate crisis. Cities across the UK have followed suit, establishing citizens’ assemblies and juries to contribute to their local climate action plans.
By Alia Dharssi| Asparagus Magazine@ As clothes pile up in landfills, the fashion industry reckons with its environmental footprint. Eileen Fisher’s secondhand boutique in southeast Seattle doesn’t look like a stereotypical thrift shop. Instead of making customers squeeze through crowded aisles and rummage through packed racks of clothes, Eileen Fisher Renew welcomes them with tidy displays and high ceilings. Along one wall, a dry cleaner’s conveyor belt repurposed into a clothing rack presents garments organized by colour.
Company Info
Asparagus Magazine
Asparagus is a publication dedicated to telling the large and small stories of how we can live sustainably, from an environmental, social, and cultural perspective. We aim to approach these stories in a way that is intersectional, impactful, firmly grounded in science, but also fun.
Founded: 2018