Fair Trade Goes Chic: An Interview with One Thread Fair Trade’s Founder
July 10, 2009 – 9:21 pm | No Comment

A brief look into Mayura Kona’s start-up company would give Karl Marx goosebumps of excitement. Marx had predicted exactly how our attitudes and behavior around consumption would be affected from the dramatic mass-production shift circa …

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He’s Cheating on me…with his iphone
March 15, 2009 – 1:38 pm | 3 Comments
He’s Cheating on me…with his iphone

It’s Sunday morning. The sun is shining. I wake up happy and turn to my significant other. He appears to be sleeping. He looks so peaceful when he’s sleeping, I think to myself with a …

Dowry: A Problem of India’s Past?
March 5, 2009 – 1:01 am | No Comment
Dowry: A Problem of India’s Past?

Red, marigold and peacock blue prints of silk fabrics, the smell of exotic spices and old traditions of yoga come to mind when one hears India.
Traditions such as the caste system are considered old beliefs, …

10 All-Natural Sugar Substitutes and Sweeteners
February 12, 2009 – 12:41 am | 2 Comments
10 All-Natural Sugar Substitutes and Sweeteners

Nearly 15 years ago, my grandfather died from complications associated with diabetes. Several communities of color, particularly South Asians, can be six times more likely to get diabetes than white people (according to Diabetes UK). …

Californians, Listen Up: It’s Hella Time to Give it Up
January 1, 2009 – 10:42 pm | 2 Comments
Californians, Listen Up: It’s Hella Time to Give it Up

Although I’ve been saying it since probably my freshman year in high school, I can’t exactly recall just how its origins came about. All I know is that it originated in the Bay Area (no, …