The new, subtle ways the privileged signal their wealth
Given that everyone can now buy designer handbags and new cars, the rich have taken to using much more tacit signifiers of their social position. In 1899, the economist Thorstein Veblen observed that...
View ArticleKenya Joins Global Ban of Plastic Bags
Kenya, the East African country with coastline on the Indian Ocean, joined fellow African countries: Tunisia, Morocco, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Botswana, Ethiopia, Mauritania and Eritrea in...
View ArticleThe Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the Planet
This post originally appears on Un.org as part of their series on “The Year of Living Sustainably” to help us all think about Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). On 1 January 2016, the 17 Sustainable...
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