🏳️🌈 Three teachers who were sanctioned for helping to facilitate a student-led drag show won a settlement of $150,000 from Iowa’s Ankeny school district.
The European Union just banned fashion companies from destroying unsold clothes
A new law two years in the making has finally taken effect across the European Union. Under the ruling, major fashion retailers, wholesalers, and apparel manufacturers are now banned from trashing unsold clothing, accessories, and footwear.
Companies must now find ways to sell the product, via discounts to consumers, alternative markets, and charity donations. Under the new law, unsold product can only be destroyed if it is counterfeit, irreparably damaged, deemed unsafe, or rejected by charities.
Going forward, companies are also required to publish annual reports on any discarded goods and maintain those records for a minimum of five years.
Why is this good news? Researchers estimate that hundreds of thousands of tons of fashion items are destroyed every year in the EU alone. Since most modern clothing is made from man-made plastics, it takes hundreds of years to decompose in landfills.
On a global scale, waste from the fashion industry is responsible for 10% of all carbon emissions. Measures like this can help reduce that carbon cost.
Ferran Torres scored the game-winning World Cup goal for Spain — his story shows the importance of mental health care
Four years ago, Spain’s Ferran Torres was going through a mental health crisis, struggling to cope with the pressure of his new $62.8 million deal with FC Barcelona.
Finding himself “in a bottomless pit,” he “decided to work with a psychologist.” He calls it “one of the best experiences” that made him stronger as a person.
And now, he believes that working with a psychologist “will become increasingly normalized in football.” That couldn’t come soon enough, with an estimated 51% of elite athletes struggling with mental health at some point in their life, and put off seeking treatment due to ongoing social stigma.
🐷 A wayward pig went to a nice farm upstate — no really, we promise. (TikTok)
🎡 30 “little white whales on the go” were rescued from a defunct theme park.
🐬 “Scrappy” the dolphin spotted 20 years after he sported a Speedo. (May require login)
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