Water Pollution

What is biodiversity? Biodiversity is composed of any and every living thing! The term comes from “biological diversity” and acts as a measure for how diverse an ecosystem is — including human and cultural biodiversity, or how our different cultures and communities intertwine with the environment. Why is biodiversity important? …

Spring 2021 — Special Topics #4 — When you get new electronics, do you ever wonder where your old ones go? They become e-waste, which is defined as electronic equipment that has no value to its user. E-waste isn’t limited to just phones and laptops: it includes other electronics like printers, microwaves, and coffee makers. …

Spring 2021 — Special Topics #3 — Every generation remembers events differently. If something significant occurred during the time you were present, it has a larger impact on you, but what about the next generation? The next generation won’t know about it, may experience it but forget or believe it’s irrelevant. …

Spring 2021 — April Community Partnership — EthiCAL’s theme this semester is “Empowering Youth Leaders,” where we feature local and international organizations who work to give young people a voice to create change. This month we are featuring Hack+. …

Spring 2021 — Special Topics #2 — Introduction Did you know that Americans produce over 200 million tons of waste each year? Other ways to think about it: that’s equivalent to one million Egyptian Sphinxes, nearly four thousand Titanics, or about 5 pounds of waste per person per day. …

Spring 2021 — Virtual Local Impact Project — EthiCAL Apparel’s members continued their tradition of community service in our Local Impact Project (LIP) this past Monday. In recent semesters, EthiCAL Apparel’s Social Good Team has planned out interactive workshops to educate our general membership about relevant issues — in a completely virtual manner. This time around, we chose…

Spring 2021 — Special Topics #1 — Have you ever gone shopping and picked the product off the shelf reading “eco-friendly” or seeing that nice, earthy shade of green? Were there flowers or leaf-shapes on it? Now, think hard. Was there anything more to it? Or was that it? …

Spring 2021 — February Community Partnership — EthiCAL Apparel is proud to feature Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) as our first community partnership under this semester’s theme of Empowering Youth Leaders! 60% of our profits for the month of February, or $300, were donated to support LEJ’s community garden and nursery expansion project. …