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Heroes
Heroes USA
Here’s How to Buy Some Bling for Your Pet and Help Rescue Animals
American country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton has recently launched a line of dog apparel and accessories, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to a nonprofit animal sanctuary dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating neglected animals.
- Animals
- Animals
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Technology
Technology Netherlands
This Eco-Leather Is Ready for the Market!
Following a successful study praising mushroom-made leather’s sustainability, a biotech materials startup from the Netherlands is now ready to produce the eco-material at a commercial scale, offering a vegan alternative to animal leather that looks, feels, even smells like cow leather.
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- Technology
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Technology
Technology Sweden
Clothes Made From (Fake) Spider Silk, Corn, or Methane? Yep, Thanks to Biotechnology!
Re:newcell, a Swedish startup based in Kristinehamn, Sweden, has decided to make clothes from Circulose, a biodegradable pulp of their own creation. They are part of a new breed of biotech brands that wish to make fashion more sustainable.
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Society
Society Afghanistan
Ancient Craft of Making Silk Gives Women New Jobs
The ancient traditional craft of cultivating silk is making a comeback in Afghanistan, creating work in the outskirts of the ancient city of Herat for around 4,000 women, who manually spin yarn after raising silkworms and harvesting their cocoons.