A Mountain of Used Clothes Appeared in Chile’s Desert. Then It Went Up in Flames

Wired

The fashion industry has created a sprawling informal disposal network across the world—that brings with it money, conflict, and environmental destruction.

https://www.wired.com/story/fashion-disposal-environment/

Burn after wearing

Grist

A mountain of used clothes appeared in Chile’s desert. Then it went up in flames.

https://grist.org/international/burn-after-wearing-fashion-waste-chile/

2023 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: NotCo and its plant-based foods

MIT Technology Review

NotCo is using artificial intelligence to design and produce plant-based alternatives to dairy and meat products. It has teamed up with some of the world’s biggest brands to help them create foods that have less of an impact on the climate.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/04/1080134/2023-climate-tech-companies-notco-plant-based-foods-vegan-burgers-mayonnaise-chicken/

Kids Who Lost Parents to COVID, In Their Own Words

The City

More than 8,700 children in New York City are grieving a parent or caregiver who died of COVID. Here are some of their favorite memories, and what they wish others knew.

https://projects.thecity.nyc/kids-grieving-caregivers-covid/

Cold shoulder for mining if Chile warms to reforms?

The Continent

Chileans will vote yes or no to a new Constitution on Sunday. It would guarantee rights to nature, and requires more community involvement in big decisions. That could mean big changes to the country’s most profitable industry – mining.

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‘Paciencia y Fe’: Hard Times at the Real Bodega of ‘In the Heights’

Latino Rebels

Since Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit movie In the Heights was released in June, Nidia Bello’s customers have multiplied. Every week, visitors from the five boroughs as well as Florida and Pennsylvania, and even other countries like Mexico, drop in to have a look around. They want to confirm that her bodega on 196 Audubon Avenue in Washington Heights is the same one run by the fictional Usnavi de la Vega in Miranda’s film.

https://www.latinorebels.com/2021/11/10/realbodegaith/

Long Hours, Low Pay, Loneliness and a Booming Industry

The New York Times

The ranks of home health aides are expected to grow more than any other job in the next decade. What kind of work are they being asked to do?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/25/business/home-health-aides-industry.html