Day: 19 September 2017

M&S Launch Sustainable Selvedge Denim Jeans

Stuart Mitchell

Launching this Summer 2017, M&S introduces the sustainable selvedge denim men’s jeans. The jeans have been manufactured using processes that use less water, energy and chemicals than conventional methods resulting in an incredibly low Environmental Impact Measurement Score of only 21 (where under 33 is low-impact) using JeanologiaTM technology. JeanologiaTM specialises in sustainable and efficient technologies for the garment finishing industry. Technologies including laser, and its EIM software have revolutionised the textile industry, offering design and finishing possibilities on garments, whilst saving water, energy and chemicals and eliminating waste and…

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Loved Ones Of People With Cancer Shave Their Heads For Rankin Photoshoot

Stuart Mitchell

These striking black and white images show the parents, partners and loved ones of people with cancer seconds after having all their hair shaved off – in a bid to help others with the disease. The emotive portrait series by world-famous Rankin, who lost his mother Anne to lung cancer in 2005, captures the poignant stories that drive Macmillan Cancer Support’s Brave the Shave campaign. The fundraiser sees thousands shave their heads in support or in memory of people affected by cancer and raises millions of pounds to enable the…

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UNWTO Code of Ethics for Tourism becomes an International Convention

Stuart Mitchell

The member States of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) approved today a historical document – the UNWTO Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics. The Convention, approved at the 22nd UNWTO General Assembly transforms the Code of Ethics for Tourism into an international convention, the first in the life of the Organization. The Convention covers the responsibilities of all stakeholders in the development sustainable tourism, providing a framework that recommends an ethical and sustainable modus operandi, including the right to tourism, the freedom of movement for tourists and the rights of employees…

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Rainbow Road and Canadian Government help get LGBTQ+ people out from Chechnya

Stuart Mitchell

In April, the international community started hearing more reports of violence and hatred being shown by the Goverment of Chechnya to their LGBTQ+ people. The Government denied this by parroting the ridiculous statement that they couldn’t be persecuting the LGBTQ+ people in the country because according to them they just didn’t exist. The Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has repeated several time that there are any gay or bisexual people in the country, they just don’t exist. The obvious danger to LGBTQ+ people caused Canadian human rights organisation Rainbow Road to…

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