Directed by Rebecca Cappelli and co-produced by Cowspiracy director Keegan Kuhn, SLAY aims to shed light on the fashion industry’s cruel animal practices.
Sand makes up most of the physical world around us. But thanks to climate change and our insatiable demand for sand, we’re now quickly running out of it. Toronto-based journalist Nehal El-Hadi talks to Nahlah Ayed about our complicated relationship to sand, and how that relationship may be leading us toward an environmental crisis.
Deforestation due to leather production, alarm over COVID-19’s spread to fur farms, and animal rights activism are all inspiring a booming fashion industry using plant leaves, fruits and microorganisms to imitate animal skins and fur.