The Twilight of the Ethical Consumer
The Twilight of the Ethical Consumer
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Elizabeth L. Cline is a journalist and expert on consumer culture, fast fashion, sustainability, and labor rights in the fashion industry. She is the author of two books Overdressed and The Conscious Closet. This piece was originally published in Atmos in October 2020 and is the first in an ongoing collaboration highlighting stories that bring a critical lens to consumerism and its impact on our planet.
During the pandemic, like everyone else, I made promises to myself and tried to take up healthier habits. I started knitting, drawing, and journaling again. I traded in my reality TV addiction for Ken Burns documentaries. And, while others were learning to bake bread or garden, I decided to stop being an Ethical Consumer. One day, I needed new pajamas. Gap was selling two pairs for $40, so I bought them. I needed home office supplies, so I orde
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More than 4,100 skiers and snowboarders were transported to emergency rooms in ambulances or helicopters across 2018, 2019 and the first part of 2020, which is about 10 patients every day of the season.
Chris Arnis was with his crew, carving spring snow on his home hill. It was a good Sunday for the lifelong skier.
It was a little shy of 4 p.m., March 15, 2015, when it happened. Arnis, a ski coach in Steamboat Springs, hit some deep ruts where a speed-controlling fence had just been pulled to prepare for snow grooming that evening. He lost a ski and flew face first into the flats on a run called Rainbow.
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Up to 55 injured skiers and snowboarders arrive at Colorado ERs each day
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More than 4,100 transported across 2018, 2019 and the first part of 2020
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 5:14 PM Jason Blevins/The Colorado Sun
Ski patrollers tend to an injured skier in Vail’s Game Creek Bowl on Dec. 11, 2020.
Up to 55 injured skiers and snowboarders arrive at Colorado ERs each day Jason Blevins/The Colorado Sun
Ski patrollers tend to an injured skier in Vail’s Game Creek Bowl on Dec. 11, 2020.
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Chris Arnis was with his crew, carving spring snow on his home hill. It was a good Sunday for the lifelong skier.