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All the latest ideas and news from Upstream’s thought leaders and partners.
Refill. Putting the power to reduce plastic in our hands
City to Sea, an environmental organisation based in the UK, has been working hard to provide practical solutions to plastic pollution.
Reflections on Racial Justice & Environmentalism
Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali and Miriam Torres brought their invaluable perspective, expertise and advice to a livestream discussion on 9/24.
From As You Sow: Using Shareholder Pressure to Get Big Brands to Clean up Plastic Pollution
As You Sow uses shareholder advocacy to press publicly-traded companies to improve their social and environmental practices and policies.
The chef taking trash out of school lunch
A school lunch chef uses tiffins to take the trash out of COVID-adapted lunches.
Spread Facts, Not Germs:
Misplaced perceptions of cleaning & unnecessary use of disposable dining-ware hinder COVID response.
Samantha Sommer & the journey to become a Solutioneer
UPSTREAM's Director of Business Innovation on her career path toward reuse solutions.
Why the planet needs us to care about each other
The gap between environmentalism and environmental justice can be large, but there are many opportunities for them to intersect.
Jumpstarting a just recovery at home
We’re excited to share an idea (and an offer) to start replacing single-use with reuse in your own home today.
For environmental groups to be anti-racist, we must come to terms with the past
An honest look at white privilege and white bias at UPSTREAM – and in the environmental movement and plastics space where we work.