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All the latest ideas and news from Upstream’s thought leaders and partners.
Moving forward in America
We must find ways to move forward as a nation and to learn to see each other as neighbors again – to forge a new social contract that seeks to truly lift all people up and to come together on the issues of our time.
Reduce, Reuse, Rejoice!
Laura Marston, owner of the reuse and refill store GoGo Refill in Portland, Maine, put together a gift guide for those who want to give more love by giving less waste.
We are all neighbors
Let’s do our best to find ways to reach out and dive deep, to be courageous listeners and common ground seekers, to leave the finger-pointing behind and jumpstart the friendmaking.
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.