Activism, Meet Impact.

In this episode, Handful host Jarred introduces himself and shares his hopes for the podcast.| Learn more at novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand 

Human trafficking is a humanitarian issue. Here's why. | The Migration Data Portal reported that 164 countries are locations of exploitation | the United States is within the top 10 | In 2019, the Polaris Project worked on 11,500 situations of human trafficking, including 22,326 individual survivors, nearly 4,384 traffickers and 1,912 suspicious businesses | Follow the upcoming articles in our series at novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand | Migration Data Portal: https://migrationdataportal.org/themes/human-trafficking | Polaris Project: https://polarisproject.org/myths-facts-and-statistics/

Handful will be back with a new week or episodes hosted by Jarred on Monday, August 31. | In the meantime, read our latest articles at novelhand.com

What you wear is a humanitarian issue. Here’s why.

| Nisolo: nisolo.com | My interview with Connie of Nisolo: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7mplrrdqr6V0Fbox3Pl7MI?si=I_XxHtOjSySB16JjPeuHkg | Environmental impact of fashion: https://quantis-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/measuringfashion_globalimpactstudy_quantis_2018.pdf | Learn more at novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand 

What you wear is a humanitarian issue. Here’s why.

| A polyester t-shirt releases 300 microplastics during its first wash. | More about microplastic pollution from textiles: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-43023-x | Environmental impact of fashion: https://quantis-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/measuringfashion_globalimpactstudy_quantis_2018.pdf | Learn more at novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand

What you wear is a humanitarian issue. Here’s why.

| Garment factory workers may work up to 16 hours per day. | Forced Labor in Uzbekistan: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/18/world/asia/forced-labor-lives-on-in-uzbekistans-cotton-fields.html?_r=0 | Working Hours: https://cleanclothes.org/issues/working-hours | Learn more at novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand | This episode written in part by Grace Liu. 

What you wear is a humanitarian issue. Here’s why.

| Garment workers in Bangladesh make as little as $95 per month. | Global Living Wages: https://www.globallivingwage.org/ | Wages in Bangladesh: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/05/869486297/for-bangladeshs-struggling-garment-workers-hunger-is-a-bigger-worry-than-pandemi | Environmental impact of fashion: https://quantis-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/measuringfashion_globalimpactstudy_quantis_2018.pdf | Learn more at novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand

What you wear is a humanitarian issue. Here’s why.

| It takes 2700 liters to make the typical cotton t-shirt. | The life cycle of a t-shirt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiSYoeqb_VY | Environmental impact of fashion: https://quantis-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/measuringfashion_globalimpactstudy_quantis_2018.pdf | Learn more at http://novelhand.com | Follow us on Instagram: @novel.hand

We're recapping our highlights from this week's episodes on cement manufacturing and the efforts toward plastic waste reduction and the innovative approaches being bridged by companies like Sway. 

Shownotes: Seaweed can eliminate plastic waste. Here’s why. 

Read “In 2018, seaweed is the new plastic”: https://thespoon.tech/in-2018-seaweed-is-the-new-plastic/#:~:text=Seaweed.&text=In%20fact%2C%20seaweed%20can%20grow,potential%20lies%20in%20disposable%20packaging. | Read “Environmental toll of plastics”: https://www.ehn.org/plastic-environmental-impact-2501923191.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 | Sway: https://hellosway.co/