Aimee Rawlins

3 days ago | fastcompany.com | Aimee Rawlins

There's no question that Amazon is known for its packaging. Boxes and mailers with the ubiquitous smile logo now dot the porches of every neighborhood in the country. And with the company's 2017 purchase of Whole Foods, it became a major player in food packaging as well, wrapping everything from produce to potato chips. Since then, the chain has expanded to 535 locations and increased its sales 40%.

1 week ago | fastcompany.com | Aimee Rawlins

By Aimee Rawlins Last week marked Trump's first 100 days in office-and when it comes to climate policy, things are already pretty grim. In just three months, the president has elevated fossil fuels, pulled back billions from green investments, and implemented tariffs that make it harder to import renewable infrastructure. And that's just the start.

1 month ago | fastcompany.com | Aimee Rawlins

There is not much Josh Lockwood-Wewer loves more than Disney. The affable 33-year-old speaks almost exclusively in the voices of his favorite characters: Mickey Mouse, the Muppets’ Kermit the Frog, and, above all, Goofy. He has watched The Lion King nearly every day since its 1994 release—well over 5,000 times, according to his mother. His family moved from Maryland to Anaheim, California, when he was in his early 20s just to be closer to Disneyland.

Jan 5, 2025 | fastcompany.com | Aimee Rawlins

Servers accuse the chain of wage theft, saying it forces them to do janitorial work and dishwashing for lower tipped wages. [Photos: Jon Tyson/Unsplash, Simon Daoudi/Unsplash]BY Aimee Rawlins5 minute readServers say the chain forces them to do janitorial work and dishwashing for lower tipped wages, robbing them of up to $46.8 million. Melissa “Kat” Steach, a Waffle House server in Marietta, Georgia, keeps odd hours. She spends much of her day in her motel room off Interstate 75.

Dec 31, 2024 | fastcompany.com | Aimee Rawlins

When food gets tossed into landfills, it lays there festering, releasing more methane than any other type of trash. And while methane stays in the atmosphere for less time than carbon dioxide, it’s 80 times more toxic over 20 years, producing emissions that are literally killing the planet. I know this. I’ve edited countless stories that include some version of this sentence to illustrate how grotesque our consumption is, how oppressive the waste has become.