Sophie Hirsh

Sep 19, 2024 | greenmatters.com | Sophie Hirsh

Home > Go Green > My Green Routine > Green Routine"I'm the most passionate when I'm doing something for the greater good."By Sophie HirshPublished Sept. 19 2024, 3:11 p.m. ETSource: Getty ImagesLana Condor at the Patrick Ta Beauty Summer Highlighter Launch Party held June 13, 2024 in Los Angeles. “Knowledge is power, and I think the more people that can understand the positive things that we can do to help with the impending ‘not great thing’ … the better,” says Lana Condor.

Sep 13, 2024 | greenmatters.com | Sophie Hirsh

Gen Z and internet tastemakers are leading the movement away from fast fashion — but how did they do it? By Sophie HirshPublished Sept. 13 2024, 12:02 p.m. ETSource: Green Matters Composite: billow926/unsplash, ramses-cervantes/unsplash, iStockGone are the days when millennials set the tone for where it’s cool to shop — and thank goodness for that, because back in our day, we millennials were all about fast fashion stores.

Sep 11, 2024 | megaphone.upworthy.com | Sophie Hirsh

By Sophie HirshSept. 11 2024, Updated 9:03 p.m. ETEver since the Amazon rainforest fires of 2019, people from all over the world know what it’s like to witness the Amazon rainforest slowly crumble. But those fires are far from over. And according to a new report, if we don’t do something to stop the development and subsequent deforestation of the Amazon, the rainforest could dry up past the point of no return by 2064, and essentially collapse.

Sep 9, 2024 | megaphone.upworthy.com | Sophie Hirsh

By Sophie HirshSept. 9 2024, Updated 2:17 p.m. ETOver the past two decades, Aditya Singh, a wildlife photographer, and Poonam Singh, an artist, have purchased more than 40 acres of land in India, worth more than $140,000 in total. But instead of developing the land or selling it, the couple has left the land alone and let it grow back into a forest, all the while encouraging tigers and other wild animals to make themselves at home on the land.

Aug 26, 2024 | megaphone.upworthy.com | Sophie Hirsh

By Sophie HirshAug. 26 2024, Updated 2:23 p.m. ETMelting ice sheets is one of the most cliché signifiers of global warming and the climate crisis — but clichés often originate in the truth, and ice sheets are still melting. In fact, new research has found that the rate of global ice loss — aka melting ice sheets — is higher than ever before. Article continues below advertisementOn Jan.