Ethos

Jan 5, 2025 | the-ethos.co | Jill Ettinger

When a devastating fire swept through Kantamanto Market in Ghana’s capital Accra last week, it not only displaced thousands of traders but also exposed a grim reality about the global fashion industry’s unchecked excess. The blaze consumed more than 2,500 shops and stalls, reducing years of hard work to ashes.

Apr 10, 2024 | the-ethos.co | Jill Ettinger

In the fight against a warming planet, reducing emissions tied to our clothing has emerged as one of the biggest challenges. Fast fashion giants, which are driving the fashion industry’s climate impact, continue to gain momentum despite consumer and legislative efforts to curb their growth.

Apr 9, 2024 | the-ethos.co | Jill Ettinger

The very first audio recording — 20 seconds of someone singing the French folk song “Au Clair de la Lune” — is more than 160 years old. That early recording was made on a phonautograph, a precursor to vinyl records. But not much has changed since then. Records have undergone a few updates in the last century and a half — shifting from tinfoil to wax, then to shellac, and, finally polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or what we now often refer to as “vinyl” records.

Mar 31, 2024 | the-ethos.co | Jill Ettinger

According to from the Beverage Information Group, nearly 60 percent of wine buyers are women and 52 percent of women prefer wine to other alcoholic beverages, compared to just 20 percent of men. But women winemakers? The numbers are flipped: Data from 2021 found that women made up less than 20 percent of winemakers worldwide, while men make up more than 80 percent. But the industry is changing. High-profile labels like Avaline, led by actor Cameron Diaz alongside Katherine Power, and B.

Mar 29, 2024 | the-ethos.co | Jill Ettinger

Coffee isn’t what it used to be. Over the last century, it has undergone significant transformations, both in how it is cultivated and how it is consumed. Historically, coffee farming was a sustainable practice — shade-grown, hand-harvested. But over the last century, giant coffee plantations took over and razed large swaths of forests, replaced traditional hand harvesting with machines, and focused on quantity over quality to the detriment of the farmers, forests, and regional biodiversity.