Ghana is taking a bold step in making an unprecedented move to protect “Kente”, its centuries-old handwoven fabric, by ...

Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana, sources secondhand clothing from around the world. The influx of fast fashion, however, is turning unsellable items into massive landfills that threaten public ...

Rawlings, Ghana’s former First Lady, who has unmatched political influence and impact on women’s empowerment across Africa, ...

Make Fashion Clean and the Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation launched the Blue Circle Bag Kickstarter campaign Nov. 3. COURTESY OF MAKE FASHION CLEAN Streaks of blue burst from the center of a ...

In the trash dumps of Accra, Ghana and along the city's beaches, fast fashion, produced mostly in countries with cheap labor and sold in retailers around the world, arrives at its last stop. The Or ...

An estimated 20 million people are thought to earn their livelihoods in the global waste industry by collecting, disposing, repairing or repurposing a wide range of materials and products. However, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

ACCRA, Dec 28 (Reuters) - As the sun set on a courtyard of shipping containers in Ghana's capital Accra, young men and women in Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead and tie-dye tees bartered over army surplus ...

Getting us all to clear up our rubbish and recycle can be a big problem. But, Elisha Ofori Bamfo, a fashion designer in Ghana thinks he's come up with a solution that might just help. He makes clothes ...

NEWBURYPORT, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clothes for Hope, Inc., a non-profit organization founded by seventeen year old Lauren Sundstrom to benefit local communities, as well as children in Ghana, ...

Ghana, located on the southern coast of West Africa, has more than 500 kilometers of coastline that arcs and juts into bays and points. Along this coast are a multitude of surf spots for those willing ...