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Allison Stroman - According to Carolyn Mair, PhD, founder of the psychology of fashion department at the London College of Fashion at the University of the Arts London, feeling comfortable in what you are wearing decreases stress. This decrease in stress frees up more space for us to focus on the tasks important to us.

Allison Stroman - The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics has made several efforts to lower their environmental impact and align with the International Olympic Committee's Agenda 2020. In the Agenda, the IOC provides statements on sustainability in Recommendation 4 and 5. Recommendation 4 is to “[i]nclude sustainability in all aspects of the Olympic Games” and Recommendation 5 is to “[i]nclude sustainability within the Olympic Movement’s daily operations”. Both Recommendations have a specific outline for the targets and action steps.

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Allison Stroman - July 11 marks World Population Day. At the core of World Population Day actions sits the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). In a statement for World Population Day, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem underscored the Day’s theme stating, “To go uncounted is to be made invisible and, as a result, left unserved.” There is hope, though: “People may be hard to reach, but no one is unreachable.” In employing millions with the majority being women, the fashion industry can play a substantial role in improving or worsening economic and health conditions for women around the world.