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Ma Jun

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How to clean up China's environment

Ma Jun's vision is to restore the clear skies of his youth in Beijing. As China's leading environmentalist, he is affecting change in Chinese factories, which are becoming cleaner and safer as a result of his work.

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Apple’s Supply Chain Still Has Issues With Underage Workers

The company has been increasingly trying to clean up the labor and environmental issues associated with making its products. But the latest revelations show that a giant company with such a sweeping international supply chain can’t control everything.

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The Top 14 Environment Stories Of 2012

Climate change is getting worse. No one is stepping up to fix it. But these great projects and ideas on how to consume fewer, cleaner resources will give you a little hope for 2013.

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Ma Jun Keeps Your iPhone From Killing People

The crusader for environmental and worker rights in China has worked for years to make sure that Apple’s production process isn’t poisoning workers or the environment. But Apple is just one of many companies who have been forced to do better because of Ma’s work.

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The Man Who Stood Up To Apple

Apple has recently made changes to its policies of withholding any information about the environmental impact of its factories in China. That’s largely thanks to Ma Jun, who this week won the Goldman environmental prize for his work.

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Is Tim Cook’s Apple Going To Stop Poisoning China?

The company is already notorious for the way workers in its Chinese suppliers’ factories are treated, but what’s less known is those same factories’ incredible impact on the environment. But after years of ignoring concerns, Apple may be starting to come around.

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Manhattan’s famous digital clock is now counting down to climate disaster

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Shifting to plant-based plastic is a start—but it can’t be the only solution to plastic waste

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The insidious ways building private prisons creates more prisoners

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How to watch the 2020 Emmy Awards on ABC live without cable

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16 years later, we failed to take Oprah’s “You get a car!” moment to heart

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RIP RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

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This library looks like a giant game of Scrabble

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Returns are bad for the environment. Pottery Barn wants to do something about it

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The world’s most unconventional use of business cards

Work Life

This one counterintuitive practice could help you get more done

Work Life

The YA novel ‘K-Pop Confidential’ infiltrates the idol factory behind the global phenomenon

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Ma Jun

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Stories about Ma Jun

Apple’s Supply Chain Still Has Issues With Underage Workers

The company has been increasingly trying to clean up the labor and environmental issues associated with making its products. But the latest revelations show that a giant company with such a sweeping international supply chain can’t control everything.

The Top 14 Environment Stories Of 2012

Climate change is getting worse. No one is stepping up to fix it. But these great projects and ideas on how to consume fewer, cleaner resources will give you a little hope for 2013.

Ma Jun Keeps Your iPhone From Killing People

The crusader for environmental and worker rights in China has worked for years to make sure that Apple’s production process isn’t poisoning workers or the environment. But Apple is just one of many companies who have been forced to do better because of Ma’s work.

The Man Who Stood Up To Apple

Apple has recently made changes to its policies of withholding any information about the environmental impact of its factories in China. That’s largely thanks to Ma Jun, who this week won the Goldman environmental prize for his work.

Is Tim Cook’s Apple Going To Stop Poisoning China?

The company is already notorious for the way workers in its Chinese suppliers’ factories are treated, but what’s less known is those same factories’ incredible impact on the environment. But after years of ignoring concerns, Apple may be starting to come around.

Impact

Manhattan’s famous digital clock is now counting down to climate disaster

Shifting to plant-based plastic is a start—but it can’t be the only solution to plastic waste

The insidious ways building private prisons creates more prisoners

News

How to watch the 2020 Emmy Awards on ABC live without cable

16 years later, we failed to take Oprah’s “You get a car!” moment to heart

RIP RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

Co.Design

This library looks like a giant game of Scrabble

Returns are bad for the environment. Pottery Barn wants to do something about it

The world’s most unconventional use of business cards

Work Life

This one counterintuitive practice could help you get more done

The YA novel ‘K-Pop Confidential’ infiltrates the idol factory behind the global phenomenon

This one unconscious reaction may be holding women back at work