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This is about how one word can bring a worldwide community together to help tackle a world crisis.

As with sustainable living, there is no one right fitness routine for everyone. Fitness for you might be training for a marathon... or it might be doing a yoga flow at home with a glass of wine. Regardless of which camp you fall into, we could all stand, squat, and sprint for lower impact gear to do it in.  

Plastic here, plastic there, plastic in the ocean, plastic in the air. Plastic products have become like get rich quick guru's; they’re everywhere. We are lucky that we are born with a brain, which lets us solve complex issues that we (accidentally) create ourselves. The overuse of plastic being one of them. 

Have you ever had a small problem in your life, like missing the bus, just as you thought you were going to make it? Well, we bet you haven't encountered a problem so small that you can only see it with a microscope. What we are talking about? Tiny pieces of plastic called microplastics. 

More than 90% of all sportswear is made from plastics like polyester and nylon. Every time when you wash this activewear, tiny pieces of plastic (microplastics) get released. Is there a natural, sustainable alternative to this?