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In looking at sustainable design, its implications on the world beyond innovative architecture, aesthetically trendy products, and positive environmental influence carry with them the possibility to reduce and even eradicate poverty. Though poverty is present in every major city, every growing suburb, and even tiny towns, it primarily exists in some of the most remote areas of the world. In these places, systems, governments, and organizations may be unable to successfully act as a catalyst to a better life for the impoverished due to an infinite number of problems that arise when poverty is an inherent result of societal and political structures. 
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In an effort to further its mission against plastic bags and to promote the reuse of existing bags, Whole Foods has brought back its Wooden Nickel program, which donates five cents for every bag that you reuse to a local charity of your choice. Five cents may be a small number, but in large doses it can have an effect of duality on both the surrounding community and the environment itself. By reducing the consumption of paper bags (the company banned plastic bags earlier this year), Whole Foods hopes to serve as an example for other retailers by inspiring simple, yet powerful, change.
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Bottled water accounts for a tremendous percentage of the plastic bottles that are currently eating up the world’s valuable landfill real-estate. Despite living in a country where tap water is about as safe as it gets, it’s a lot easier to opt for prepackaged bottled water that’s ready to go wherever you are. Back To The Tap’s strategy? Provide that same convenience and taste in a reusable bottle that filters its water on its way to your lips.
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