published April 1, 2009 and has No Comments
Image via Downstream on Babel ( website ) Earlier this month, the National Geographic’s visually-stunning and critical article on the Alberta tar sands caused a firestorm of negative publicity for both the Canadian government and the multi-billion dollar industry responsible for what some call the “ most destructive project on Earth .” It got pretty
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published March 27, 2009 and has No Comments
Edun's Spring/Summer line is featured at Clary Sage in San Francisco for the next few weeks, and Edun's founder, Ali Hewson, took some time to talk with us about Edun and the inspiration for starting the business. ...
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published March 27, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo credit: Eduardo Sciammarella I'm working all day and I have a dinner or something, I'll go from jeans and T-shirt to maybe a simple black dress. Same heels. Same hair and makeup. I really like the idea of being utilitarian. My dream is to edit down my wardrobe and be very Japanese, where you have one rolling rack ...
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published March 27, 2009 and has No Comments
photo: Jake McClendon via flickr At the beginning of the week the EPA put the Army Corps of Engineers on notice that it would be reviewing permits issued by the Corps for two mountaintop removal coal mining operations, one in West Virginia, the other in Kentucky. Though not explicitly stated, the spirit of the move was taken by some ...
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published March 25, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo credit: Project Green Prom Give a dress, take a dress: Project Green Prom , a collaborative effort between Teens Turning Green and Whole Foods to get teens to make eco-friendly decisions and purchases during prom season, will be hosting its first ever dress swap on April 6. New York area high school juniors and seniors are invited to ...
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published March 25, 2009 and has No Comments
Image via: Velvet & Sweet Pea's Purrfumery - Stern's own backyard! This week I had a chance to sit down with Laurie Stern , owner of Velvet & Sweet Pea's Purrfumery . Over an organic brunch of cheese, strawberries, crackers and tea made only from herbs growing in her backyard and her own, homemade honey, we talked all things ...
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published March 24, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo credit: Sandmaiden Get your sexy knickers made to order in the most luxurious of sustainable fabrics. Sandmaiden , a one-woman operation based in Seattle, hand-dyes natural textiles such as organic cotton , silk , bamboo , and hemp with low-impact dyes before stitching them into an array of boudoir-ready bras, chemises...
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Sandmaiden: Sustainable Made-To-Order Lingerie, Sleepwear
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published March 23, 2009 and has No Comments
Images from EJF The Environmental Justice Foundation is a small organization with a big goal. They want to bring environmental injustice to international attention. In Brazil, Vietnam, Mali, Sierra Leone, Uzbekistan, Mauritius and Indonesia, they are working with individuals and grassroots organisations teaching film and advocacy training in order to document and expose abuses to the environment. EJF gives ...
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published March 23, 2009 and has No Comments
Spring's here, Åhlens says in ads, meanwhile promising it won't burn anymore perfectly usable clothes. Popular Swedish department store Åhlens announced it would stop the common practice of gathering unsold clothes that are at the end of the sales chain into containers and shipping them to be burned, reported Dagens Nyheter last week. Instead, Åhlens said it would work ...
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published March 20, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo credit: Target An unlikely marriage if there ever was one: Loomstate is partnering with Target to produce a limited-edition collection of sustainable, spring-ready togs, just in time for Earth Day . Made from 100 percent certified-organic cotton , Loomstate for Target's warm-weather casuals, priced from $14.99 to $44.99, will be launching at Target.com and select Target...
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