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in Healthy Habits, Natural Beauty, Skin Smart, Toxic IngredientsHandmade Soaps: Health and Happiness for You and the Environment
With green living, homeopathy and natural alternatives growing in popularity, soap makers are springing up around the world, concocting magical creations of coconut and lime in gleaming, glycerin-infused goodness that cleanse the body, mind and soul. Oh, and your hands too! Growing up in my house, ‘handmade’ soap consisted of my mother gathering up all the remaining […] More
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in Designers + Brands, Events, Natural Beauty, Sustainable FashionExpanding the Fashion EcoSphere: the eco-fashion compass points North for Vancouver Fashion Week
While eco-fashion is becoming more mainstream with an increasing number of environmentally conscious designers serving up sustainable styles and earth-friendly frocks, the runways are typically reserved for regaling the glitz and glam of overly indulgent attire. But this week, Vancouver turns the spotlight on sustainability with its first ever eco-focused fashion night, Friday, November 7th, […] More
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in TravelingServing up Sustainable Vacations, Hold the Backpacks and Granola
In the past, hearing the phrase ‘eco-travel’ likely conjured up images of backpacking along some earthy trail or setting up a tent on open terrain. You probably never envisioned white sandy beaches, deep blue oceans, or a gleaming beacon of 5-star luxury beckoning you to paradise. Sure, there are still plenty of adventure tours and […] More
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in Celebrity Style, Designers + Brands, Natural Beauty, Sustainable FashionGreen Goes Mainstream: Celebrities show that being eco-conscious is always in style.
Before being ‘green’ became fashionable, and terms like ‘eco-chic’ were coined, being environmentally conscious was synonymous with words like ‘granola’ and ‘treehugger,’ generalizing the eco-conscious crowd as a free-spirited-Birkenstock-wearing-Grateful-Dead-loving bunch of Liberal hippies chanting ‘Peace, man.’ But being green has definitely gone mainstream, and from celebs like Julia Louis-Dreyfus with her lavish, multi-million dollar solar-powered home, to Pierce Brosnan, aptly named […] More
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in Accessories, Designers + Brands, Materials, Reviews, Sustainable FashionLend a Helping Handbag: eco-friendly finds that fuse fashion with philanthropy
In the past, when you’ve thought about helping the environment, things like recycling, using rechargeable batteries, cutting back on your power and water usage, and carpooling or bicycling to reduce pollution probably leapt to mind. I doubt that carrying a chic, designer bag topped your list. But with all of the eco-minded designers popping up, using alternative […] More
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in Celebrity StyleParis Hilton Totally Cares About the Environment
Paris Hilton like totally cares about the environment. The Hilton heiress’ was recently photographed wearing a 100% organic t-shirt with environmental slogans. The Threads for Thought t-shirt that Paris Hilton wore read: “What if this was the only tree left to hug” with a picture of a tree-shaped air freshener. More
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in Celebrity Style, ReviewsEarth to Musicians: STING’s Amazing Rainforest Foundation
More than two decades ago, rock star Sting, and his wife, Trudie Styler, created The Rainforest Foundation and over the last 20 years it has expanded and diversified. There is the New York-based Rainforest Foundation Fund, backed by Sting, which provides funding for three branches – Rainforest Foundation US, Rainforest Foundation Norway, Rainforest Foundation UK […] More
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in Home Living, InterviewsAdvice from Kim Nadel, Leading “Green” Interior Designer
Green Design and Feng Shui on a Budget, and What’s Coming Next Recently I had a chance to ask a few questions of Kim Nadel, NCIDQ certified interior designer, LEED Accredited Professional, and co-founder of the Brooklyn-based NICHE environmentally smart design group. Kim is currently on the MFA faculty of the New York School of […] More