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- Ann Benoit is a graphic designer who one days dreams of designing books + information campaigns for a green non-profit. Ann enjoys all things related to art and design, and her interests include exploring the Bay area, gluten-free organic cooking, natural health, hiking, yoga, and swimming. Ann is a member of the San Francisco chapter of American Institute of Graphic Artists and owner of the freelance design studio Annthology. Ann lives with her husband in Berkeley, CA.
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Best Office Air Cleaners: Get Your Indoor Plant On
If your office environment is anything like mine, chances are you’re surrounded by rows and rows of cubical farms (covered in hideous synthetic fabric pattern!), with circulated air and very little natural light. Although its not something you think about all the time, the air quality of most offices is pretty poor, and this can [...]
Bike to Work Week 2008!
Grab your bike out of the garage because May is national Bike Month and Bike to Work Day 2008 is on May 15 in the Bay area! If you sign up to pledge that you’ll ride your bike to work on this day, you’ll be entered to win a new bike! There will also be [...]
Green Collar Jobs Report Released
Raquel Pinderhughes, Ph.D.’s “GREEN COLLAR JOBS : An Analysis of the Capacity of Green Businesses to Provide High Quality Jobs for Men and Women with Barriers to Employment” is a really interesting case study assessing “…the potential of Bay Area green businesses to provide high quality green collar jobs to men and women with barriers [...]
Upcoming Exhibition: Fashion Conscious Designs that will change the world one garment at a time @ UC Davis
As part of their “Year of Eco-Exhibitions,” the UC Davis Design Museum & Design Collective in Davis, CA will host Fashion Conscious, an exhibition focused on sustainable fashion design from May 15th thru July 13, 2008.
This exhibition explores sustainability and how it relates to the current clothing market, from the environmental impact of eco-friendly [...]
Newly Reborn Organic Style Magazine: Now Exclusively Online
Although Organic Style shut down in October of 2005, I’m happy to note that the the magazine has just been reborn as an exclusively online mag published quarterly. For now, subscription is free and can be sent right to your inbox.
“In Organic Style magazine, you’ll meet growers, artisans, environmentalists, humanitarians and visionaries — people who [...]
Global War by Dawn Maxey
I was introduced to Dawn Maxey’s spoken word poetry at the recent AIGA Compost Modern event.
Here’s some excerpts from her very spirited poem, “Global War” about eco-hype:
But then/ just the other day,
I began to notice people at Whole Foods with entire shopping carts full of ‘organic’ and ‘go green’ items. These people are [...]
Compost Modern 08 Wrap-up
Sustainability promises to be one of the defining issues of our time, one with profound affects on our personal and professional lives.
For designers, it represents unique challenges as well as tremendous potential — nothing less than an opportunity to redesign how the world works.
Compost Modern 2008, a joint production of the AIGA San Francisco chapter [...]
San Francisco Green Fest This Weekend— Be There!
Green Festival, The World’s Largest Environmental Expo and a joint project of Global Exchange & Co-op America is coming to San Francisco this weekend (Nov 9,10, 11) Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Concourse Exhibition Center. Tickets are on sale here.
At the Green Festivals, we’re celebrating what’s working in our communities, for people, for businesses [...]
Be Present, Earth-Friendly (and Stylin’) Yoga Clothing
Be Present’s pieces from their Bamboo earth-friendly line have recently become the favorites of my yoga clothes. Be Present was started in 2002 by Colorado yogi, Amy Lopatin Dobrin.
We are a small family owned business that values close relationships with clients, environmentally friendly practices and doing the right thing. Every item of clothing is proudly [...]
Loving, Naturally
A few great natural products i’ve recently fallen in love with for my uber sensitive skin:
Sunshine Spa’s Brown Sugar Scrub Mango Ginger: this organic brown sugar scrub is amazing! I have super sensitive skin and this scrub leaves my skin smooth and happy after shaving. Contains lots of great oils and organic sugar. Really tasty [...]
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