About: Summer
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- Summer Rayne Oakes (yes that's her God-given name) lives in what her Brazilian housemate calls a "Ponte Aerea," which means an "Aerial Bridge" in Portugese. Simply stated, she's a focused nomad, traveling the world mixing business with pleasure.
The business? Driving change by building more socially-responsible ventures through fashion and media. Oakes runs her own company (SRO,llc) and usually plays by her own rules. As a square peg, she passes up round holes when seeking out "work" (a.k.a. her passion).
Oakes models, with a principal concentration on doing so for socially-conscious labels and initiatives. She writes her own fashion editorial entitled "Behind the Label" for global fashion magazine Lucire; wrote a conscious curriculum with style entitled ECOFASHION 101; consults and spokesmodels via SRO llc and ICI; and is working on a number of TV programs for which she will help produce and host. Oakes graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Natural Resources, Entomology, and a severe fetish for Arthropods (things with over six legs)...a hobby that started when she was 12 and has definitely amplified over the past decade.
Posts by Summer:
Goin’ Nuts for the Palma Collection
The Palma Collection is completely on par with my sense of style: artisanal, vibrantly exotic and steeped with a raw edge.
Palma’s vivid collection of jewelry is made from the “vegetable ivory” of the fruit or the nut of the Tagua tree (Phytelephas macrocarpa). When I received my pieces in the mail, I was surprised [...]
School District Moratorium on “An Inconvenient Truth”
It’s Getting Hot in Here, reports of a moratorium on “An Inconvenient Truth” at Federal Way School District in Washington. The school requires teachers who show the film in their class to provide a “credible, legitimate opposing view” to the scientific evidence regarding global warming. Anyone know of any?
NY Times Covers Vegan Fashion
The NY Times has a nice highlight of vegan fashion at NYC’s Organic Avenue and Kaight boutiques. Check it out here.
Rumor has it wrong: Edun is not closing
A rumor began spreading on the internet that Ali Hewson’s, Edun, line was closing. This was picked up by the website, Style Dash, who pointed to a press release that now has been removed from the internet. According to sources, Edun is not closing.
On a side note, creating a fashion label, let alone, a [...]
Don’t Be Lazy: Recycle
Another ingenious commerical.
Recycling is HOT
By far the best damn recycling commercial I have ever seen.
Organic Cotton: A New Point of View
Two new perspectives on the international cotton industry, by way of Grist Magazine and The Economist. This is partially why transitional and BASIC cotton are starting to get some play in the marketplace.
Women in Africa Fundraiser
Event hosted by Lisa Linhardt who writes:
“In January 2007, I will walk 100 miles in Kenya to bring awareness to
women’s literacy, HIV/AIDS, and economic development opportunities for girls in Africa.
Please sponsor me in supporting these important causes by coming to the fundraising party. The sounds will be pumping, including acoustic percussionists, dancers, salsa dj’s and [...]
Bear Fights Man for Salmon
I first saw this video in Environmental Conservation class at college. The topic: Why Are We Always at War with Wildlife?
Funny as hell.
Vegans and Vegetarians: This Cod’s Not for You
I like to go fishing and cook what I catch when I can, though I don’t go often. I almost had won the prize for the biggest cod caught one year, until a monster like this one came along. YOWZA! These babies can feed whole families!
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