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Since I run Eco Chick from my home office, and since up until last month renewable energy was NOT available from my electricity provider, this blog was run entirely on fossil fuels (how embarassing!). On one hand it was kinda cool; my electric never came from a huge corporation like Con Edison, but instead from [...]

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 [...]

Look above! Our star, Starre Vartan, is spreading the good eco-word far and wide. Check her out on the Huffington Post’s new Living Now section . . . she’s currently on the front page! (or you can read her post above).
The Huffington Post (often referred to as HuffPo) is a politically-progressive online news website [...]

There are more ‘green theme’ magazine issues than you can shake a stick at!

First up, there’s the April edition of Glamour, which featured Eco Chick in its links page for best Eco Sites on the Web. Thanks Glamour! 10 pages were dedicated to environmental issues, with Laurie David lending her expertise. There’s also a list [...]

Eco Chick is really happy to be a part of Shape Magazine’s April, 2007 Green-theme issue. Check out page 44, where Summer, Kim and I are featured in the section ‘Why I Went Green,’ a three-page spread that includes the likes of Amber Valetta, Laurie David, Daryl Hannah, Kerry Washington, Amy Brenneman, and other women [...]

This doesn’t relate directly to eco-topics, but Jennifer Margulis continues to publish excellent accounts of her family’s experiences in Niger. This is her latest from Sunday’s Washington Post.
Writing about the choice to raise her kids in a developing country, she says, “I am doing everything in my power to keep them from harm. [...]

Though this isn’t strictly an environmental story, it does involve one very eco-savvy movie star, Daryl Hannah, and it is about women’s rights, so I figured it deserved a space on Eco Chick. And if you haven’t checked out dhLoveLife, Hannah’s awesome blog (and videos that will make you cry) you should go right now. [...]

As a person dealing with a newly discovered gluten allergy, I totally need to rant about how in love I am with LÄRABARS. Not only are they a super tasty snack, but they’re healthy and full of great ingredients.
Each LÄRABAR (there are currently 6 flavors) contains 1 1/2 servings of fruit (!) and no [...]

Hey kids, Dan here — your friendly Eco-Chick techie — just letting you know that the comments have been repaired. Sorry for the trouble and thanks for your patience.

Today is Election Day.Please take action; make a stand in our present and our future. This is a very important election and is a time for us all to utilize our power to VOTE. If we want there to be any drastic changes as to how our government addresses our world’s environmental issues, then we [...]