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The Talia belt is made with recycled glass beads, ceramic tiles, and vegan leather

The Selena belt is made from farmed mother-of-pearl and vegan leather
Poking around on the internet for some new eco-friendly accessories recently, I found Betty Belts, which makes the super-gorgeous waist-wrappers above. The designer of Betty Belts, Donna von Hoesslin, is an avid [...]

As a new mother, I am always researching various topics regarding child rearing and environmentally friendly practices. Here are a few sites that I frequent or find inspirational.

Healthy Child, Healthy World
Formally the CHEC (Children’s Health Environmental Coalition,) Healthy Child, Healthy World is an organization recommended here before, and it is certainly worth another mention. [...]

Talk about an Amazon woman! Anthropologist Zoe Tryon is working with the Achuar people of the Ecuadorian rainforest to help both protect their culture from undue outside influence while still giving them the skills they need to deal with those same outsiders who see their land as a place to drill for oil and not [...]

Though unhealthy body image is not something directly linked to “green” issues, it is something that I feel strongly is linked to sustainability and obviously personal health. I wrote this piece for Lucire partially from my own personal perspective, but mainly from recent industry accounts and the perspectives of some of my colleagues.
I feel [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

The Panel on Blogging and Feminism in NYC was really fantastic! I didn’t make it to the EO Wilson talk, but I know Starre did! So she’ll have more on that I’m sure.

[Picture originally uploaded by Liz]
Liz, who does regular blogging here, did some live blogging for the Blogging and Feminism event, I encourage [...]

This isn’t so much an Eco-Event as it is a Chick-Event.

Jessica of Feministing is speaking at the panel, which will be on blogging and feminism.
Tuesday, November 14
7pm
Altschul Atrium, Altschul Hall
(Barnard is located between 116th and 120th streets on the west side of Broadway)
Free & open to the public
From the Barnard Center for Research on [...]

It’s always good to be reminded that what the popular media deems “beautiful” is, at times, not only questionable, but false. This film, made by the Dove Self Esteem Fund, shows the ‘evolution’ of beauty at the hands of stylists, photographers, gaffers, editors, and graphic designers…

While reading through my environmental ethics text book today (that will be used for a class called Philosophy and the Environment…woot!) I came across a section called “Patriarchy of Pork or Feminist Fuss” in a chapter called “Ethics and Animals”.
The section is only about a page long (a bit less, actually) but it goes on [...]